4VAC20-620-10. Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to manage commercial and recreational fishing mortality in order to maintain healthy stocks of summer flounder and to establish a license for commercial fishing vessels to land summer flounder in Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR450-01-0081 § 1, eff. January 1, 1993; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 1994; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 5, eff. October 28, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 14, eff. March 9, 1995; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 25, 1995; Volume 32, Issue 21, eff. June 1, 2016; Volume 37, Issue 2, eff. September 1, 2020.