                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITION (§ 29.1-571)

&#8220;Nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species&#8221; means a nonindigenous
aquatic freshwater animal species whose presence in state waters poses or is
likely to pose a significant threat of harm to (i) the diversity or abundance of
any species indigenous to state waters; (ii) the ecological stability of state
waters; or (iii) the commercial, industrial, agricultural, municipal,
recreational, aquacultural, or other beneficial uses of state waters.
Nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species shall include the zebra mussel, quagga
mussel, and all species of snakehead fishes of the family Channidae.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 446.