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DNR Shuts Down Menhaden Season

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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says the Menhaden season is over.

The announcement came earlier this week with the agency saying that the quota has been met.

Harry Phillips with Russell Hall Seaford told WBOC that he was concerned that there weren’t any specific numbers from DNR.

The state officials say that they have two reporting systems -- electronic and a monthly log.

But since not all of the watermen have the immediate electronic system of reporting the agency believes that the August monthly log will show the quota has been met.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.