2012 SESSION

Convened January 11, 2012
Adjourned sine die March 10, 2012
Reconvened April 18, 2012
Adjourned sine die April 18, 2012

FISHERIES AND HABITAT OF TIDAL WATERS

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation

(C) Carried over

Atlantic Menhaden; Virginia Marine Resources Commission to study and report on strategies for implementing new requirements under amended Interstate Fishery Management Plan. (Patron-Northam, SJR 75 (F))

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; removes authorization for State’s membership. Repealing § 28.2-1000. (Patron-Stuart, SB 18 (C))

Blue crabs; Marine Resources Commission to manage recreational and commercial harvesting in Albemarle and Currituck watersheds. Amending §§ 28.2-101 and 29.1-109. (Patron-Knight, HB 238 (Chapter 595))

Bottomlands conveyed by special grant; establishes presumption in private civil action for trespass, etc. Amending § 28.2-1200. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 934 (F))

Coastal primary sand dunes; authorizes Virginia Beach Wetlands Board to determine which structures or properties are in imminent danger from erosion or storm damage. Amending § 28.2-1408.2. (Patron-Tata, HB 40 (C))

Conservation police officer; Board to adopt regulations prohibiting hunting or fishing in areas he is assigned to patrol. Adding § 29.1-103.01. (Patron-Ransone, HB 150 (F))

Duck blind license; renewal date changed. Amending §§ 29.1-344, 29.1-345, 29.1-347, 29.1-349, and 29.1-351; adding §§ 29.1-344.1 and 29.1-345.1. (Patron-Lingamfelter, HB 1249 (C))

Duck blinds; limits placement by riparian landowners in Back Bay in City of Virginia Beach. Amending § 29.1-344. (Patron-Knight, HB 175 (Chapter 227))

Fishing license, special; established for partially disabled veterans. Amending § 29.1-302.02. (Patron-Sickles, HB 880 (Chapter 244))

Fishing piers, commercial; regulation of net fishing in vicinity. Amending § 28.2-302. (Patron-Stolle, HB 258 (F))

Flooding; Virginia Institute of Marine Science to study strategies for adaption to prevent recurrent flooding in Tidewater and Eastern Shore Virginia localities. (Patron-Stolle, HJR 50 (P); Northam, SJR 76 (P))

Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; removes jurisdiction to enforce fishing and boating laws in Back Bay and inlets in Tidewater. Amending § 29.1-109. (Patron-Stuart, SB 176 (C))

Haul seine nets; required to be anchored at one end to shore and other end mechanically drawn to have up to 400 feet of two and one-half inch mesh. Amending § 28.2-305. (Patron-Lewis, HB 196 (Chapter 228))

Hunting and fishing license, special; permanently disabled veteran to apply for and receive at no cost. Amending § 29.1-302. (Patron-Yancey, HB 719 (Chapter 380); Garrett, SB 528 (Chapter 321))

Menhaden harvest; removes cap. Amending § 28.2-1000.2. (Patron-Knight, HB 88 (F))

Menhaden management; authorizes Virginia Marine Resources Commission to adopt regulations necessary to comply with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden. Amending § 28.2-201. (Patron-Northam, SB 466 (C))

Oyster beds; adjustment of boundaries on Eastern Shore. Adding § 28.2-553.1. (Patron-Northam, SB 550 (C))

Shark fins; bans possession, sale, etc., exceptions for licensees, penalty. Adding § 28.2-303.1. (Patron-Sickles, HB 1159 (F))

Sportfishing licenses, special combined; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and Virginia Marine Resources Commission have authority to establish price. Amending §§ 28.2-302.2:1 and 29.1-310.2. (Patron-Northam, SB 470 (Chapter 579))

Summer flounder; Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to use its authority to include options for recreational harvest. (Patron-Watson, HJR 96 (P))