Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Public Information

PUBLIC INFORMATION

The Commission makes a variety of documents available for public information. Many of these documents have been converted for posting on this home page; click on the highlighted links below to get to the current postings.

Agency Meetings - calendar of past and upcoming meetings sponsored by the Commission with links to agendas and meeting minutes.

Public Notices - formal, mostly regulatory, public notices that announce public hearings or meetings sponsored by the Commission.

Commission Agendas - The Commission meets monthly, a tentative agenda for each monthly meeting is available about ten days prior to the meeting, a final agenda is available on the day of the meeting.

Recreational Fishing Information - Links to a variety of information for the Recreational Angler.

Commercial Fishing Information - Links to a variety of information for the commercial watermen.

Recreational Finfish Rules Summary - Fact sheet on recreational finfish size limits, bag limits and seasons.

Commercial Finfish Rules Summary - Fact sheet on commercial crabbing restrictions.

Gill Net Rules Summary - Fact sheet on gill net restrictions.

The Saltwater Review - weekly recreational fishing report for tidal waters, and other items of interest to the marine recreational fishing community; produced weekly early April to late October.

The Commercial Fishing Newsletter - Newsletters for commercial fishermen; produced two to four times per year.

Manual for Remote Setting - This project and the manual was funded by the Virginia Fishery Resource Grant Program, www.vims.edu/adv/frg. It was conducted in cooperation with 10 Virginia seafood companies and in conjunction with private industry which provided realistic expectations and estimates of expenses.