May 25, 2016
For Immediate Release
For Further
Information Contact:
Laurie Naismith
757-247-2269 Office
757-508-1804 Mobile
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. -- The Virginia Marine
Resources Commission took the following actions on fisheries violations at
their May 24, 2016 meeting:
Edwin Cooper, of Tangier,
Virginia. Mr. Cooper, a commercial licensee, was convicted in Accomack
County General District Court on October 14, 2015 on one count of fish
potting without a license. Mr. Cooper is currently on probation for two
years through August 24, 2017 for taking oysters out of season and taking
oysters from a condemned area. As a result, the Commission voted to revoke
all Mr. Cooper’s Commission-issued licenses for a period of one year from
the date of the Commission meeting, May 24, 2016 to May 23, 2017. The
Commission also voted to prohibit the issuance, reissuance, and renewal of
any of Mr. Cooper’s licenses during this revocation period, May 24, 2016 to
May 23, 2017. Mr. Cooper’s fishing privileges, within the Commonwealth’s
tidal waters were also revoked for a period of one year from the date of the
Commission meeting, May 24, 2016 to May 24, 2017.
Jamie M. Lowney,
of Gloucester, Virginia. Mr. Lowney, a commercial licensee, was convicted in
Gloucester General District Court on March 10, 2016 on two counts: one count
for having no striped bass tags or permits and one count of failure to have
the appropriate hook and line license. The Commission voted to revoke all of
Mr. Lowney’s Commission-issued licenses for a period of one and one-half
years from the date of the Commission meeting, May 24, 2016 through November
23, 2017. The Commission voted to prohibit the issuance, reissuance, and
renewal of any of Mr. Lowney’s licenses during this revocation. Mr. Lowney’s
fishing privileges within the Commonwealth’s tidal waters were also revoked
for a period of one and one-half years from the date of the Commission
meeting, May 24, 2016 through November 23, 2017. Upon completion of the
revocation period, the Commission voted to place Mr. Lowney on three years’
probation from November 24, 2017 through November 23, 2020.
#####
Laurie.Naismith@mrc.virginia.gov
Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Public Relations& Social Media Manager
757-247-2269
757-508-1804
Mobile
https://www.facebook.com/MRCVirginia
https://twitter.com/VaMRC
https://www.youtube.com/user/VirginiaMRC
