SB474
Atlantic Menhaden Research Fund; established, report.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 3, 2026
Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Chief Patron:
Dave Marsden (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Atlantic Menhaden Research Fund established; report.
Establishes the Atlantic Menhaden Research Fund to be used by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), in collaboration with Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) and relevant stakeholders, to produce research relating to Atlantic menhaden necessary to inform a scientifically defensible and ecologically meaningful harvest limit for Atlantic menhaden in ... (More) the Chesapeake Bay and an annual report summarizing such research. VIMS is directed to annually report its progress, findings, recommendations, and a proposal for expenditures and disbursements from the Fund for the following year to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Ecological Reference Point Work Group of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the Menhaden Management Advisory Committee of VMRC no later than October 1 of each year. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103641D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
