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Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCESAgency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION
Chapter 960 - PERTAINING TO TAUTOG
Section 4VAC20-960-10 - Purpose

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-960-10

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Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 22, June 17, 2024
Section 4VAC20-960-10 - Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to (i) reduce fishing mortality in the tautog fishery to assure that overfishing does not occur, (ii) increase the spawning stock biomass, and (iii) establish criteria for monitoring commercially harvested tautog.

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-960-10

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 18, eff. May 1, 1997; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 06, eff. 1/1/2020.

Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.