The Chesapeake Bay has one more artificial reef after the Virginia Marine Resources Commission successfully deployed a new ...

After Steven Bowman retired as chief of the Smithfield Police Department last summer, he expected retirement meant retirement. Then he got a call from incoming Secretary of Natural Resources Matthew ...

NEWPORT NEWS — The commercial fishing licenses of four local watermen were revoked Tuesday for numerous and repeated criminal oyster violations, according to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Tuesday afternoon, officials decided not to let a company build floating oyster beds in Virginia Beach. It’s been a fight among several groups over waterway rights near ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) - An unmanned runaway boat and a partially sunken boat led to a busy morning for officers from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) on Saturday. According to VMRC ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — A bill currently in the legislature is expected to find common ground between environmental groups and Omega Protein Corp., the largest harvester of menhaden on the Chesapeake ...

MATHEWS COUNTY, VA. (WVEC) — A business in Mathews County is one step closer to placing up to 700 floating shellfish cages in Milford Haven, despite some protest from local residents. On Tuesday, the ...

Gov. Bob McDonnell appointed on Monday Jack G. Travelstead as the commissioner of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Travelstead has been deputy commissioner of the VMRC since 2006, said a ...

The Chesapeake Bay has one more artificial reef after the Virginia Marine Resources Commission successfully deployed a new ...