The Virginia Waterman is fighting back. Blamed for years of overharvesting the Virginia Waterman wants you to know that it is NOT overharvesting but the improper
management of Virginia's Natural Resources that have caused the problems with the Chesapeake Bay.
5/3/2008 6:25 PM
rick wrote:
Beautiful picture. It should be sent to every newspaper on the East Coast. Some years ago the NMFS delcared the Striped Bass completely recovered. Since the 1980's moratorium was lifted neither VA's recreational and commercial quotas have increased very little. Imagine 100's of thousands of stripers eating small crabs every day. Reply to this
5/21/2008 4:51 PM
Mary Stuart wrote:
I am confused about this fish. Is this fish native to the Bay? Is it bad that the fish eats so many crabs or is it bad because the crab population is down in general, so any fish eating crabs takes away from the fishermen? Should these fish be harvested more in some way so they won't eat a bunch of baby crabs? Reply to this
6/3/2008 10:03 AM
Mary Stuart wrote:
On that show yesterday, Hearsay with Cathy Lewis, a man was interviewed who said that the catfish are part of the problem, as they were never native to these waters, introduced as sport fish, and they gobble up baby crabs. I think the catfish should be harvested. Reply to this
Beautiful picture. It should be sent to every newspaper on the East Coast. Some years ago the NMFS delcared the Striped Bass completely recovered. Since the 1980's moratorium was lifted neither VA's recreational and commercial quotas have increased very little. Imagine 100's of thousands of stripers eating small crabs every day.
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I am confused about this fish. Is this fish native to the Bay? Is it bad that the fish eats so many crabs or is it bad because the crab population is down in general, so any fish eating crabs takes away from the fishermen? Should these fish be harvested more in some way so they won't eat a bunch of baby crabs?
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On that show yesterday, Hearsay with Cathy Lewis, a man was interviewed who said that the catfish are part of the problem, as they were never native to these waters, introduced as sport fish, and they gobble up baby crabs. I think the catfish should be harvested.
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The catfish is a problem and at the present time there is no market for them.
One of the worse things about them is that they are always spawning. It makes
no difference what time of year that you cut one open you will find row.
This link will tell you more
http://virginiawaterman.org/files/4/8/3/2/1/120414-112384/Pages_from_blue_catfish.pdf
Blue Catfish is a Bad Actor
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