I urge the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to better preserve our Chesapeake Bay by instituting a regulatory process to determine the appropriate depth of purse seines in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and areas where this gear is not appropriate due to depth and/or other important resources. Recent net spills have demonstrated the need to have regulations that better protect Virginias marine resources. The size and scale of the menhaden reduction fleet continues to endanger the future of the menhaden population in Chesapeake Bay. Setting such regulations could help simply ensure the health of other Bay resources not targeted by this fishery and help safeguard this critical resource.