Following a public hearing on Tuesday, February 24, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) voted 8-0 to provide $2.6 million in emergency funding from the Waterway Maintenance Grant Program ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission raised minimum keeper sizes for speckled and gray trout during a full day of decision making Tuesday. In addition to limiting licenses and the size of nets on ...