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US commerce secretary Ross hands Virginia menhaden fishery its first moratorium

The ruling follows a request by state governor Ralph Northam, made last month in response to Houston, Texas-based Omega Protein violating the federal cap in the area

By Jason Huffman | Dec. 19, 2019 19:00 GMT
Wilbur Ross, US secretary of Commerce in the Donald Trump administration.
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Wilbur Ross, secretary of the US Department of Commerce, has agreed with Virginia governor Ralph Northam and placed the first-ever moratorium on the commonwealth's menhaden fishery in the Chesapeake Bay -- one of the two largest in the US -- delivering a potentially nasty blow to Omega Protein [...]

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