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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
Chapter 1270. Pertaining to Atlantic Menhaden
12/21/2024

4VAC20-1270-35. Chesapeake Bay purse seine menhaden reduction fishery.

A. The annual total allowable Bay Cap landings from the Chesapeake Bay by the purse seine menhaden reduction sector shall not exceed 51,000 metric tons (112,435,754 pounds) and shall be subject to annual adjustment for any overages as specified in subdivision 3 of this subsection.

1. It shall be unlawful for any transfers of quota from other states to be applied to the Bay Cap to reduce any overages.

2. It shall be unlawful for any amount of unlanded menhaden quota under the Bay Cap each calendar year to be rolled over or applied as credit for any subsequent calendar years.

3. Any annual menhaden landings in excess of the current calendar year Bay Cap shall be deducted from only the subsequent calendar year Bay Cap.

B. When it is projected that the purse seine menhaden reduction sector has met the annual menhaden Bay Cap in the Chesapeake Bay, based on mandatory daily landings reports, the commissioner shall promptly notify the industry announcing the date of closure.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person to harvest menhaden by purse seine for reduction purposes from the Chesapeake Bay for the remainder of that calendar year after the commissioner has announced the date of closure.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 19, eff. May 1, 2020; amended, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2021; Volume 38, Issue 15, eff. March 1, 2022.

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