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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 643 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 1992 \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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73581,"section_number":"3.2-5900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5900\/"},{"id":86401,"section_number":"3.2-6500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6500\/"},{"id":69314,"section_number":"58.1-3233","catch_line":"Determinations to be made by local officers before assessment of real estate under ordinance","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3233\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55539,"section_number":"28.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86289,"identifier":"3.2-2600","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/26\/3.2-2600","url":"\/3.2-2600\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-2600\/","token":"3.2\/II\/C\/26\/3.2-2600","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-2600","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Aquaculture” means the propagation, rearing, enhancement, and harvest of aquatic organisms<\/span> in controlled or selected environments, conducted in marine, estuarine, brackish, or fresh water.\n\t\t“Aquaculture facility<\/span>” means any land, structure, or other appurtenance that is used for aquaculture, including any laboratory, hatchery, pond, raceway, pen, cage, incubator, or other equipment used in aquaculture.\n\t\t“Aquatic organism<\/span>” means any species or hybrid of aquatic animal or plant, including fish, shellfish, marine fish, and marine organisms as those terms are defined by \u00a7 28.2-100<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-2600)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Aquaculture” means the propagation, rearing, enhancement, and\nharvest of aquatic organisms in controlled or selected environments, conducted\nin marine, estuarine, brackish, or fresh water.\n\t\t“Aquaculture facility” means any land, structure, or other\nappurtenance that is used for aquaculture, including any laboratory, hatchery,\npond, raceway, pen, cage, incubator, or other equipment used in aquaculture.\n\t\t“Aquatic organism” means any species or hybrid of aquatic animal\nor plant, including fish, shellfish, marine fish, and marine organisms as those\nterms are defined by \u00a7 28.2-100.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 643, \u00a7 3.1-73.6; 2008, c. 860.","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}}