"Opening the Little Choptank, St. Mary’s and Manokin to harvest will now take legislative approval"
"The Maryland General Assembly on Monday overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of legislation aimed at preventing harvests from oyster sanctuaries in five Chesapeake Bay tributaries that the state has targeted for large-scale restoration.
By a narrow margin, the Senate mustered the three-fifths majority needed to overcome Hogan’s bid last week to block the oyster sanctuary bill. The vote in the chamber was 29 to 16. The House had voted more emphatically, 96-43, on Friday to override Hogan’s veto.
The Senate override vote came a day after the death of House Speaker Michael Busch, chief sponsor of the House version of the sanctuary bill. Prince George’s County Sen. Paul Pinsky was lead sponsor of a Senate version and chief advocate for it in that chamber."
Timothy B. Wheeler reports for the Bay Journal April 8, 2019.
