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HJ 609 Study; blue crab population and growth.

Introduced by: I. Vincent Behm, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Study; taking certain crabs. Requests the Virginia delegation of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission and representatives of the seafood industry to (i) study jointly the possible effects of changing minimum size limits of blue crabs allowed to be taken, of requiring cull rings in peeler pots and of preventing the taking of peeler crabs too early in the molting stage and (ii) prepare a blue crab fishery management plan.


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