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Larry Chowning

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Larry Chowning is a writer for the Southside Sentinel in Urbanna, Va., a regular contributor to National Fisherman, and the author of numerous books.

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Faye Hall christens the 180’ F/V Little River with a bottle of champagne on Saturday, April 22 at the Omega Protein dock in Reedville, Va.. Larry Chowning photo.

Chesapeake Bay menhaden steamers christened

Bill Keeling, above, built his first deadrise workboat in 1976. At age 77, he has started a new 42-footer at his boat shop in Mathews County, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

Virginia boatbuilder, 77 years young, at work on new deadrise

The Emilie Virginia is presently up on the hard at Crown Pointe Marina in Hayes, Va., getting a new bottom, stern and pilothouse. She is shown here with her captain and owner Peyton Mason. Photo by Jimmy John Hunley.

Virginia waterman needs his classic wooden boats ‘just to keep up with the work.’

The 70' Columbia is shown here with three other Conn. boats that were brought south to Chesapeake Bay, three of which will work in the State of Maryland's Oyster Replenishment Program. Photo by Benny Horseman.

New homes on Chesapeake Bay for Connecticut oyster schooners

Omega Protein purse boat hauling in menhaden. Larry Chowning photo. --

Proposed menhaden ban blocked in Virginia legislature

An Omega Protein purse seine crew fishing for menhaden in Chesapeake Bay. Larry Chowning photo.

Virginia imposing new limits on menhaden fleet

This outboard profile is of a 64' x 20" steel hull oyster boat being built by Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co. LLC of Leesburg, N. J. Courtesy of Delaware Bay Shipbuilding.

New oyster boat on the way for Delaware Bay

The historic Maryland skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark was damaged Dec. 27, 2022 when a pickup truck crashed through a piling along Dogwood Harbor on Tilghman Island and landed on the boat. Photo by Wade Murphy III.

Close call for historic Maryland skipjack

Tangier Island waterman Willie Crockett is installing a new fiberglass shaft alley tube on his glass-over-wood 42-foot deadrise Carolyn Annette in in October 2022 at Pruitt's Boat Yard on the island. Nathan Straub photo.

DIY shaft fix gets Virginia oysterman back on the water

This 36' x 15' aluminum Cajun-built vessel has been transformed from a North Carolina skimmer shrimp trawler to a Chesapeake Bay oyster dredge boat. Larry Chowning photo.

Cajun shrimp boat gets a second act with Virginia oysters