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April 23, 2008

Virginia's new restrictions for blue crabs harvest

Virginia's watermen learned yesterday of the restrictions being imposed on them to preserve the Blue Crab. It includes the elimination of the controversial winter dredge harvest. Here are the details, from the Daily Press in Newport News, Va. Meanwhile, a lawmaker representing Virginia is seeking state aid for the watermen. 

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Rona KobellRona Kobell reports on the Chesapeake Bay, and in her seven years with The Sun, she's visited clam farms in Virginia, a peeler pen on Taylors Island and a small market on Smith Island that serves what many people consider the best crab cake in the world (to judge for yourself, head to the Drum Point Market in Tylerton). Rona enjoys hanging out with her husband and daughter.

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