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Fishing with trawl nets and drag nets; shrimp and horseshoe crab; license fee; penalty. Allows the Marine Resources Commission to issue licenses or permits to any person to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device within the three-mile limit of the Virginia Atlantic shoreline for the shrimp and horseshoe crab fisheries. The bill specifies that such license or permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $100 or as subsequently revised by the Commission for each boat so employed. Current law allows any person to fish with trawl nets and drag nets for fish, shellfish, or marine organisms, provided such person has a license issued by the Commission to trawl within the three-mile limit from Cape Charles north to the Maryland line, except during September and October and from 36° 40' north latitude south to the North Carolina line at any time, and from Cape Henry south to 36° 40' north latitude between October 1 and May 1. This bill is identical to SB 933.
Introduced
Jan 4, 2025
Last Action
Mar 18, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1697ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1697)
Enrolled
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1697)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102069D
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)