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Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCESAgency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION
Chapter 450 - PERTAINING TO THE TAKING OF BLUEFISH
Section 4VAC20-450-10 - Purpose

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-450-10

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024
Section 4VAC20-450-10 - Purpose

The purposes of this chapter are to manage the recreational harvest of bluefish and to establish a commercial quota system for Virginia bluefish landings, in cooperation with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, to prevent overfishing.

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-450-10

Derived from VR450-01-0059 § 1, eff. July 1, 1990; amended, Virginia Register Volume 7, Issue 8, eff. December 1, 1990; Volume 10, Issue 26, eff. September 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 14, 1995; Volume 28, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2012.; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 30, Issue 25, eff. 8/1/2014.

Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.