VMRC takes action on crab taking vis a vis winter dredge survey

Virginia crab management committee recommends fall, spring catch limit increase summarizes the May 24 meeting at which Virginia’s Marine Resources Commission considered the results of the winter dredge survey and leads with “A state committee on crab management is recommending increases to crab catch limits this fall and next spring but keeping in place the summer reductions instituted last year after surveys found the population had plummeted.”

Watch the meeting: