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Oyster harvesting charges dismissed for three Gloucester watermen
SALUDA — Oyster harvesting charges against three Gloucester watermen were dismissed Monday, while six others accepted plea deals. Various charges against Mark Cottee, James Deal and Walter Deal Jr. were dismissed after a motion to strike by defense...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Foods and Beverages, Fines, Trials
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Study: Oyster reefs could be 'TUMS' to acidic bay
If CO2-fueled acidity is the heartburn of the Chesapeake Bay, a little relief could be as close as the nearest oyster rock. Authors of a new study on the corrosive effects of ocean acidity on mollusks say healthy reefs can be an antidote — an...
Tags: Natural Resources Defense Council, Ecosystems, Energy Resources, Foods and Beverages, Reedville
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NN coal terminal to dredge berth to handle giant ships
Houston energy giant Kinder Morgan submitted a proposal to dredge a berth at its Newport News coal terminal to 52 feet from its current 45 feet, which would allow larger "Panamax" ships to dock on either side of its pier. Kinder Morgan's Pier IX...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Norfolk Southern Corporation, Kinder Morgan Incorporated
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Crabbers feel the pinch of slim pickings
Michael Diggs of Poquoson has been a waterman for more than 40 years, and says the blue crab harvest as the 2013 season kicks in is slim pickings. "Oh, Lord, things are tight," Diggs, 62, said Monday. "One good week — since then, it's been...
Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Aquaculture, Science and Technology, Buckroe
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Career and Workplace, Lyndon B. Johnson, Federal Aviation Administration, Students
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State extends ban on winter crab dredging
Winter dredging for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is closed for the fifth year in a row as the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) moved Monday to continue to protect and rebuild the stock of pregnant hibernating females. To offset the impact...
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Oyster gardeners: Partnership with Virginia Institute of Marine Science productive
A recent gathering of “Master Oyster Gardeners” at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science is the latest chapter in a fruitful partnership between VIMS scientists and members of the Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association, or TOGA, according...
Tags: Hobbies, Ecosystems, Foods and Beverages, Biology, Natural Resources
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Study urges greater protection of Chesapeake Bay's female crabs
A new scientific study finds that though the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population is basically healthy, it has yet to recover enough from trouble a few years ago to be considered completely stable. What that means for watermen, the seafood industry...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Aquaculture, Science and Technology, Natural Resource Industry, Chesapeake Bay
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Counting crabs in the Chesapeake
— A mesh net tips onto the stern of the work boat "Mydra Ann," and out tumbles a community of crabs: fist-size blues with claws raised in attack mode, tan adolescents trying to scuttle for cover and translucent babies no bigger than a thumbnail....Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Energy Resources, Career and Workplace, Biology, Roger Morris
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Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea'
A big fight is brewing over a little fish — a fish that no one wants to eat but that many regard as the most important in the sea.
Catch restrictions loom on menhaden, which is too unsavory to grace a dinner plate but much sought by commercial...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Fishing, Anne Arundel County, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Biology
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Commission votes to curb menhaden catch by 37 percent
The interstate panel that oversees fishing along the Eastern Seaboard voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to cut the menhaden catch by up to 37 percent next year in an effort to protect the species and, by extension, striped bass.
The 14-3 vote by the...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Regional Authority, Fishing, Biology, Martin O'Malley
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Beached sei whale a big attraction in Norfolk's Ocean View
Update: Researchers from the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center initially misidentified the whale the washed ashore in Norfolk on Sunday. It is a fin whale, not a sei whale, Joan Barns, an aquarium spokeswoman, said Tuesday.
NORFOLK —...Tags: Endangered Species, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Fishing, Ecosystems, National Marine Fisheries Service
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