                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION (§ 28.2-101)

The jurisdiction of the Commission shall include the Commonwealth&#8217;s
territorial sea and extend to the fall line of all tidal rivers and streams
except in the case of state-owned bottomlands where jurisdiction extends
throughout the Commonwealth. The Commission shall have jurisdiction over all
commercial fishing and all marine fish, marine shellfish, marine organisms, and
habitat in such areas. In waters of the Albemarle and Currituck watersheds, the
Commission&#8217;s fisheries management jurisdiction is limited to the
recreational and commercial harvest of blue crabs. The Commission&#8217;s
jurisdiction shall also include the power to exercise regulatory authority over
all structures and improvements built or proposed by riparian property owners in
the Potomac River appurtenant to the shore of the Commonwealth. The Commission
shall exercise such regulatory authority in the Potomac River consistent with
the provisions of Subtitle III (§ 28.2-1200 et seq.), and all regulations,
guidance, and policies adopted thereunder.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-3; 1950, p. 979; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-3; 1968, c.
746; 1992, c. 836; 2005, c. 191; 2012, c. 595.