SB 820 Virginia Senate · 2017 Regular Session

Menhaden fishery; VMRC to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's fishery.

Summary
Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations to implement the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden and authorizes the Commission to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's menhaden fishery. The bill also requires that any moratorium on the fishery be subject to legislative review. Several existing codified provisions relating to quotas, allocation of allowable landings, and administrative procedures are repealed and will be included in a regulatory framework for managing the fishery.
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Nov 2016
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Introduced Nov 7, 2016 Last action Nov 7, 2016
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Nov 7, 2016
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Nov 7, 2016
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100639D
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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