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Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters

Passed

P HB651

Federal sport fish matching funds. Gives the Virginia Marine Resources Commission the authority to accept federal grant money from the federal Wallop-Breaux Fund. The U.S. Department of the Interior has indicated that Virginia's statutes do not give the agency such authority. The wording, as proposed, would satisfy federal officials.
Patron - Lewis

P HB652

Oyster taxes. Requires oyster taxes be paid to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Currently, the Commission's Marine Patrol Officers collect the tax. The bill also directs that the oyster inspection tax be deposited in the Public Oyster Rocks Replenishment Fund.
Patron - Lewis

P HB898

Conveyance of Property, Sam's Restaurant. Authorizes the Governor to convey at fair market value, upon consultation with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, to Ocean Properties, LLC, an irregular-shaped lot, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the downtown section of Hampton, Virginia, known as Sam's Restaurant. Such sale and conveyance shall be in a form approved by the Attorney General.
Patron - Gear

P HB940

Conveyance of property. Authorizes the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to convey to a private party approximately 1.2 acres, more or less, in the Rappahannock River, subject to any rights of the adjoining property owner as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Patron - Morgan

P HB1533

Conveyance of subaqueous lands. Authorizes the Governor to convey approximately 3.40 acres of subaqueous lands in the Elizabeth River in Norfolk to Moon of Norfolk, L.L.C., 4.11 acres of subaqueous lands in the Elizabeth River in Norfolk to Harbor Point Investors, L.L.C., and 3.6 acres of subaqueous lands in the Elizabeth River in Norfolk to Front Street Investors, L.L.C.
Patron - Melvin

P SB634

Subaqueous permits. Exempts (i) finger piers of up to five feet in width, (ii) L or T head platforms and appurtenant floating dock platforms of up to 400 square feet, and (iii) open-sided shelter roofs and gazebo-type platforms if allowed by local ordinances, that extend over state-owned, subaqueous lands from having to obtain a permit from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
Patron - Williams

Failed

F HB252

Regulation of the fishing of menhaden. Directs the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations to implement the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill stipulates that no regulation can impose limits on the fishing of menhaden that are more restrictive than the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. The bill also requires that any moratorium on the fishery be subject to legislative review and repeals the Governor's authority to implement menhaden management measures by proclamation.
Patron - Cosgrove

F HB435

Moratorium on horseshoe crabs. Places a moratorium on the landings and importation of horseshoe crabs until certain conditions are met. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission is required to promulgate regulations imposing the moratorium.
Patron - Griffith

F HB749

Harvest quota on menhaden. Limits to 105,783 metric tons the amount of menhaden that can be harvested annually in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries from 2006 through 2010. This limit is in accordance with the cap placed on the fishery by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission in its Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan.
Patron - Cosgrove

F HB1045

Menhaden fishing limits. Places an annual limit of 131,000 metric tons on the taking of menhaden by purse nets in the Chesapeake Bay. The Secretary of Natural Resources is to develop a system for monitoring the landings and issue a closure notice if 100 percent of the annual limit is met. The bill also prohibits vessels greater than 70 gross tons from setting nets after 5:00 p.m. on Friday or prior to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, and between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on a holiday.
Patron - Wittman

F SB2

Crab pot buoys. Requires the Virginia Marine Resources Commission to promulgate regulations that all crab pot buoys and floats be marked with reflective material so all buoys and floats are visible at night when illuminated.
Patron - Williams

F SB84

Harvest quota on menhaden. Limits to 105,783 metric tons the amount of menhaden that can be harvested annually in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries from 2006 through 2010. This limit is in accordance with the cap placed on the fishery by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission in its Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan.
Patron - Watkins

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