The announcement came last week that the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission had approved Virginia’s plan on how to disperse allocated CARES Act funds among the state’s fishermen and women. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act set aside about $4.5 million to three segments of Virginia’s fishing industry – Commercial Fishing and Aquaculture, Deal or Processor, and Charter-for-Hire.…
The region’s creeks, tidal rivers, inlets and sounds could be pretty crowded for the next week or so. It’s gonna be pretty snotty in any kind of open water. It’s a shame that most if not all boats will be staying in port, because the offshore scene off the coast of both states has been fantastic. Blue marlin, sailfish, swordfish,…
Every year, for about four decades, staff at First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach would get a simple, yet thoughtful, gift from one of their peers. Quite a few students got one, too. A red pencil, unsharpened, embossed with the words “Fred Britton.” Nobody who ever spent more than a second or two with the man needed anything to…
We’ll get to the fishing forecast in a minute, but first there are a few thoughts that need, for whatever two cents is worth, to be shared. There are four months left in this, what has been, the strangest year in as long as most of us can remember. Rioting, looting, violence, ignorance, political stupidity – on yeah, and a…
