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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 121 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":191321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82214,"identifier":"28.2-525","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/2\/28.2-525","url":"\/28.2-525\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-525\/","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/2\/28.2-525","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fishing in Chesapeake Bay immediately west of Tangier Island","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-525","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to protect and promote the fishery in that area of the Chesapeake Bay described herein, may open and close such area or any part thereof, or prescribe the manner, method, size and season of catch. Such area is contained within the boundaries of a point beginning at the southeastern point of Tangier Island, thence, in a southeastern direction to Tangier Sound Light; thence, in a southwestern direction to can buoy C &#8220;1&#8243;; thence continuing in a southwestern direction to nun buoy N C &#8220;34&#8243;; thence, in a northwestern direction to nun buoy N &#8220;2&#8243;; thence, continuing the same direction to the 36-foot deep contour; thence, along the 36-foot deep contour to the Virginia-Maryland Boundary Line; thence, in a northeastern direction to Smith Island, Hog Neck; thence, in a southeastern direction along the western side of Smith Island, Cheesman Island, Shank Island, Goose Island and Tangier Island to the point of beginning.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFISHING IN CHESAPEAKE BAY IMMEDIATELY WEST OF TANGIER ISLAND (\u00a7 28.2-525)\n\nThe Commission, in order to protect and promote the fishery in that area of the\nChesapeake Bay described herein, may open and close such area or any part\nthereof, or prescribe the manner, method, size and season of catch. Such area is\ncontained within the boundaries of a point beginning at the southeastern point\nof Tangier Island, thence, in a southeastern direction to Tangier Sound Light;\nthence, in a southwestern direction to can buoy C &#8220;1&#8243;; thence\ncontinuing in a southwestern direction to nun buoy N C &#8220;34&#8243;; thence,\nin a northwestern direction to nun buoy N &#8220;2&#8243;; thence, continuing\nthe same direction to the 36-foot deep contour; thence, along the 36-foot deep\ncontour to the Virginia-Maryland Boundary Line; thence, in a northeastern\ndirection to Smith Island, Hog Neck; thence, in a southeastern direction along\nthe western side of Smith Island, Cheesman Island, Shank Island, Goose Island\nand Tangier Island to the point of beginning.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 121, \u00a7 28.1-128.2; 1992, c. 836.","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}}