Va. Senate shoots down bill to add terrapin protections to recreational crab pots

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 682

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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A bill that would have required recreational crabbers to add terrapin by-catch devices onto their pots to prevent accidental drownings of the reptiles failed to pass out of the Virginia Senate, stalling the measure for the year.

There was an attempt to revive the measure on Thursday to turn the bill into a study, but it failed to materialize.

The devices are plastic borders that go onto the opening of crab pots that reduce the …

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