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HB303: Menhaden fishery; moratorium on harvesting for commercial purposes.
Chief Patron
Del.
Paul Nichols (D-51)
Paul Nichols
(D-51)
Woodbridge, VA
Served: 2008–
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Introduced |
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Status
01/30/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
Summary
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.
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/30/2008 and 01/30/2008.
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1 vote
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