January 31, 2011 – The Senate conservation committee today killed a bill to have the Virginia Marine Resources Commission regulate menhaden fishing.
Menhaden are small but ecologically important fish that serve as food to bigger fish such as striped bass.
Senate Bill 765, sponsored by Sen. Ralph S. Northam, D-Norfolk, would have taken oversight of the fish from the General Assembly. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources defeated it on a voice vote.
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