Marine Resources Commission
Marine Resources Commission
Pertaining to Atlantic Menhaden
[4 VAC 20 ‑ 1270]
Public Petition for Rulemaking: Petition for rulemaking to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission regarding Atlantic Menhaden, the Chesapeake Bay, and the reduction fishery
CLOSED Opened on 1/13/2025 and Ended on 2/3/2025
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500 comments
| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Support: Reducing menhaden harvest the most responsible action | Marisa Olszewski | 2/3/25 9:29 pm |
| I Support This Petition | Josh Rellick | 2/3/25 9:27 pm |
| I support the recommendations in the petition | Lori A Cash Conservation Photography LLC | 2/3/25 9:08 pm |
| Strongly Support | Bernice Stanley | 2/3/25 7:55 pm |
| I DO Support this petition | Smoot | 2/3/25 7:25 pm |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Kari Heath | 2/3/25 6:51 pm |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Reid Williams | 2/3/25 6:48 pm |
| Strongly Support | Catherine Spruill | 2/3/25 6:44 pm |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION. | Lynne Secondino | 2/3/25 6:43 pm |
| Strongly Support. | Kyle Spruill | 2/3/25 6:43 pm |
| I Do Not Support | David Williams | 2/3/25 6:32 pm |
| Do not support | XÀvier Cooper | 2/3/25 6:20 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Patricia Hubeny | 2/3/25 6:20 pm |
| Pertaining to Atlantic Menhaden [4 VAC 20 ? 1270] | N. George | 2/3/25 6:00 pm |
| I do not support! | Sandra Antoine | 2/3/25 5:28 pm |
| Petition for rulemaking | John Bianca ACSA Member | 2/3/25 5:28 pm |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Montre’ Comeaux | 2/3/25 5:22 pm |
| I do not Support | Tammy Jenkins | 2/3/25 5:09 pm |
| support of petition | Viginia Osprey Foundation, Inc, Joan Millward, President | 2/3/25 4:39 pm |
| do not support | Anonymous (230562) | 2/3/25 3:53 pm |
| Comment Letter from Menhaden Industry | Omega Protein and Ocean Harvesters | 2/3/25 3:43 pm |
| I support the petition. | John Azzone, Independent dairy feed industry consultant | 2/3/25 3:21 pm |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | CHRIS M | 2/3/25 2:31 pm |
| I support the hard working watermen and menhaden fishermen of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. | William Jett | 2/3/25 2:11 pm |
| I do not support this petition | PAIGE | 2/3/25 2:04 pm |
| I do not support this petition | donna via | 2/3/25 2:01 pm |
| I do not support this petition | sandra perkins | 2/3/25 2:00 pm |
| I do not support this petition | BECKY HARRIS | 2/3/25 2:00 pm |
| I do not support this petition | AMY PALMER | 2/3/25 1:59 pm |
| I do not support this petition | TOM BONDURANT | 2/3/25 1:58 pm |
| I do not support this petition | JUDY BONDURANT | 2/3/25 1:57 pm |
| I support this petition-regulation needed to support Osprey reproduction. | Rosalee J Pfister | 2/3/25 1:43 pm |
| The Impact on the Menhaden Fishermen | Kayla Mock, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400 | 2/3/25 1:32 pm |
| Support | Lowndes Peple | 2/3/25 1:28 pm |
| I support the petition | Doug Williams | 2/3/25 12:47 pm |
| I do not support the petition | Brook Schurman | 2/3/25 12:35 pm |
| Menhaden fishing restrictions | Robert Nelson | 2/3/25 12:21 pm |
| I do not support this petition. | Anonymous (230537) | 2/3/25 12:07 pm |
| 100% Support the Petition | Anonymous (230536) | 2/3/25 12:00 pm |
| I do not support | Sylvia Wood | 2/3/25 11:38 am |
| I do not support | Anonymous (230534) | 2/3/25 11:36 am |
| Menhaden petition | Travis L Abbott | 2/3/25 11:33 am |
| Regulation for Chesapeake Bay | Anonymous (230532) | 2/3/25 11:33 am |
| I do NOT support | Ava V. | 2/3/25 11:24 am |
| I do NOT support | Cade Vanlandingham | 2/3/25 11:24 am |
| I do NOT support | Porter B. | 2/3/25 11:23 am |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Calloway B. | 2/3/25 11:23 am |
| I do not support | Derek Berhalter | 2/3/25 11:22 am |
| I do NOT support this petition | Hillary Berhalter | 2/3/25 11:22 am |
| I do NOT support | Monroe Fones | 2/3/25 11:18 am |
| I do NOT support | Laiken Boswell | 2/3/25 11:18 am |
| I don't support this | Baylor Dungan | 2/3/25 11:17 am |
| I do NOT support | Ashley Vanlandingham | 2/3/25 11:16 am |
| I do NOT support this petition | Aaron Vanlandigham | 2/3/25 11:16 am |
| I do not support | Josh Fones | 2/3/25 11:15 am |
| I do not support | Kaitlyn Fones | 2/3/25 11:14 am |
| I do NOT support | Jordan Clark | 2/3/25 11:12 am |
| VMRC | Tammy Boudreaux | 2/3/25 11:11 am |
| I do not support this | Jonathan Scott | 2/3/25 11:11 am |
| I do not support this | Seth Elbourn | 2/3/25 11:11 am |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Lindsay Dungan | 2/3/25 11:10 am |
| I do NOT support this petition | Rylee Dungan | 2/3/25 11:09 am |
| I don't support this | Grady Boswell | 2/3/25 11:09 am |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Caitlin Boswell | 2/3/25 11:08 am |
| I do not support | Kim Lewis | 2/3/25 11:08 am |
| I do NOT support | Tucker Yeatman | 2/3/25 11:08 am |
| I do NOT support | Haley Yeatman | 2/3/25 11:07 am |
| I do not support | Ashley Withers | 2/3/25 11:06 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Kathy Pittman | 2/3/25 11:06 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Timothy Pittman | 2/3/25 11:06 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT this petition | Garrett Withers | 2/3/25 11:06 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Robert Frost | 2/3/25 11:02 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Elizabeth Delano Lemos | 2/3/25 11:02 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | William Kazen | 2/3/25 11:01 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Evelyn Kazen | 2/3/25 11:01 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Carl Kazen | 2/3/25 11:01 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Shelby Bush | 2/3/25 11:01 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Todd Bush | 2/3/25 11:00 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Dexter Bush | 2/3/25 11:00 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Teresa Bush | 2/3/25 10:59 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Jack Kitchen | 2/3/25 10:59 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Christina L. Frost | 2/3/25 10:59 am |
| I do not support | Austin Sutton, Jr. | 2/3/25 10:58 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | William Frost | 2/3/25 10:58 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | James Seagle | 2/3/25 10:58 am |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Brinley V. | 2/3/25 10:58 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Michael Hurst | 2/3/25 10:58 am |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Hannah Queen | 2/3/25 10:57 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Ethan Hurst | 2/3/25 10:57 am |
| I do NOT support This Petition | Josie Queen | 2/3/25 10:57 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Ian Vanlandingham | 2/3/25 10:56 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Mark Hurst | 2/3/25 10:56 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Bryce Cockrell | 2/3/25 10:55 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Brandon Cockrell | 2/3/25 10:55 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Jeffrey Vanlandingham | 2/3/25 10:54 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Jaison Thomas | 2/3/25 10:54 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Julio Silva | 2/3/25 10:53 am |
| I do not support | Carrie Jett | 2/3/25 10:53 am |
| I do not support | Kaleb Middleton | 2/3/25 10:53 am |
| I do not support | Amy Middleton | 2/3/25 10:52 am |
| I do not support | Rachel Lowery | 2/3/25 10:52 am |
| Petition to VMRC to address menhaden overharvesting & allow the osprey to feed their chicks | Karen Westermann | 2/3/25 10:39 am |
| Petition to VMRC to address menhaden overharvesting & allow the osprey to feed their chicks | Anonymous (230471) | 2/3/25 10:37 am |
| I do not support this petition | Debbie Oder | 2/3/25 10:35 am |
| I strongly support this petition | Bruce Henry | 2/3/25 10:07 am |
| I do not support | Kara Dameron | 2/3/25 9:59 am |
| Menhaden vital to Virginia and Maryland ecosystem | Bob Lukinic, Southern Maryland Audubon Society | 2/3/25 9:51 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Shawn Rose | 2/3/25 9:01 am |
| I do not support | Billy Haynie | 2/3/25 9:01 am |
| I do not support | Erin Haynie | 2/3/25 8:59 am |
| I do not support | Francine Jones | 2/3/25 8:49 am |
| I do not support this petition | Lauren Rahn | 2/3/25 8:04 am |
| I do not support this petition | Matthew Rahn | 2/3/25 8:03 am |
| I don’t support | Giada morris | 2/3/25 6:23 am |
| I don’t support | Tj morris | 2/3/25 6:19 am |
| I don’t support | Gg | 2/3/25 6:16 am |
| I do not support | Bj | 2/3/25 6:15 am |
| I don’t support | Aj | 2/3/25 6:13 am |
| I support the Northern Neck's Watermen! They produce for all & beyond the Northern Neck! | Jacqueline Snow, Concerned Citizen | 2/3/25 12:52 am |
| Do not support | Larry Trammell | 2/2/25 9:29 pm |
| Do not support | Eric May | 2/2/25 9:17 pm |
| Menhaden | Eric May | 2/2/25 9:15 pm |
| I Do Not Support | Trevor Carter | 2/2/25 8:43 pm |
| Omega Protein | Trevor Carter | 2/2/25 8:39 pm |
| Do not support | Jj | 2/2/25 8:25 pm |
| Do not support | John | 2/2/25 8:25 pm |
| Do not support | Anonymous (230432) | 2/2/25 8:24 pm |
| I do not support | Bo | 2/2/25 8:22 pm |
| I do not support | Zachary Moore | 2/2/25 6:27 pm |
| I do not support this petition!!!!! | Nicole Moore | 2/2/25 6:11 pm |
| I do NOT support this petition | Merthia Haynie | 2/2/25 3:52 pm |
| I support the petition | Thomas Ottenwaelder | 2/2/25 2:38 pm |
| I support this petition | Brandon Bow | 2/2/25 1:07 pm |
| Menhaden petition | Jim Wilson | 2/2/25 9:16 am |
| Do not support. | Robert Hundley | 2/1/25 10:17 pm |
| I SUPPORT this petition. Science-based regulation is needed | Kenneth Yekstat | 2/1/25 8:50 pm |
| I support the recommendations in the petition | Barbara Wien | 2/1/25 7:25 pm |
| I SUPPORT the petition. | Molly Pinkas | 2/1/25 7:05 pm |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL | Steve Bergman | 2/1/25 2:55 pm |
| I do NOT support the petition as written | Donna Anderson | 2/1/25 2:14 pm |
| I support the petition to stop the depletion of the menhaden | Floyd Warren | 2/1/25 1:54 pm |
| I do not support this | Wayne Davis | 2/1/25 1:22 pm |
| I do not support | Leslie Davis | 2/1/25 1:21 pm |
| I do not support | John Davis | 2/1/25 1:21 pm |
| Regulation of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay. | Marianner | 2/1/25 1:13 pm |
| I support this | Hayden Head | 2/1/25 12:49 pm |
| I support this petition | Charles Stegman | 2/1/25 11:56 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | Jim Keough | 2/1/25 11:46 am |
| I support this | Pc | 2/1/25 8:16 am |
| I do NOT support | Kaylyn King | 2/1/25 7:37 am |
| I do not support this | Bobby Blackwell | 1/31/25 10:07 pm |
| Petition | Bobby Blackwell | 1/31/25 10:05 pm |
| I do NOT support this petition | Tamela Summerfield | 1/31/25 6:01 pm |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | St. Mary's River Watershed Association | 1/31/25 5:12 pm |
| Menhaden Overfishing | Roxy Gwynn | 1/31/25 5:00 pm |
| Support Menhaden regulation in the Bay | Viki Armentrout | 1/31/25 4:57 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Jean Light | 1/31/25 3:54 pm |
| Petition | Jean Light | 1/31/25 3:53 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Tillie VanWitzenburg | 1/31/25 3:45 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Maddie VanWitzenburg | 1/31/25 3:45 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Samantha VanWitzenburg | 1/31/25 3:44 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Ron VanWitzenburg | 1/31/25 3:44 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Valerie VanWitzenburg | 1/31/25 3:43 pm |
| I do not support this | Stephan Smith | 1/31/25 2:42 pm |
| I do not support this petition. | Welby Saunders | 1/31/25 2:31 pm |
| Stop omega protein | McKenna | 1/31/25 2:21 pm |
| Stop Omega Protein and Help Replenish the menhaden for the osprey | Mike Cummings, Jr | 1/31/25 2:14 pm |
| Strongly support | Gus Lewis | 1/31/25 1:56 pm |
| Strongly support | Elizabeth Christeller | 1/31/25 1:54 pm |
| I do NOT support | Cooper A. | 1/31/25 1:16 pm |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | David Queen | 1/31/25 1:06 pm |
| I do not support this | Cathy Queen | 1/31/25 1:05 pm |
| NO to this petition | Owen Marks | 1/31/25 1:02 pm |
| I do NOT support | Ari Marks | 1/31/25 1:01 pm |
| I do not support this | Jervon Henderson | 1/31/25 12:57 pm |
| I do NOT support | Lawrence Kelly | 1/31/25 12:57 pm |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Darrin Johnson | 1/31/25 12:56 pm |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Michael Thomas | 1/31/25 12:55 pm |
| I do not support this | Curtis Haynes | 1/31/25 12:54 pm |
| I don't support this | Derrick Cockrell | 1/31/25 12:54 pm |
| I do NOT support | Josie Webb | 1/31/25 12:53 pm |
| I do NOT support | Jaquan Bromley | 1/31/25 12:52 pm |
| I do no support this | Jacki Tores | 1/31/25 12:39 pm |
| I do no support this petition | Kaylen Robinson | 1/31/25 12:39 pm |
| I don't support this | Curtis Porter | 1/31/25 12:38 pm |
| I do no support this petition | Richard Rosas | 1/31/25 12:37 pm |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Devonte Thomas | 1/31/25 12:37 pm |
| I do no support this | Don Trayvon | 1/31/25 12:37 pm |
| I don't support this | Kendall Anderson | 1/31/25 12:36 pm |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Ben Vivier | 1/31/25 12:35 pm |
| DO NOT support this | Rodney Ball | 1/31/25 12:35 pm |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | Devonta Butler | 1/31/25 12:34 pm |
| I do NOT support | Artis Seldon | 1/31/25 12:33 pm |
| I do NOT support | Ronnie Butler | 1/31/25 12:33 pm |
| DO NOT SUPPORT | B. Butler | 1/31/25 12:32 pm |
| I do no support this petition | Namita Bodiwala | 1/31/25 12:30 pm |
| I do no support this petition | Grace Cappo | 1/31/25 12:30 pm |
| I do no support this | Ashlyn Haines | 1/31/25 12:29 pm |
| I do no support this | Patrick Lewis | 1/31/25 12:29 pm |
| Do Not Support Petition | Octavia Causby | 1/31/25 12:28 pm |
| Do Not Support Petition | Alex Causby | 1/31/25 12:28 pm |
| Do Not Support Petition | Denver Causby | 1/31/25 12:28 pm |
| Do Not Support Petition | Lynette Wallace | 1/31/25 12:27 pm |
| Do Not Support Petition | Alex Rosas | 1/31/25 12:27 pm |
| Do Not Support Petition | Steve Rosas | 1/31/25 12:27 pm |
| I do not support | Miguel | 1/31/25 12:19 pm |
| RE: I Do Not Support This Petition! | Ulylinda Frazier | 1/31/25 12:06 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Steve Waller | 1/31/25 11:16 am |
| Support keeping Omega | Alva Jackson | 1/31/25 10:53 am |
| Strongly support the petition | Robin Todd, Maryland Ornithological Society | 1/31/25 10:48 am |
| We support the petition | Stephen Shechtel, Maryland Sportfisherman's Association | 1/31/25 10:47 am |
| Keep Omega | Deborah Smith-Waller | 1/31/25 10:41 am |
| I do not support this petition. | Anonymous (230321) | 1/31/25 10:32 am |
| I do not support. | Susan Ludeman | 1/31/25 10:21 am |
| Omega Protein | Susan Ludeman | 1/31/25 10:20 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS | Michael Burgess | 1/31/25 10:10 am |
| I do not support this. | Phillip Mumford | 1/31/25 9:54 am |
| Restore Menhaden in Lower Chesapeake Bay | Christine Woods | 1/31/25 9:53 am |
| I do NOT support | Anonymous (230315) | 1/31/25 9:50 am |
| Support for the rulemaking on Atlantic Menhaden and reduction fishery | Meo Curtis | 1/31/25 9:45 am |
| Fully support the petition to protect the bay ecology | Ginny Wills | 1/31/25 9:40 am |
| I DO NOT SUPPORT | Anonymous (230312) | 1/31/25 9:21 am |
| I support this petition. Save the bay | Nathan Schepker | 1/31/25 9:14 am |
| Va resident / local and I strongly disagree with this petition | Anonymous (230310) | 1/31/25 7:18 am |
| I do not agree | Anonymous (230309) | 1/31/25 7:16 am |
| I do not support | Tynesha Seldon | 1/31/25 7:15 am |
| I do not support | Tyreese Seldon | 1/31/25 7:14 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | Taylor | 1/31/25 6:53 am |
| Menhaden | Janet Silver, ACSA | 1/30/25 9:40 pm |
| Menhaden Petiton | Joseph Courtney | 1/30/25 9:36 pm |
| End the reduction fishing of menhaden in the Chesapeake bay | Cameron Cougill | 1/30/25 7:57 pm |
| Petition about menhaden | Kitty Cox | 1/30/25 6:19 pm |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay | Thomas Mulvaney | 1/30/25 6:04 pm |
| I support this petition. | Mary Kathleen Crow | 1/30/25 6:01 pm |
| support this | Yvonne Parrish | 1/30/25 5:29 pm |
| I SUPPORT THIS | Kenneth Rudd | 1/30/25 5:25 pm |
| I support this | Greg Sanchez | 1/30/25 4:54 pm |
| I support this petition | Kim Pollock Hudyma Anne Arundel Bird Club in Maryland | 1/30/25 4:35 pm |
| I support this petition. | David A Forbes | 1/30/25 4:05 pm |
| Menhaden Study | Vince Garrenton | 1/30/25 3:35 pm |
| Support Menhaden Study | John Gregory | 1/30/25 3:15 pm |
| I support this petition for reduce menhaden catch | Patricia VonOhlen | 1/30/25 2:21 pm |
| science proves 1,000 osprey chicks starved due to menhaden overharvesting | Thomas Lee Lilly menhaden coalition | 1/30/25 1:28 pm |
| I support this petition | Dan Maisel | 1/30/25 1:20 pm |
| I strongly support this petition because it’s a “no brainer” common sense issue | Jacques van Montfrans | 1/30/25 1:19 pm |
| OMEGA, VMRC what are you afraid of? I support this petition | Elizabeth Wilkins | 1/30/25 1:11 pm |
| Stop large ships catching fish in the bay | Joseph Russo, Watermen | 1/30/25 12:26 pm |
| limit the menhaden harvesting | Jennifer A Tichacek | 1/30/25 12:07 pm |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | Anonymous (230284) | 1/30/25 12:03 pm |
| I support the recommendations in the petition. | Suzanne Keller | 1/30/25 11:53 am |
| Mehaden Harvesting Limit | Lynne Oglesby | 1/30/25 11:26 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay | Matt Stirrup | 1/30/25 10:27 am |
| Protecting the Bay for Future Generations | Janco Bronkhorst | 1/30/25 9:57 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | Anonymous (230278) | 1/30/25 9:49 am |
| Menhaden overfishing | Christine Llewellyn | 1/30/25 9:40 am |
| Strongly Support Petition | Susan Lozinyak | 1/30/25 9:34 am |
| I support this petition | Anonymous (230275) | 1/30/25 9:27 am |
| I strongly support the recommendations of this Petition | Cecelia Ropelewski | 1/30/25 9:19 am |
| Menhaden | Cecelia Ropelewski | 1/30/25 9:18 am |
| I support the petition. | Ann Moore, Sierra Club member | 1/30/25 9:13 am |
| Support | Capt Jorj Head | 1/30/25 9:11 am |
| I do not support this petition | Frank Rife | 1/30/25 9:01 am |
| Strongly Support this Rule | Tom E | 1/30/25 8:59 am |
| I strongly support the petition. | Gwyn Williams | 1/30/25 8:53 am |
| Menhaden Fishery Limits | Katherine Ewing Slaughter | 1/30/25 8:39 am |
| I support this petition | Fran Freimarck | 1/30/25 8:34 am |
| I strongly support this petition | Edward Ashley | 1/30/25 8:33 am |
| I Strongly support the recommendations of this petition. | Gail Clark | 1/30/25 8:29 am |
| Strongly support! | Lindeve Hostvedt | 1/30/25 6:18 am |
| Support | Leslie Fellows | 1/30/25 6:09 am |
| Strongly support | Gina Laforgia | 1/30/25 6:03 am |
| I support the petition | Ruth Amundsen | 1/30/25 6:03 am |
| I support this petition | John Carpenter | 1/30/25 5:59 am |
| I don’t support the petition | Frank Hubbard | 1/30/25 4:45 am |
| I don’t support the petition | Katheryn Robinson | 1/30/25 4:41 am |
| I don’t support the petition | Troy Allen | 1/30/25 4:34 am |
| I don’t support the petition | Darryl Smith | 1/30/25 4:32 am |
| I support the petition to protect menhaden | Tyla Matteson, Chair York River Group Sierra Club | 1/30/25 12:49 am |
| I STRONGLY support this petition | Lynn Jenkins | 1/29/25 10:52 pm |
| VA Resident strongly supports action to protect Atlantic Menhaden | Lars McCarter | 1/29/25 9:59 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Timothy Honeycutt | 1/29/25 9:50 pm |
| Menhaden Petition | Anonymous (230249) | 1/29/25 9:38 pm |
| Menhaden- stop the overfishing of these valuable parts of the food chain in the Bay | fred murray | 1/29/25 9:02 pm |
| Omega! Ocean Harvester! Reedville | Robert B. | 1/29/25 8:38 pm |
| I support the petition | Anonymous (230246) | 1/29/25 7:28 pm |
| Support | Michael Perraut | 1/29/25 6:54 pm |
| I do NOT, 100% DO NOT, support this | Tamara Hall | 1/29/25 4:51 pm |
| i support this document | Larry Allen | 1/29/25 3:33 pm |
| I do not support | Marshall Loving | 1/29/25 3:21 pm |
| Atlantic menhaden, Chesapeake Bay, and the reduction fishery | J.D. Ball | 1/29/25 3:14 pm |
| I don’t support the petition | Nick VeneyO | 1/29/25 2:59 pm |
| I don’t support the petition | Laura Bradley | 1/29/25 2:57 pm |
| I don’t support the petition | Anonymous (230237) | 1/29/25 2:55 pm |
| I don’t support the petition | Travis Kenner | 1/29/25 2:51 pm |
| I do not support the petition | Alexis Franklin | 1/29/25 2:35 pm |
| I don’t support the petition | Patrice Waller | 1/29/25 2:34 pm |
| I don’t support the petition | Kenneth Waller | 1/29/25 2:32 pm |
| I do not support the petition | Shamond Franklin | 1/29/25 2:29 pm |
| I do not support | Karen Swann | 1/29/25 2:18 pm |
| I do NOT support | Carter Bell | 1/29/25 1:20 pm |
| I do NOT support this petition | Herb Lewis | 1/29/25 1:11 pm |
| I do NOT support this petition | Nancy Lewis | 1/29/25 1:11 pm |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | James Reilly | 1/29/25 12:32 pm |
| Support this petition | Dan Higgins | 1/29/25 11:51 am |
| I do NOT support this perition | Kimberly Hunt | 1/29/25 11:50 am |
| I do not support | Anonymous (230222) | 1/29/25 11:32 am |
| I do NOT support | Shanda Hinson | 1/29/25 11:23 am |
| I do NOT support | Addison Hinson | 1/29/25 11:19 am |
| I do NOT support this petition | Michele. James | 1/29/25 10:51 am |
| DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Richard L | 1/29/25 10:22 am |
| Do not support this petition | Jay Hartman | 1/29/25 10:03 am |
| I do not support this petition | Hannah Hunt | 1/29/25 9:34 am |
| Do not suupport | Timothy James | 1/29/25 9:32 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | Marc Hall | 1/29/25 9:30 am |
| Do not support | Anonymous (230211) | 1/29/25 9:14 am |
| Don’t support this petition | Anonymous (230210) | 1/29/25 9:04 am |
| Omega has no business being in the bay | B.Smith | 1/29/25 9:00 am |
| I do not support this petition | Isabelle Loving | 1/29/25 8:59 am |
| I do not support the petition | Brandon J | 1/29/25 8:58 am |
| I do not support this petition! | Anonymous (230206) | 1/29/25 8:57 am |
| Do not support | Anonymous (230205) | 1/29/25 8:55 am |
| NOT supporting | Sarah Loving | 1/29/25 8:54 am |
| I do not support | Amanda Kues | 1/29/25 8:52 am |
| Please DO NOT regulate menhaden any further erroneously. | Bailey Loving | 1/29/25 8:50 am |
| I support the Petition to regulate the Menhaden Fishery | Joe Thorpe CBSFA, ACSA, EMRFC, PSG, 0.C. Marlin Club | 1/29/25 8:38 am |
| STOP THE SLAUGHTER | Mark | 1/29/25 8:20 am |
| I support | Coasting | 1/29/25 8:00 am |
| Menhaden overfishing by the few corporate interests is destroying the chesapeake bay fishery | Eric g noonkester | 1/29/25 7:57 am |
| Support Menhaden Fishery Reform | Kyle Hart | 1/29/25 7:57 am |
| OMEGA GO HOME | Charles Sterner | 1/29/25 7:41 am |
| Chesapeake Bay | Anonymous (230195) | 1/29/25 6:22 am |
| Menhaden regulation. | Capt. Buddy Noland | 1/28/25 11:28 pm |
| Menhaden overharvesting | Edmund Conner ACSA | 1/28/25 9:42 pm |
| I do not support!!! | Terry P | 1/28/25 9:33 pm |
| Menhaden | Valerie Ackerman | 1/28/25 9:27 pm |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay | Sal Miciotta | 1/28/25 9:00 pm |
| I support this petition to limit menhaden fishing | Liz S | 1/28/25 8:11 pm |
| I do not support the bill | ACSA | 1/28/25 7:45 pm |
| I support the petition | ACSA | 1/28/25 7:03 pm |
| I support the petition | ACSA | 1/28/25 6:49 pm |
| Menhaden study in VA | Stephen Brown | 1/28/25 5:45 pm |
| I support the petition. | Stephen S | 1/28/25 4:38 pm |
| I do support the petition to save the osprey | Eileen Alexander | 1/28/25 4:06 pm |
| I support this petition | Mark Pettit | 1/28/25 12:40 pm |
| Not in Support | S. Allison | 1/28/25 11:26 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | Steven Foceri | 1/28/25 10:47 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay | Stuart Lamont | 1/28/25 10:10 am |
| In Support | Charleen McManus | 1/28/25 9:02 am |
| I support this petition | Anonymous (230160) | 1/28/25 8:56 am |
| Let’s make the right choice for the future and for wildlife | Sarah Clark | 1/28/25 12:12 am |
| Protect Virginia fisheries / Menhaden | Frank Maccarelli | 1/27/25 10:54 pm |
| Menhaden Petition | Dave Maisel | 1/27/25 10:19 pm |
| I support this petition | Gary Tingler | 1/27/25 9:40 pm |
| Do NOT support | Jackson | 1/27/25 9:11 pm |
| Do not support | Robert | 1/27/25 9:09 pm |
| I support this petition and request regulation | Anonymous (230150) | 1/27/25 8:50 pm |
| menhaden | michael j trombino | 1/27/25 7:13 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Pat Pavlish | 1/27/25 7:08 pm |
| Atlantic Menhaden in Chesapeake Bay | Anonymous (230147) | 1/27/25 6:35 pm |
| Menhaden petition | Nick Zacharias | 1/27/25 6:20 pm |
| Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Petition | Jean Sellard | 1/27/25 5:33 pm |
| I support this petition | Randy Jones | 1/27/25 5:22 pm |
| Save our Fishery | Terry B | 1/27/25 4:26 pm |
| I support this Petition | Tim Hummel | 1/27/25 4:14 pm |
| I support this petition | Anonymous (230138) | 1/27/25 3:50 pm |
| I do not support this bill | Chris Beatley | 1/27/25 3:43 pm |
| Menhaden Petition | Kim St. Laurent | 1/27/25 3:31 pm |
| I absolutely agree with this petition! | Nancy Archer | 1/27/25 3:26 pm |
| Menhaden Fishing in Chesapaeke Bay | Stephen Terry | 1/27/25 3:05 pm |
| I support this petition | Ed Altonji | 1/27/25 2:31 pm |
| I SUPPORT THIS PETITION | Brian Morris | 1/27/25 2:27 pm |
| I support | Chris B | 1/27/25 2:19 pm |
| I support this petition | Samuel Sellard | 1/27/25 2:06 pm |
| I support the petition | Johnny J | 1/27/25 2:02 pm |
| Petition for rulemaking to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission regarding Atlantic Menhaden | John B carrico | 1/27/25 1:58 pm |
| Petition for rulemaking to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission regarding Atlantic Menhaden, the | DE-MD Synod, ELCA | 1/27/25 1:07 pm |
| Petition regarding Atlantic Menhaden, the Chesapeake Bay and the reduction of fishery | Archie Keys | 1/27/25 1:06 pm |
| I support the petition | Gary R Bodie III | 1/27/25 12:35 pm |
| Starving Osprey young... | Leslie D Taylor | 1/27/25 11:41 am |
| I support this bill | Sherry Barb | 1/27/25 11:29 am |
| I support the petition | Scott Goolsby | 1/27/25 11:28 am |
| I support this petition | Brian malsch | 1/27/25 11:21 am |
| I strongly support this petition. | William Mott | 1/27/25 11:20 am |
| Support the petition. | Scott Burger | 1/27/25 11:12 am |
| I Support This Petition | Anonymous (230112) | 1/27/25 11:09 am |
| Atlantic menhaden, Chesapeake Bay, and the reduction fishery | J.D. Ball | 1/27/25 11:03 am |
| I support this petition | Mike May | 1/27/25 11:01 am |
| Stop local depletion of menhaden in Chesapeake Bay | Corinne Green | 1/27/25 10:42 am |
| I Do Not Support This Petition | William Daniels | 1/27/25 10:18 am |
| I strongly support this petition | Jonathan | 1/27/25 10:04 am |
| Protect the menhaden | Jeffery L Swails | 1/27/25 9:56 am |
| I support this petition | Doug Ochsenknecht | 1/27/25 9:51 am |
| Save the Bay, Save the Menhaden | Mollie Rudow | 1/27/25 9:33 am |
| I strongly support this petition. | Ken Schultz | 1/27/25 8:34 am |
| Save the menhaden | Robert Dunning | 1/27/25 8:34 am |
| Support bill | Anonymous (230099) | 1/27/25 8:32 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay. | Joe Kangas | 1/27/25 8:31 am |
| Taking jobs | Melissa Thompson-Daye | 1/27/25 8:10 am |
| Reduce industrial fishing in the bay | Gunnar Kissman | 1/27/25 8:03 am |
| I support this bill | James W. Enochs III | 1/27/25 7:36 am |
| No. I do not support. | Don cash | 1/27/25 7:01 am |
| i support this bill | jean nelson | 1/27/25 3:55 am |
| Protect the Menhaden | Bird watcher in Maryland | 1/27/25 1:46 am |
| NAACP | Anonymous (230089) | 1/26/25 11:59 pm |
| We do not support this petition. | SCLC | 1/26/25 11:39 pm |
| Keeping people in Northern Neck employed | Anonymous (230087) | 1/26/25 11:19 pm |
| Menhaden | Tony Waddell Sclc | 1/26/25 10:56 pm |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the bay. | Jon Hardman | 1/26/25 8:49 pm |
| I fully support the petition | Eric Webster | 1/26/25 8:10 pm |
| Ban foreign co from comm fishing state waters | Don day | 1/26/25 7:58 pm |
| Stop Menhaden Fishing in VA Waters | Mike Jenkins | 1/26/25 7:14 pm |
| Reduce the commercial harvest of menhaden in Virgina waters. | Adam | 1/26/25 5:27 pm |
| i do not support | Marino Heinz | 1/26/25 5:27 pm |
| Protect the Chesapeake Bay and Its' Resources | Brian Berger | 1/26/25 5:07 pm |
| I support the petition | Robert Lewis | 1/26/25 4:49 pm |
| I support reducing Menhaden catch in the Chesapeake Bay | Tom Fenn | 1/26/25 4:14 pm |
| Menhaden petition | Diane Nielsen | 1/26/25 4:03 pm |
| I support this petition | Anonymous (230073) | 1/26/25 3:32 pm |
| End Menhaden netting | Dale Ude, SMRFO | 1/26/25 3:31 pm |
| I support the petition | Joe Caporaletti | 1/26/25 3:02 pm |
| Limit menhaden reduction | Charles Breckenridge | 1/26/25 2:53 pm |
| OVER FISHING | Tom Crosby | 1/26/25 2:50 pm |
| I support the petition - save the Menhaden! | Leah Shepherd | 1/26/25 2:38 pm |
| I do not support | Karen Pinkard | 1/26/25 1:57 pm |
| Menhaden | Karen Pinkard | 1/26/25 1:56 pm |
| Concerned Virginian | Tim Griffin | 1/26/25 1:44 pm |
| I support this petiton | Leah Hendee | 1/26/25 1:36 pm |
| I support this petition | Andrew Shemeta | 1/26/25 12:19 pm |
| I do not support | Terry Elam | 1/26/25 12:14 pm |
| Limit menhaden fishing | Karen Kiehne, AAWSA | 1/26/25 11:47 am |
| I support this petition | Donald Williams | 1/26/25 11:31 am |
| I do not support this petition | Kelly | 1/26/25 11:18 am |
| Do not support! | David | 1/26/25 11:17 am |
| Save our world class fishery! | Will Gillen | 1/26/25 11:08 am |
| Support for petition | Dehaventon Wilson | 1/26/25 11:00 am |
| Regulation of menhaden in the Chesapeake bay | Michael | 1/26/25 10:43 am |
| I support the petition | Anton Sorkin | 1/26/25 10:10 am |
| I support this petition | Anita Schepker | 1/26/25 10:04 am |
| I support the petition and request regulation of menhaden to protect the Bay | Ed Perraut | 1/26/25 9:50 am |
| Petition | Ralph Cipolla | 1/26/25 9:47 am |
| Mr. | Soenke Brandt | 1/26/25 9:47 am |
| I support the petition! | Joey Tomasello | 1/26/25 9:16 am |
| I disapprove of this petition! | Alton Dudley | 1/26/25 9:13 am |
| Support the petition | Anonymous (230043) | 1/26/25 9:08 am |
| Support the petition | Kazuki Ko | 1/26/25 8:59 am |
| Save the Bay | Mark S Williams | 1/26/25 8:54 am |
| Protect the Bay | Miyuki Dodson | 1/26/25 8:53 am |
| I support regulating menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay | Mary Gruver-Byers | 1/26/25 8:50 am |
| I support this petition for the sake of saving our wonderful Chesapeake wildlife. | Russell Bowie | 1/26/25 8:46 am |
| Halt the rape of the bay | Anonymous (230037) | 1/26/25 8:29 am |
| I support this effort | Sean K. Bunyon | 1/26/25 8:29 am |
| i support a REGULATION !!!!! | Anonymous (230035) | 1/26/25 8:28 am |
| I do not support | James T Lowe | 1/26/25 8:18 am |
| Menhaden netting should be banned | william carter | 1/26/25 8:17 am |
| I Support this Petition | Joshua Tompkins | 1/26/25 7:51 am |
| Menhaden Fishing Needs to be Regulated | James G Dixon | 1/26/25 6:45 am |
| Menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay | Mike Griffith | 1/26/25 6:18 am |
| I don't support this | Patrick | 1/25/25 10:50 pm |
| I Support the ban | Anonymous (230028) | 1/25/25 9:21 pm |
| Support the petition- Menhaden Matter | Stephen Schad | 1/25/25 9:11 pm |
| I support the petition | Michael Ferraro | 1/25/25 8:45 pm |
| STOP THE MENHADDEN OVERFISHING | Nicole Seago | 1/25/25 8:44 pm |
| I do not support this petition | Rick Dudley | 1/25/25 8:34 pm |
| Over fishing Menhaden | Tom Melhuish | 1/25/25 8:32 pm |
| Restrict The Bay | Germain | 1/25/25 8:23 pm |
| Support this bill | JoLynn Holcomb | 1/25/25 8:14 pm |
| Menhaden | Russell Vreeland | 1/25/25 7:48 pm |
| I Support Petition | Bill Sammler | 1/25/25 7:45 pm |
| I strongly support the petition to limit fishing in Chesapeake’s waters | Joe evans | 1/25/25 7:13 pm |
| I support this petition. | Lee-Ann Smith-Dean | 1/25/25 6:54 pm |
| DO support | Jennifer C | 1/25/25 6:25 pm |
| Shut down industrial menhaden in the bay and study the impact. | Anonymous (230015) | 1/25/25 6:25 pm |
| I strongly oppose this petition as a life long resident of coastal Virginia. | Ryan Stephens | 1/25/25 6:08 pm |
| Menhaden depletion | Gary Lowe | 1/25/25 5:48 pm |
| I support this petition | MIchael Ruggles | 1/25/25 5:38 pm |
| Get the facts and shut it down | Wills MD | 1/25/25 5:25 pm |
| Save the Bay | Annette Cook | 1/25/25 5:13 pm |
| Strongly support the petition. | Mark Conrad | 1/25/25 5:04 pm |
| I support this Petition | Leon Ellul | 1/25/25 5:02 pm |
| Support | Anonymous (230007) | 1/25/25 4:59 pm |
| Support this petition | Anonymous (230006) | 1/25/25 4:58 pm |
| I fully support this petition | Anonymous (230005) | 1/25/25 4:50 pm |
| I support this | Brian B | 1/25/25 4:37 pm |
| Strongly support this petition, | Charles J. Bruckner | 1/25/25 4:33 pm |
| I strongly support this petition. | Aiden Barnes | 1/25/25 4:27 pm |
| Support the conservation of Menhaden | Andrea Steegmayer | 1/25/25 3:47 pm |
| Strongly Support Petition | John Dearstine | 1/25/25 3:46 pm |
| Support this Petition | Andy Cortez | 1/25/25 3:46 pm |
| I strongly support this petition | Andrew | 1/25/25 3:30 pm |
| In Support of Petition | VLT | 1/25/25 3:12 pm |
| Support VMRC petition | Capt. Meriwether Payne, Seaside Ecotours LLC | 1/25/25 2:33 pm |
| I strongly agree with this! | Anonymous (229991) | 1/25/25 1:33 pm |
| Opposed to study | Anonymous (229988) | 1/25/25 1:23 pm |
| I support the petition | Laura R | 1/25/25 1:10 pm |
| I support | Mike P | 1/25/25 1:02 pm |
| Stop the decimation of the menhaden. | Anonymous (229985) | 1/25/25 12:45 pm |
| Ban purse seining | Craig Freeman | 1/25/25 12:40 pm |
| I support this petition to stop menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake bay and Coastal Waters! | William Herring | 1/25/25 12:36 pm |
| Support of regulations | Allen Morrissette | 1/25/25 12:35 pm |
| I completely support this petition to Save the Chesapeake Bay Menhaden | Lee Kelly | 1/25/25 12:32 pm |
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