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		<title>Maryland Eliminates Fall 2010 Blue Crab Closure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the elimination of its 9-day female blue-crab harvest closure period that runs from Sept 26-Oct 4 for the 2010 season. The regulation change comes in response to a 60 percent increase in Chesapeake Bay blue crab population estimates. This short closure to female harvest was implemented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MD, VA to Hold Hearings on Striped Bass Draft Addendum II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland and Virginia are among Atlantic states that have scheduled their hearings to gather public comment on Draft Addendum II to Amendment 6 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Striped Bass. The dates, times, and locations of the scheduled meetings follow: Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources June 17, 2010; 7:00 PM Ocean Pines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MD DNR To Hold Oyster County Committee Elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 19:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced the dates and locations for the election of county oyster committee representatives. Watermen who hold a commercial tidal fishing license (TFL) or Oyster Harvester License in every tidewater county may vote for five licensed hand tongers, five licensed power dredgers, five licensed patent tongers and five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Announces New Oyster Regulations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 21, 2010, Governor Martin O’Malley, stakeholders, fishery managers and scientists returned to the Annapolis Maritime Museum to announce the submission of new regulations that will clear the way for implementation of the State’s proposed Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan. Governor O’Malley announced the State’s plan to expand oyster sanctuaries and aquaculture leasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia to Buy Back 359 Crab Licenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virginia Marine Resources Commission will buy back 359 commercial crab licenses, in a historic action to take more than 75,000 crab pots off the water as part of a multi-year species rebuilding effort. The licenses will be retired permanently. The removal of 75,441 licensed crab pots represents an almost 20 percent reduction in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASMFC Menhaden Board Approves Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Reduction Fishery Cap for 3 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ASMFC Atlantic Menhaden Management Board approved Addendum IV to Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. Addendum IV extends the Chesapeake Bay reduction fishery harvest cap, established through Addendum III, for an additional three years (2011 &#8211; 2013). Under the Addendum, the Board will annually review measures to determine if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Retires 530 Limited Crab Catcher Licenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of October 29, 2009, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has purchased and permanently retired more than 530 Limited Crab Catcher (LCC) commercial crabbing licenses through its LCC buy-back program.   To further reduce latent effort (fishing effort that is not currently deployed) the agency is also proposing a change in regulations governing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland DNR Counteroffer for Commercial Limited Crab Catcher License Buy Back Program</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2009/17/maryland-dnr-counteroffer-for-commercial-limited-crab-catcher-license-buy-back-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that it is revising the Commercial Limited Crab Catcher (LCC) License Buy-Back Program. The agency began the voluntary Buy-Back program in July in an effort to reduce the amount of latent (inactive) effort in Maryland’s commercial blue crab fishery. The large amount of potential crabbing effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOAA Reports Bay’s Crab Population Rebounds but Juvenile Numbers Remain Low</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the overall crab population in the Chesapeake Bay rebounded significantly last year, the number of juvenile crabs remained well below the historical average, according to a report published by the NOAA-chaired Fisheries Steering Committee. &#8220;New regulations implemented by the various bay jurisdictions in 2008 seem to be working,&#8221; said Peyton Robertson, director of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Announces Voluntary License Buy-back Program to Aid Blue Crab Conservation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort toward effective management of Maryland’s blue crab population, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering to permanently buy back 3,676 commercial limited crab catcher (LCC) licenses. DNR is implementing this buy-back program in response to public feedback offering solutions for reducing the number of inactive crabbing licenses. The agency mailed [...]]]></description>
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