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2008 SESSION

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HB 303 Menhaden fishery; moratorium on harvesting for commercial purposes.

Introduced by: Paul F. Nichols | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Moratorium on the harvest of menhaden for commercial purposes.  Decreases the annual cap on the harvest of menhaden for commercial purposes by 20 percent each year for five years until a moratorium is reached beginning in 2013. The moratorium will apply to the entire commercial fishery for Atlantic menhaden. Current laws set a harvest cap of 109,020 metric tons and only for the purse seine fishery for Atlantic menhaden that manufactures menhaden into fertilizer, fish meal, and oil.

FULL TEXT

• 01/03/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088269654  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/03/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088269654
• 01/03/08  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/30/08  House: Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote