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Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCESAgency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION
Chapter 510 - PERTAINING TO AMBERJACK AND COBIA
Section 4VAC20-510-10 - Purpose

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-510-10

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024
Section 4VAC20-510-10 - Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to control the harvest, protect the spawning stocks, minimize the possibility of recruitment failure and increase yield in the amberjack and cobia fisheries. The provisions pertaining to aquaculture serve to prevent cobia raised in an aquaculture facility from being placed into Virginia waters and to minimize the impact of cultured fish in the market place on the enforcement of other provisions of this chapter.

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-510-10

Derived from VR450-01-0065 §1, eff. September 1, 1990; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1995; Volume 23, Issue 12, eff. February 1, 2007; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 21, eff. 6/1/2016.

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