Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
 
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Marine Resources Commission
 
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Marine Resources Commission
 
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[4 VAC 20 ‑ ]
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8/17/23  3:54 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

I support the petition to develop purse sein net regulations
 

I hereby request that the VMRC implement regulations of the depth of these purse seine nets within the shallow waters of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay and offshore waters to meet the purse sein net design criterion in order to provide no contact with the seabed in order to eliminate these issues. This could be implemented with a regulation such as "No Purse Seine net may be placed in any area of Virginia’s waters that is less than 5’ deeper that the depth of the actual net utilized.”

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