bills target oversight of menhaden fishery

[stripercrazy]

Maybe the legislators want to keep control because they have family members who are commercial fisherman.


In addition to the Northam-Cosgrove bills, the General Assembly will take up another menhaden bill this year, this one to endorse the cap extension to 2013 and keep management in the hands of lawmakers.

http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/bill...aden-fishery-0

Or have relatives with Omega protein. It's surprising how influenced legislators can be when they have a couple dozen people giveing them the maximum campaign contributions every year.