{"data":{"id":"us-va/4vac20-950-47","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"4VAC20-950-47","heading":"Commercial harvest quotas","body":"A. The commercial landings of black sea bass shall be limited to the annual quota pursuant to the joint Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council/Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, except as specified in subsection B of this section.\n\nB. If a quota transfer occurs between Virginia and another state participating in the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for black sea bass, Virginia's annual quota for the current calendar year shall be limited to the annual quota amount as adjusted for transfers.\n\nC. The commercial black sea bass directed fishery quota shall be allocated 100% of the annual quota each year except the commercial directed fishery quota shall not include the amount of annual quota allocated to the commercial black sea bass bycatch fishery specified in subsection D of this section. When it has been announced by the commission that the directed fishery quota has been projected as reached and the directed fishery has been closed, it shall be unlawful for any commercial black sea bass directed fishery permittee to possess aboard any vessel or land in Virginia any black sea bass.\n\nD. The commercial black sea bass bycatch fishery shall be allocated 40,000 pounds of the annual quota each calendar year. When it has been announced that the bycatch fishery quota has been projected as reached and the bycatch fishery has been closed, it shall be unlawful for any commercial black sea bass bycatch fishery permittee to possess aboard any vessel or land in Virginia any black sea bass. In the event the bycatch fishery quota is exceeded, the amount of the bycatch fishery quota overage shall be deducted from the following year's bycatch fishing quota.","path":["Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources","Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission","Chapter 950. Pertaining to Black Sea Bass"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title4/agency20/chapter950/section47/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:40Z","sha256":"d125d4936c5d293b0a7baf3db1cbfa47e7239722f82caa6f01d06193dd36a2f4","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/4vac20-950-46","next":"us-va/4vac20-950-48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}