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The Fund shall consist of (i) that portion of the nonresident harvester’s license fees which have not been allocated to the Virginia Marine Products Fund as provided for in \u00a7 28.2-227, (ii) fees collected from the registration of commercial fishermen under \u00a7 28.2-241, and (iii) fees collected from the sale of seafood landing licenses under \u00a7 28.2-228.1. The Fund shall be administered by the Commission and used solely for (i) managing and improving marine fisheries, (ii) seafood product promotion and development services, (iii) mandatory reporting and stock assessment, (iv) education of commercial fishermen, (v) conservation and management strategies identified by the General Assembly and the Commission, (vi) public information pamphlets and summaries of rules issued with gear licenses, and (vii) retaining commercial fishermen to engage in replenishment, research, and stock assessment activities.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":224878,"text":"There is hereby continued a special, nonreverting fund in the state treasury to be known as the Marine Fishing Improvement Fund, hereinafter referred to as the Fund. 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 411 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. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 836; in 1993, chapter 10; in 1994, chapter 541<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 214<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65052,"section_number":"28.2-201","catch_line":"Authority of Commission to make regulations, establish licenses, and prepare fishery management plans; accept federal grants; enforcement; penalty for violation of regulation","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-201\/"},{"id":64702,"section_number":"28.2-208.1","catch_line":"Commercial Fishing Advisory Board established","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-208.1\/"},{"id":56652,"section_number":"28.2-241","catch_line":"Registration of commercial fishermen required; exemption; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-241\/"},{"id":60489,"section_number":"28.2-244","catch_line":"Purchase of shellfish or finfish; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-244\/"},{"id":56878,"section_number":"58.1-2259","catch_line":"Fuel uses eligible for refund of taxes paid for motor fuels","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2259\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59640,"section_number":"28.2-227","catch_line":"Special nonresident harvester's license; fee and oath; revocation; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-227\/"},{"id":68479,"section_number":"28.2-228.1","catch_line":"Seafood landing licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-228.1\/"},{"id":56652,"section_number":"28.2-241","catch_line":"Registration of commercial fishermen required; exemption; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-241\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190809,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61585,"identifier":"28.2-208","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/1\/28.2-208","url":"\/28.2-208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-208\/","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/1\/28.2-208","dublin_core":{"Title":"Marine Fishing Improvement Fund continued","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby continued a special, nonreverting fund in the state treasury to be known as the Marine Fishing<\/span> Improvement Fund, hereinafter referred to as the Fund. The Fund shall consist of (i) that portion of the nonresident harvester’s license fees which have not been allocated to the Virginia Marine Products Fund as provided for in \u00a7 28.2-227<\/a>, (ii) fees collected from the registration of commercial fishermen under \u00a7 28.2-241<\/a>, and (iii) fees collected from the sale of seafood landing licenses under \u00a7 28.2-228.1<\/a>. The Fund shall be administered by the Commission<\/span> and used solely for (i) managing and improving marine fisheries<\/span>, (ii) seafood product promotion and development services, (iii) mandatory reporting and stock assessment, (iv) education of commercial fishermen, (v) conservation and management strategies identified by the General Assembly and the Commission<\/span>, (vi) public information pamphlets and summaries of rules issued with gear licenses, and (vii) retaining commercial fishermen to engage in replenishment, research, and stock assessment activities.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMARINE FISHING IMPROVEMENT FUND CONTINUED (\u00a7 28.2-208)\n\nThere is hereby continued a special, nonreverting fund in the state treasury to\nbe known as the Marine Fishing Improvement Fund, hereinafter referred to as the\nFund. The Fund shall consist of (i) that portion of the nonresident\nharvester’s license fees which have not been allocated to the Virginia\nMarine Products Fund as provided for in \u00a7 28.2-227, (ii) fees collected from\nthe registration of commercial fishermen under \u00a7 28.2-241, and (iii) fees\ncollected from the sale of seafood landing licenses under \u00a7 28.2-228.1. The\nFund shall be administered by the Commission and used solely for (i) managing\nand improving marine fisheries, (ii) seafood product promotion and development\nservices, (iii) mandatory reporting and stock assessment, (iv) education of\ncommercial fishermen, (v) conservation and management strategies identified by\nthe General Assembly and the Commission, (vi) public information pamphlets and\nsummaries of rules issued with gear licenses, and (vii) retaining commercial\nfishermen to engage in replenishment, research, and stock assessment activities.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 411, \u00a7 28.1-47.2; 1992, c. 836; 1993, c. 10; 1994, c. 541;\n1996, c. 214.","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}}