                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HARVESTING OF THREATENED SPECIES; FURTHER POWERS OF BOARD AND COMMISSIONER (§
3.2-1005)

A. The Board may adopt regulations to permit and control the commercial harvest
of certain threatened species that would prevent that species from becoming
endangered or extinct.

B. The Commissioner may permit the taking of a threatened species when the Board
has determined that its abundance in the Commonwealth justifies a controlled
harvest that is not in violation of federal laws or regulations. The
Commissioner shall take the necessary action to conserve, protect, restore, or
propagate threatened and endangered species.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 372, § 3.1-1025; 1985, c. 326; 1989, c. 553; 1990, c. 369;
2008, c. 860.