Virginia House Bill 1840 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-01-23 - Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Total allowable catch for menhaden landed in Virginia. Establishes a total allowable catch for menhaden landed in Virginia by the reduction and other menhaden fisheries. The annual menhaden harvest cap in the Chesapeake Bay for the reduction fishery is reduced from 109,020 to 87,216 metric tons. The reduction fishery includes those vessels that harvest menhaden for the purpose of manufacturing menhaden into fertilizer, fish meal, or oil. The bill provides that if the harvest of the reduction fishery does not reach the cap, the difference between the actual harvest and the cap is applied as credit to the allowable harvest for the following year. The bill establishes an annual total allowable catch for menhaden landed in Virginia at 144,272.84 metric tons, 80 percent of which can come from the reduction fishery with all other menhaden fisheries authorized to land 20 percent of the allowable catch. The Marine Resources Commission is authorized to adopt regulations consistent with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and Amendment 2 of the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The bill authorizes an increase in the license fee on each vessel fishing with a purse net for the harvest of menhaden to be used as bait from $3 to $5 and extends the current $5 fee that has been charged on vessels harvesting menhaden for reduction that are over 70 gross tons to all vessels harvesting for reduction purposes regardless of size. The bill provides that anyone who lands menhaden in Virginia after the date of closure of the fishery is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition, the bill repeals the scheduled January 1, 2014, sunset date for the establishment of a total allowable catch of menhaden and the closure date announcement process.

Menhaden fish; total allowable catch for those landed in State.

Del. Lee Ware [R]

Del. Barry Knight [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-23	House	Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2013-01-17	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB2254-Scott, E.T.) by voice vote
2013-01-14	House	Assigned ACNRsub: Chesapeake
2013-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2013-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103435D

HB2254 (Similar To) 2013-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4002	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	1000.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	1000.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	1000.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	1000.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	204.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
28	2	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1840
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1840+hil