Code of Virginia - Title 28.2 Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters - Chapter 10 Compacts And Joint Laws With Other States

28.2-1000 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact
(Code 1950, §§ 28-254, 28-255; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-202; 1992, c. 836.) ...

28.2-1000.1 Authority of Governor to implement menhaden management measures
A. The Governor may by proclamation implement any menhaden fisheries management measures, as defined in 16 U.S.C. § 5102(1) (B), whenever the Atlantic States Marine ...

28.2-1000.2 (Expires December 31, 2010) Annual closure of the Chesapeake Bay purse seine fishery for Atlantic m...
A. For the purpose of this section: "Chesapeake Bay" means the territorial waters of the Commonwealth lying west of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. "Purse seine ...

28.2-1001 Potomac River Compact
PREAMBLE Whereas, Maryland and Virginia are both vitally interested in conserving and improving the valuable fishery resources of the Tidewater portion of the Potomac River, ...

28.2-1002 Cooperation of agencies of Commonwealth
All governmental agencies of the Commonwealth of Virginia are authorized to cooperate with the Potomac River Fisheries Commission created by the Potomac River Compact approved ...

28.2-1003 Authority to regulate dredging of soft shell clams
The Potomac River Fisheries Commission shall have the power to make, adopt and publish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for ...

28.2-1004 Authority to authorize and regulate experimental oyster hatchery program
The Potomac River Fisheries Commission shall have the power to make, adopt and permit such rules and regulations and to take such action as may ...

28.2-1005 Authority to regulate dredging of oysters
The Potomac River Fisheries Commission shall have the power to make, adopt and publish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for ...

28.2-1006 Lawfully harvested finfish and shellfish; possession, storage, marketing and disposal
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, finfish, crabs, oysters, clams, and other shellfish caught in the waters within the jurisdiction of the Potomac ...

28.2-1007 (Contingent effective date - see Editor's note) Authority to regulate leasing
The Potomac River Fisheries Commission shall have the power to make, adopt, and publish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for ...