Environmental studies research on Tangier Island

[happinesson]

Government must give them assistance for a livelihood project.

[SamHanB]

Living on the Eastern Shore of Va, I have seen pick up trucks, too many to count filled to overflowing with bushel baskets filled to overflowing with female crabs loaded with eggs! *That* is why the crab population can't survive. The waterman wouldn't or couldn't think of what keeping those females was doing to the population, so somebody did. Keeping egg laden females should be against the law & that law should be strictly enforced.

[whitegrizzleySR]

I have spent a lot of my child hood years near Tangier. My Dad and his partner built most of the houses on Port Isobel. I have the old black and white photos of when we were putting up the light house beacon and when we built the main house and boat storage building. Bill Dailey was the care taker of this island at the time. My heart goes out to all of you on Tangier. It is not your fault. I hope they get things going in your direction that you can do what your families have done for years.

[awpTIVA]

i am from tangier i lived here ever since i was born i love it here i couldnt imagine livin somewhere else

[tbeatty86]

My family is from Tangier and it has gotten really bad over there the past couple of years. My 55 year old Uncle had to give up crabbing after 40+ years due to extreme regulation from the state of Virginia. He is now having to restart his career in tug-boating. Its really government bureaucracy at its finest. Lawyers in Richmond who have never worked the water are telling life-long watermen that their practices are the reason for the decline. Want seafood to rebound? shut down the chicken farms

[sportsster69]

i just got back from Tangier a couple hours ago. This was my second time visiting the island. It is so beautiful and i hope to someday show my family they lifestyle they live there.

[islandroller71]

I lived on tangier for 18 years and enjoyed crabbing, i had to move because of the laws and regulations on crabbing, I hope you have tried blue crabs because if the laws don't get lifted there might not be anymore

[imthememe23]

I love Tangier Island.. have been there 5 times. I have empathy for the waterman because of the regulations.. they NEED their livelihoods on the water. The goverment needs to let these people do what they have done for over 400 years.

I wish everyone could go there at least one time, to meet these people and see how the other half lives...