Tell me how insane it is to have nice pound nets in this small area. Sustainable harvesting? Uh, no. A navigational hazard given how much traffic this area gets. Uh, yes.

VMRC has received permit applications for two additional pound nets in the Lynnhaven-Cape Henry area of the lower Chesapeake Bay. See details below. These are in addition to two other applications submitted on October 9 (see CCA VA InfoNet October 17).

These pending applications, and the five existing area pound nets, could bring the number of active pound nets between Lynnhaven Inlet and Cape Henry to nine. In addition, there are two more active pound net licenses in the area which are held by an individual who is setting them aside as part of the grey trout management plan.

In general, CCA VA understands that pound nets are an important part of the commercial fishery.  However, the placement of such structures may have some negative impacts on the use of the waters local to the sites.  Whether you support the permits, or feel that the proposals will have a substantive negative impact on the public use of local waters, you may wish to express your opinion by sending your comments to:

E-mail:  jack.travelstead@mrc.virginia.gov
Fax: 757-247-8101
Mail:
Attn. Jack Travelstead
Virginia Marine Resources Commission
2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor
Newport News, VA 23607

The public has 30 days from the date of application to submit comments to the VMRC.

Gregory Application
October 31, 2008:  Notice is hereby given that Charles Gregory of Virginia
Beach has applied to the Marine Resources Commission to license and locate a
pound net in the southwestern portion of Chesapeake Bay, along the shore
between Lynnhaven Inlet and Cape Henry. The net is to be located 300 yards
from the nearest shoreline, at Latitude 36° 55¹ 17² N, and Longitude 76° 04¹
06² W, and 435 yards upstream and 345 yards downstream of existing adjacent
pound nets. The net is proposed to run in an approximately northerly
direction and is 1200 feet in length.

Sanford Application
October 31, 2008:  Notice is hereby given that Mark T. Sanford of Cheriton
has applied to the Marine Resources Commission to license and locate a pound
net in the southwestern portion of Chesapeake Bay, along the shore between
Lynnhaven Inlet and Cape Henry. The net is to be located 170 yards from the
nearest shoreline, at Latitude 36° 55¹ 25² N, and Longitude 76° 03¹ 33² W,
about 660 yards upstream and 320 yards downstream of existing adjacent pound
nets. The net is proposed to run in an approximately northerly direction and
is 1200 feet in length.

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