                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MARINE PRODUCTS BOARD (§ 3.2-2704)

A. The Marine Products Board shall: (i) plan and conduct marketing, educational,
and promotional campaigns and programs for Virginia marine products; (ii) carry
on research and testing programs; and (iii) conduct activities relating to the
catching, processing, conservation, and marketing of Virginia marine products.

B. The Marine Products Board may investigate, study, and formulate
recommendations regarding regulation, conservation, and management of marine
resources of the Commonwealth.

C. The Marine Products Board may make contracts and expend money from the
Virginia Marine Products Fund necessary to carry out the purposes of this
chapter. The contracts, debts, and liabilities of the Marine Products Board
shall not be an obligation of the Commonwealth, but shall be met utilizing the
sums paid into the Virginia Marine Products Fund.

D. The Marine Products Board may cooperate with other state, regional, and
national seafood organizations in research, advertising, publicity, education,
and other means of promoting the sale and use of seafood, and may expend moneys
of the Virginia Marine Products Fund for such purposes.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 274, §§ 28.1-234 to 28.1-236; 1992, c. 836, §§ 3.1-684.61,
3.1-684.62, 3.1-684.64; 2008, c. 860.