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Legislation
August 30, 2018 Memo To: Robert T. Brown, President MWA
George O’Donnell, DNR MWA Board of Directors Subject: Misc.
Issues for Action
At our recent general membership
meeting several issues of major importance were discussed with an
insistence of help from MWA and DNR:
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Maryland
Crab Labeling on any canned crabmeat sold in Maryland. We are
strongly concerned with foreign crabmeat being sold as Maryland
crabmeat and ask for regulation or legislation to solve this problem
ASAP.
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We are
very concerned about the State pushing for aquaculture and a
reduction of the wild oyster harvest through expansion of the
sanctuary program. We support what Virginia is doing in rotation of
cultivation and harvest of sanctuaries. We know this has been
discussed but we would like a firm report and decision on the issue
as promised.
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We
know the Governor is concerned with the Conowingo Dam flood waters
issue and we would like to know what is being done, beyond talk, to
fix this severe problem and the negative impact on commercial
watermen and our Bay fisheries.
/s/ William “Bill” Scerbo President AAWA
CC: Governor
Larry Hogan
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