VirginiaMenhaden reduction fishery; quota periods in Chesapeake Bay.
What it does
Marine Resources Commission; Chesapeake Bay; menhaden reduction fishery; quota periods; observers. Directs the Marine Resources Commission to develop and maintain a quota period management system for the menhaden reduction fishery Bay Cap, as defined in the bill, that is designed to ensure that the removal of menhaden from the Chesapeake Bay is more evenly distributed throughout the harvest season and to mitigate the negative impacts of concentrated, high volume menhaden removals from the Bay. The bill directs the Commission to establish either a monthly-based system or a trimester-based system and provides that no unused or underutilized portion of a quota period may be carried or rolled over into the following quota period.
More detail
Finally, the bill requires the Commission to ensure that (i) 10 percent of all trips for the menhaden reduction fishery carry at least one trained observer to document the composition and weight of the actual catch and (ii) such observers report such documentation to the Commission.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Feb 18Left in Committee AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 11Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9House subcommittee offered
- Feb 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1049)
- Jan 30Assigned HACNR sub: ChesapeakeMinor
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103931DIntroduced