As a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s oversight of commercial menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay slogs through court, conservationists and recreational anglers have filed a pair of petitions pressing the state’s regulatory agencies to crack down on the practice. One petition, submitted July 6 by Bill Dunn, an avid fisherman, calls on the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to […]

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Tim Wheeler is the Bay Journal's associate editor and senior writer, based in Maryland. You can reach him at 410-409-3469 or twheeler@bayjournal.com.