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		<title>River Herring Moratorium in Effect in Maryland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced a statewide moratorium on the harvest of river herring (blueback and alewife herring). The moratorium follows a 93 percent drop in commercial river herring landings along the Atlantic Coast since 1985. The Maryland commercial harvest of river herring has been falling since the early 1970s when [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/01-2012/17/river-herring-moratorium-in-effect-in-maryland/' addthis:title='River Herring Moratorium in Effect in Maryland '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>MD Striped Bass Commercial Fishing Open House Sessions</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/09-2011/21/md-striped-bass-regulations-open-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host two open houses in October to present proposed commercial striped bass regulatory and administrative changes. During the open houses, the public will be given opportunities for questions and comments. The proposed changes specifically deal with the filing of inaccurate reports by check stations/individual fishermen and illegal [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/09-2011/21/md-striped-bass-regulations-open-house/' addthis:title='MD Striped Bass Commercial Fishing Open House Sessions '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Lifts Commercial Crabbing Daily Work Limits For Hurricane Irene</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2011/24/virginia-hurricane-irene-preparation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner Steven G. Bowman has temporarily lifted the time-of-day restrictions on the commercial harvest of crabs, in order to give crabbers plenty of time to get their gear out of the water before Hurricane Irene hits Virginia. The powerful storm is expected to make landfall in Virginia on Sunday. Commercial crabbing hours [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2011/24/virginia-hurricane-irene-preparation/' addthis:title='Virginia Lifts Commercial Crabbing Daily Work Limits For Hurricane Irene '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Assessment</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2011/09/2011-chesapeake-bay-blue-crab-stock-assessment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[blue crabs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An important new scientific assessment of the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab stock has been released by the federal government, setting higher abundance thresholds and crab population targets that will dictate how the agency manages the fisheries in the years to come. A new scientific assessment of the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab population indicates significantly more [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/08-2011/09/2011-chesapeake-bay-blue-crab-stock-assessment/' addthis:title='2011 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Assessment '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland 2011 Commercial Crab Limits Increased</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/05-2011/26/maryland-2011-commercial-crab-limits-increased/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 01:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries service will increase the commercial crab daily catch limits for female crabs this fall. DNR fisheries managers made the decision after they determined that the increase will have no negative impact on rebuilding the blue crab population. For 2011 DNR will increase daily female catch limits between [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/05-2011/26/maryland-2011-commercial-crab-limits-increased/' addthis:title='Maryland 2011 Commercial Crab Limits Increased '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland TFL-CB Commercial Crab License Buy-Back Program</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/03-2011/23/maryland-tfl-cb-commercial-crab-license-buy-back-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR)has announced that it is offering to buy and permanently retire Unlimited Tidal Fish (TFL) and Crab Harvester (CB) commercial fishing licenses on a voluntary basis from holders who may or may not be currently active in commercial crabbing or fishing. The first phase of the effort to reduce [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/03-2011/23/maryland-tfl-cb-commercial-crab-license-buy-back-program/' addthis:title='Maryland TFL-CB Commercial Crab License Buy-Back Program '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial LCC Crab License Buyback Program Ends</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/03-2011/03/commercial-lcc-crab-license-buyback-program-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is ending the Limited Crab Catcher (LCC) commercial license buyback program after retiring nearly 700 LCC licenses in about a year and a half. DNR is no longer offering to purchase LCC licenses as of March 11, 2011. The program reduced the number of commercial crabbing licenses in [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/03-2011/03/commercial-lcc-crab-license-buyback-program-ends/' addthis:title='Commercial LCC Crab License Buyback Program Ends '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland to Re-open Striped Bass Gillnet Fishery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will reopen the February striped bass gill net fishery on Friday, February 25, and Monday, February 28; all normal harvest restrictions will remain in effect. An estimated 200,000 pounds of the State’s February quota remains to be harvested. The fishery has been closed since February 4, after 10 [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/02-2011/22/maryland-to-re-open-striped-bass-gillnet-fishery/' addthis:title='Maryland to Re-open Striped Bass Gillnet Fishery '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>MD DNR To Host Shellfish Tagging And Aquaculture Open Houses</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/11-2010/04/dnr-shellfish-tagging-and-aquaculture-open-houses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service will launch a commercial shellfish tagging program in August 2011 to meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) national public safety requirements. DNR will host three open houses in November to discuss the elements of the program and to solicit ideas from watermen and aquaculturists about [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/11-2010/04/dnr-shellfish-tagging-and-aquaculture-open-houses/' addthis:title='MD DNR To Host Shellfish Tagging And Aquaculture Open Houses '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Watermens Boat Basin Dedicated at Kent Narrows</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newly-renovated Watermen’s Boat Basin at Kent Narrows was dedicated at a ceremony on October 26 in Queen Anne’s County. Local watermen unveiled a plaque presented by the 2010 Board of Queen Anne’s County Commissioners, which reads, “The Queen Anne’s County Watermen’s Boat Basin at Kent Narrows will forever preserve our local commercial fishing heritage [...]<div><a class="addthis_button" href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250" addthis:url='http://www.chesapeake-bay.org/index.php/11-2010/04/watermens-boat-basin-at-kent-narrows/' addthis:title='Watermens Boat Basin Dedicated at Kent Narrows '><img src="//cache.addthis.com/cachefly/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" style="border:0"/></a></div>]]></description>
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