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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0233\">233<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75193,"identifier":"28.2-1006","token":"28.2\/II\/10\/2\/28.2-1006","url":"\/28.2-1006\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1006\/","token":"28.2\/II\/10\/2\/28.2-1006","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lawfully harvested finfish and shellfish; possession, storage, marketing and disposal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1006","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding any provision of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to the contrary, finfish, crabs, oysters, clams, and other <span class=\"dictionary\">shellfish<\/span> caught in the waters within the <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> of the Potomac River <span class=\"dictionary\">Fisheries<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, in compliance with the regulations prescribed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> pursuant to the Potomac River Compact of 1958, may be possessed, stored, marketed, and otherwise disposed of elsewhere in the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLAWFULLY HARVESTED FINFISH AND SHELLFISH; POSSESSION, STORAGE, MARKETING AND\nDISPOSAL (\u00a7 28.2-1006)\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, finfish, crabs, oysters,\nclams, and other shellfish caught in the waters within the jurisdiction of the\nPotomac River Fisheries Commission, in compliance with the regulations\nprescribed by the Commission pursuant to the Potomac River Compact of 1958, may\nbe possessed, stored, marketed, and otherwise disposed of elsewhere in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 233.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}