The bids, however, far exceed the $6.7 million in federal disaster aid bankrolling the buyback, meaning only a fraction of the watermen who bid will likely be leaving the water.
The 665 bids received by a Nov. 1 deadline totaled $30.4 million, ranging from a low of $500 to a high of $665,000, which was submitted by a part-time waterman. Virginia has approximately 1,800 licensed watermen, most of whom are part-time. Many others rarely go out...
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Buyback? - 2009-11-07 07:00:10
Why is there a buyback? Does the state not really own the licenses? If the license has been inactive, just cancel it like they do with other licenses.
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