                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MARINE FISHING IMPROVEMENT FUND CONTINUED (§ 28.2-208)

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. The Fund shall consist of (i) that portion of the nonresident
harvester&#8217;s license fees which have not been allocated to the Virginia
Marine Products Fund as provided for in § 28.2-227, (ii) fees collected from
the registration of commercial fishermen under § 28.2-241, and (iii) fees
collected from the sale of seafood landing licenses under § 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.

HISTORY: 1991, c. 411, § 28.1-47.2; 1992, c. 836; 1993, c. 10; 1994, c. 541;
1996, c. 214.