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2012 SESSION

Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters
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• HB 40 Coastal primary sand dunes; standards for use, exemption.
• HB 88 Menhaden harvest; removes cap.
• HB 150 Conservation police officers; Board to adopt regulations prohibiting hunting in certain areas.
• HB 175 Duck blinds; limits placement by riparian landowners in Back Bay.
• HB 196 Haul seine nets; required to be anchored at one end to shore and other end mechanically drawn.
• HB 238 Blue crabs; Marine Resources Commission to manage harvesting in Albemarle and Currituck counties.
• HB 258 Fishing piers, commercial; regulation of net fishing in the vicinity.
• HB 719 Hunting and fishing license, special; permanently disabled veteran to apply and receive at no cost.
• HB 880 Fishing license, special; established for partially disabled veterans.
• HB 934 Bottomlands conveyed by special grant; establishes presumption in civil action for trespass, etc.
• HB 1159 Shark fins; bans possession, sale, etc., penalty.
• HB 1249 Duck blind license; renewal date changed.
• HJ 50 Flooding; Institute of Marine Science to study strategies to prevent in Tidewater localities.
• HJ 96 Summer flounder; Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to allow options for harvest.
• SB 18 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact; removes authorization for State's membership.
• SB 176 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; removes jurisdiction to enforce fishing and boating laws.
• SB 466 Menhaden management; authorizes Marine Resources Commission to adopt certain regulations.
• SB 470 Sportfishing licenses, special combined; costs.
• SB 528 Hunting and fishing license, special; permanently disabled veteran to apply and receive at no cost.
• SB 550 Oyster beds; adjustment of boundaries on Eastern Shore.
• SJ 75 Atlantic Menhaden; Marine Resources Commission to study management plan requirements.
• SJ 76 Flooding; Institute of Marine Science to study strategies to prevent recurrent flooding.