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2009 SESSION

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SB 1087 Marine Resources Commission; membership.

Introduced by: John C. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Marine Resources Commission. Increases the membership of the Marine Resources Commission from nine to eleven members and requires that three of the members shall have, at the time of their appointment, earned their livelihood as a commercial fisherman on Virginia's waters for at least five years. An effort shall be made to include representation of diverse fisheries by the appointments of commercial fishermen to the Commission.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Marine Resources Commission.  Requires that, among the eight citizen members of the Marine Resources Commission, one member shall be both a commercial fisherman as defined in § 28.2-241 of the Code of Virginia and a holder of an active license to take crabs and one member shall be a member of the Virginia Waterman's Association.