Sports Blog Home

Categories

• Outdoors
  
  • Boating
    
  • Canoeing & Kayaking
    
  • Fishing
    
  • Hiking & Trails
    
  • Hunting
    
  • Mountain Biking
    
  • Parks
    
  • Rock Climbing
    
  • Running
    
  • Skiing
    
  • Travel
    

Recent Entries

• The 2011 Bassmaster Classic
• More on Hot Ditch, saltwater angler registry
• More on menhaden
• The South River Project
• More on the citation sensation

Syndicate

• RSS 2.0
  
  
• 
  
  
• 

Monthly Archives

• May 2012
• April 2012
• March 2012
• February 2012
• January 2012
• December 2011
• November 2011
• October 2011
• September 2011
• August 2011
• July 2011
• June 2011
• May 2011
• April 2011
• March 2011
• February 2011
• January 2011
• December 2010
• November 2010
• October 2010
• September 2010
• August 2010
• July 2010
• June 2010
• May 2010
• April 2010
• March 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010
• December 2009
• November 2009
• October 2009
• September 2009
• August 2009
• July 2009
• June 2009
• May 2009
• April 2009
• March 2009
• February 2009
• January 2009
• December 2008
• November 2008
• October 2008
• September 2008
• August 2008
• July 2008
• June 2008
• May 2008
• April 2008
• March 2008

There’s a great book on menhaden, its history, biology and current politics. It’s called The Most Important Fish in the Sea and it’s by Bruce Franklin. The Virginian-Pilot wrote a scathing editorial on the GA’s handling of this issue recently. Our own T-D Editorial board gave the GA a “thumbs down” on the same issue.

The Virginia Public Access Project makes it easy to find out who’s given what to politicians.

http://www.vpap.org/legislators

Then click on delegates (e.g. Albert Pollard), then “Money In” tab (pick your time frame).

As an example, below are the Omega Protein donations to Delegates on the Chesapeake Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources
This is the group (on the House side) that is supposedly “managing” Menhaden in Virginia waters.

Delegate 2009-2010 2006-2010

Beverly Sherwood $500 $500

R. Lee Ware $1000 $2500

Edward Scott $1250 $1250

Brenda Pogge $750 $750

Lynnwood Lewis $1000 $2000

David Bulova $500 $500

Luke Torian $250

Source: Virginia Public Access Project http://www.vpap.org/legislators?display=length_of_service

Contributions by Omega Protein’s lobbying firms are also relevant as well as “hospitality” provided.