Throughout the last couple of weeks, a Norfolk-based lawyer and diehard angler has been working diligently behind the scenes on a Declatory Judgement and Injunction Action designed to get Virginia’s charter fishing industry to full operation. Alex Bell was scheduled to file that 38-page motion on behalf of Matador Sport Fishing Charters Friday morning. But on Thursday, the Virginia Marine…
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission today issued clarifications and modifications to its requirements for the charter fishing industry in the state. After being declared a non-essential business at the outbreak of Covid-19, charter fishing was reopened last Friday per the governor’s orders for Phase I. Many captains complained the the state’s requirements issued May 15 were unclear, as well as…
With all the things going on right now, a tropical storm is the last thing we need to be dealing with. Especially for the folks on Ocracoke and Hatteras islands. But that’s what we’re getting today, as Tropical Storm Arthur – the first cyclone of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season – has arrive. Arthur’s not going to be exceptionally bad,…
Got a text from a dear friend on Tuesday. A picture of her husband. She had been out shopping with her sister and returned home to find him sitting by the driveway, fish net and rod in each hand, a cold beer at his feet. Further inspection of the picture showed a bobber sitting in his pristine lawn. Through his…
We all know that the hurricane season “officially” starts on June 1, and we all know that it has started earlier on a near yearly basis. There’s a chance this year might join others. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area where disturbed weather is forecast to form over the next few days. The area – a couple hundred…
With a wonderful weekend on the horizon and the potential opening of limited commercial fishing, it might be a good idea to start your plan of attack. You have quite a few options. And many more are on the way. This weekend’s weather, with National Weather Service forecasters calling for temperatures in the low 80s, is only going to help.…
It’s going to be far from perfect, but it’ll be better than nothing. After suffering through a couple of months of closure because of Vovid-19, Virginia charter captains will be allowed to resume business on May 15. There will be some daunting restrictions. As if skippers don’t have enough paperwork, rules and regulations on their hands as it is. They…
