(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)A longtime Maryland official and advocate of limits on blue-crab fishing in the Chesapeake Bay was fired this week after watermen critical of the limits met with Gov. Some watermen who disapproved of those limits recently met with Hogan and questioned the limits, the Journal reported and The Washington Post confirmed. The governor’s office declined to comment on Davis, and a DNR spokesman said the department does not comment on personnel matters. “There’s a lot of speculation,” she said, including about whether the decision to fire her was related to recent attempts by some watermen to ease size limits on crab fishing. I was surprised about her dismissal.”After almost three decades with DNR, Davis said she is unsure what she will do next.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2017 21:53 UTC