Section 30. Total allowable landings for menhaden; allocation, accountability, and overages

A. In accordance with Section 28.2-400.2 of the Code of Virginia the total allowable commercial landings for menhaden in 2015 and 2016 in metric tons shall be equivalent to 349,873,884 pounds, and that total amount of allowable landings shall be allocated as quotas among three sectors of the menhaden fishery, as described below, pursuant to § 28.2-400.3 of the Code of Virginia. The purse seine menhaden reduction sector is allocated a quota of 315,036,445 pounds of allowable menhaden landings; the purse seine menhaden bait sector a 29,313,757 pound quota of allowable menhaden landings; and the nonpurse seine menhaden bait sector a 5,523,682 pound quota of allowable menhaden landings.

B. If the total allowable landings specified in subsection A of this section are exceeded in any year, the total allowable landings for the subsequent year will be reduced by the amount of the overage. Such overage shall be deducted from the sector of the menhaden fishery that exceeded the allocation specified in subsection A of this section.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 29, Issue 17, eff. April 1, 2013; amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2015; Volume 31, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.