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Va. Code Ann. § 28.2-1000 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact.
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ARTICLE I The purpose of this compact is to promote the better utilization of the fisheries, marine, shell and anadromous of the Atlantic seaboard by the development of a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries, and by the prevention of the physical waste…
Va. Code Ann. § 28.2-1001 Potomac River Compact.
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PREAMBLE Whereas, Maryland and Virginia are both vitally interested in conserving and improving the valuable fishery resources of the Tidewater portion of the Potomac River, and Whereas, certain provisions of the Compact of 1785 between Maryland and Virginia having become obsolet…
Va. Code Ann. § 28.2-1002 Cooperation of agencies of Commonwealth.
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All governmental agencies of the Commonwealth of Virginia are authorized to cooperate with the Potomac River Fisheries Commission created by the Potomac River Compact approved by this article, it being the policy of this Commonwealth to perform and carry out the compact and accom…
Va. Code Ann. § 28.2-1003 Authority to regulate dredging of soft shell clams.
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The Potomac River Fisheries Commission shall have the power to make, adopt and publish such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for authorizing and regulating the dredging of soft shell clams in areas within its geographical jurisdiction and may levy license fe…