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  (AP) – 1 hour ago   GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The Coast Guard is searching for three people Thursday after two boats collided in the Gulf of Mexico off the Mississippi coast. Lt. Junior Grade Israel Parker said the Eurus London, a 660-foot commercial cargo boat, and the Sandy Point, a 163-foot fishing boat,ContinueContinue reading “2 boats collide in the Gulf of Mexico, 3 missing”

  A bill to shift management of a small but important Chesapeake Bay fish from the Virginia General Assembly to a state regulatory agency died in committee on Monday. The legislation was the final of several proposals to regulate a menhaden fishery that once operated from Maine to Florida but is now reduced to oneContinueContinue reading “Virginia fish management bill dies in committee”

  Four Republican delegates have dropped their bills to restrict menhaden fishing after Sen. Richard Stuart promised to request a study on the fishery from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Stuart, R-Stafford, has recently been appointed as Virginia’s legislative representative to the ASMFC. Menhaden fishing has long been a contentious issue in Richmond, asContinueContinue reading “Lawmakers drop bills on menhaden fishing –”