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✅ Virginia LCV Bill Positions SUPPORT HB19, HB33, HB357, HB368 OPPOSE HB1363 HB 19 (Ware) - SUPPORT Directs the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) to conduct a three-year study of the ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of the Atlantic menhaden population in Virginia’s waters. -- Menhaden are a critical species to provide nourishment for other fish targeted by commercial and recreational fishing industries. -- The General Assembly passed SB1388 during the 2023 legislative session, which developed plans for studying menhaden in Virginia’s waters. HB19 would direct VIMS to follow through on conducting the study HB 33 (Clark) - SUPPORT Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water. -- As plastic breaks down over thousands of years, it does not go away but rather becomes microplastics–small plastic particles less than five millimeters in size. -- Microplastics are being found in our blood, lungs. Humans consume about a credit card worth of plastic every week. HB 357 (Simonds) - SUPPORT Establishes a work group to evaluate existing approaches to wetland conservation strategies, identify wetlands adaptation areas where tidal wetlands can persist in the landscape, and explore climate’s impact on wetlands’ health and survival. -- Wetlands are among the most productive, diverse, and important ecosystems in Virginia. Both tidal and nontidal wetlands improve water quality, reduce storm damage and flooding, control erosion, provide vital wildlife habitat, and help fight climate change. -- Virginia has already half the wetlands that existed in the 1780s due to development. According to a 2021 report by Climate Central, sea level rise threatens to cause Virginai to lose 42% of existing tidal wetlands by 2100. HB 368 (McClure) - SUPPORT This legislation would convene a stakeholder advisory group to recommend revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code regarding allowing multifamily buildings up to 6 stories to be served by a single staircase. -- Changing current regulations to allow single-stair buildings will empower construction of family size apartments and condos more easily and more affordably. -- Single stair construction is used in NYC, Seattle, and across Europe for buildings with a single staircase up to six stories in height. Modern fire safety measures such as fire resistant building materials, sprinkler systems, and secondary fire escapes mitigate fire risk. HB 1363 (O’Quinn) - OPPOSE -- This 2024 legislation is the “study version” of failed attempts in 2022 and 2023 to ban localities from electrifying new building construction–using the same broad language aimed at preventing any local action that “limits, prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting” natural gas service. -- The parameters of the study imply that Virginia’s clean energy transition threatens jobs, revenue, and our national security. -- This study seeks only to measure access to “fuels” methane (natural gas), or propane. It fails to consider whether banks, schools, state and local buildings, transit or telecommunications providers can use non-gas sources to meet their future energy needs. -- Prohibiting building electrification can leave high-density zones vulnerable to gas leaks, result in worsened indoor air quality, and prevent localities from meeting local emissions reductions targets.

HB19 - Vote YES https://vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HB19-support.docx.pdf HB28 - Vote YES https://vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Support-HB28.pdf HB33 - Vote YES https://vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HB33-support.pdf HB357 - Vote YES https://vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HB357-VCN-support.docx.pdf HB368 - Vote YES https://vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HB368-SB195-VCN-support.pdf HB809 - Vote YES https://vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HB809-support-Leverage-of-Federal-Funding.docx.pdf HB1363 - Vote NO https://vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/OPPOSE-HB-1363-OQuinn-1.pdf

I support this bill, not because it's the best thing to do, or the right thing to do, but because it's the only thing there seems to be any bravery to do. I would rather you stop bending over for an industry that has been degrading our prized jewel, the Chesapeake, for the past 150 years, and instead tell them to suck it up, put on their big boy pants and go fish in the ocean like every other reduction fleet across the globe. - Dale William Neal

Though I am a Shenandoah Valley resident, I am a Northampton County native and property owner. I spend a great deal of time on the Chesapeake Bay and have for my entire life. I have seen firsthand the impact of the loss of menhaden on osprey and fish species, including dolphin. I am sad that my grandchildren don't experience the same interactions with the Bay that I have had my entire life, fishing and watching all the wildlife that depend on menhaden. The menhaden reduction industry cannot continue depleting the Bay in Virginia waters.

I support HB19 and encourage its passage. Evidence-based science is essential to making informed decisions about the menhaden industry in the Chesapeake Bay. We cannot continue to witness plummeting numbers of surviving osprey young while taking no action.

I support this legislation which is necessary and long overdue. Virginia must take full responsibility for managing this public resource while protecting the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. This is an opportunity to do the right thing. Take it.

Please support this bill. We need some real science to prove that Menhaden are being overfished in the bay

Please keep Omega out of the bay. They are destroying the entire bay fishing industry. I have personally watch the by catch and how it has Decimated the recreational and commercial fishing.

Please keep Omega out of the bay. They are destroying the entire bay fishing industry. I have personally watch the by catch and how it has Decimated the recreational and commercial fishing.

Mismanagement of the industrial harvesting of menhaden has led to a state of ecological and economic disaster for the Virginia and Maryland recreational fishing industry. This is not just the charter boats, but the folks who want to go out and catch some fish for dinner. The Chesapeake Bay is the gateway to numerous rivers, so the impact is widespread. It appears that this type of harvesting is also damaging the bottom of the Bay, which is not good. It is also leading to the starvation of osprey in the main stem of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia waters. Industrial harvesting needs to be halted immediately and not wait on a multi-year study. I fully support the ability of the local watermen to catch menhaden for sale to the local market.

I strongly urge a non biased review of the impact of Omega over fishing the bay for menhaden. I also feel restitution is warranted to replace the impacted grasses on the bottom from sein nets destruction.

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With amendments, I would support HB 19 and the menhaden study. Most importantly, a moratorium moving the industrial fishing out of state waters until science can catch is imperative. If enacted as it is written, it would take 6-7 years before the study was approved, funded, conducted and completed. We know based on our personal observations, scientific data, etc. that the Bay can’t wait. Many years ago Omega Protein negotiated with the State of VA to be allowed to fish in the bay during inclement weather when ocean fishing would be too dangerous. Fast forward until about 2021 when Omega/Ocean Harvesters exceeded the Bay Cap. Then VMRC Chairman Bowen sent a letter notifying of the violation and pointing out that they should be fishing in the bay only during inclement weather. The response back to Chairman Bowen was that exceeding the limit was a business decision and aid that the fish in the bay now for a number of reasons including economics. All the while the bay and my community suffer in many ways. When I fished with my young children from Silver Beach, I dreamed of the day I’d be doing the same thing with my grandchildren. That dream has been taken from me thanks to a pattern of inaction by the legislature, the Governor’s office, VMRC, and ASMF to stop the concentrated depletion of menhaden in the Chesapeake. The neighborhood children, my grands, and I do go down and give it a try but the fish are gone and my sweet grandchildren who are always excited to see the old pictures of fish their moms and dads caught get justifiably bored. There are no schools of menhaden to be seen, and our resident Osprey and heron are gone, shockingly few pelicans and sea birds this year, and very few dolphin. Any study must also include Maryland as the water and fish know no boundaries. Northampton County, VA Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution asking the Governor, VMRC, and ASMFC to prohibit industrial menhaden reduction fishing from VA state waters. You have been provided with a copy by our county office. Please review and consider the hardship on the residents of our rural county. We can’t be expected to suffer financially with Omega prospering at our expense. So yes…if there’s a moratorium until the study is complete, and if Maryland is included. Learn more at Menhaden - Little Fish, Big Deal on FB Www.saveourmenhaden.org Also watch the documentary Menhaden the Biggest Little Fish You’ll Never See

I support this menhaden study Bill for several reasons: these fish are being depleted from the bay at an alarming rate, which is impacting striped bass, osprey and a number of other important species in the area. we believe these large industrial nets do not belong in the shallow waters of the Chesapeake Bay, and we believe it is doing harm to the bottom structures as well. Whenever we raise these issues, the industry states “there is no science to support your concerns.” Now this bill will give us some of the science necessary to prove that our concerns are accurate. It should be noted that the industry was part of a group that created the study plan yet they are now lobbying against this bill. The truth is they do not want science because they fear what it will tell us. Sadly, some of our politicians are bought and paid for by the industry and that’s why this damaging fishery has continued for so long. This fishery is outlawed by every other state on the East Coast. It should also be noted that our governor has stacked the board at VMRC with friends of the industry. This is simply shameful.

I support HB19. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Commonwealth of Virginia have never studied the population dynamics of menhaden within the Chesapeake Bay. There are no studies that have shown the population in various regions of the Bay, how the fish utilize the creeks, and how the osprey are dependent upon the menhaden. Although there seems to be a lot of menhaden out in the ocean, there is a clear deficit within the Bay and nobody knows why or how that came to be. Menhaden loss seems to be the main reason for the osprey nesting failure. The VIMS study is a good start to getting the information needed to make good decisions for the people of Virginia, decisions that consider all of the various interests and needs, ecosystem services, impacted communities, and economics. If Virginia does not do this study, I would not be surprised if ASMFC funded a study using a different set of researchers.

I support the funding of this menhaden study bill HB19. My personal realization of the loss of menhaden was during my regular activities kayaking, swimming and sailing on the bay and it tributaries. Over the past couple of decades I was wondered by the great return of eagles, ospreys and pelicans to the Chesapeake. It has become a real symbol that we must finally be doing something right by the bay, and our efforts, and all the hundreds of millions of dollars spent are paying off. I have been greatly dismayed over the last two seasons by the sudden lack of chicks in Osprey nests, and many abandon nests where Osprey families normally thrived. Something has changed. I started researching 4 months ago. I realize that with water pollution, rising water temperatures, eel grass loss, and the invasive blue cat, the bay is under enormous pressure. We seem to be at a tipping point. I have heard many people talk about massive bird cyclones they used to see over vast schools of menhaden, but have not seen in years. How can you continue to extract the number one source of protein that almost every Virginia marine species depends on, and expect good things to happen. The Menhaden Reduction Fishing Issue Menhaden are the keystone prey species in Virginia waters. The majority of Virginia’s marine mammals, seabirds, and saltwater predatory fish depend on them for survival. The reduction fishing industry has been extracting this primary source of protein out of the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia coastal waters for 150 years. The bounty of Virginia's marine ecosystems and resources has never being fully realized due to this antiquated practice of slaughtering billions of wild menhaden for industrial purposes. Virginia is the only Atlantic Coast state that still allows reduction fishing in their near shore coastal waters. Tens of thousands of Virginians depend economically on a healthy marine ecosystem in the recreational, tourism, and traditional watermen industries. Thousands of working class Virginians depend on a healthy fish population to put a subsistence level of protein on their table through shoreline fishing. Yes, the economics of Northumberland County do matter, but should they continue to outweigh the economics of all other Virginians? What could be achieved if menhaden were given the breathing room to thrive? Goals: 1. Restrict reduction fishing to Federal waters (U.S. EEZ 3+ miles offshore). 2. Support a healthy menhaden bait fishery. Have the Virginia Marine Resources Commission manage for maximum abundance, not minimal sustainability. Learn More. Go to www.SaveOurMenhaden.org. Google "menhaden reduction fishing" I will leave you with this. In talking with a legislative aid as well as one of the executives at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation it seems that Omega Protein representatives have be working legislators to quietly kill this bill. Obviously they would have been talking with many of you, so you would know what the truth is on this matter. Do you not find this hypocritical? To publicly participate in the lead up to this study last year, then to privately ask to kill it this year. Omega Protein is probably fully aware of the issues in the bay. We have watched them online struggle to find menhaden schools, they worked many weekends and overtime this season and still didn't meet their quota. Why do they not want anyone else to know what the real situation is?