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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66209</law_id><section_number>28.2-243</section_number><catch_line>Commission to promulgate regulations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>28.2-241</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Registration of Commercial Fishermen</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall promulgate regulations governing the registration of commercial fishermen. The regulations shall include (i) the procedure and manner for application for registration as a commercial fisherman, (ii) the manner and form of mandatory harvest reports by commercial fishermen, and (iii) exceptions to the delay requirements pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Registration of commercial fishermen required; exemption; penalty" href="/28.2-241/">28.2-241</a> based on scientific, economic, biological, sociological and hardship factors.</p></section></text><history>1992, cc. 493, 503.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
