28.2-246 - Fishery Resource Grant Advisory Board established; membership; duties.
§ 28.2-246. Fishery Resource Grant Advisory Board established; membership;duties.
A. The Fishery Resource Grant Advisory Board shall be composed of sevenmembers to be selected in the following manner: four members shall beappointed by the Graduate Marine Science Consortium from nominations made bycommercial watermen's associations, one member shall be appointed by theGraduate Marine Science Consortium from nominations made by the aquacultureassociation, one member shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the MarineResources Commission, and one member shall be appointed by the Director ofthe Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
B. The Advisory Board shall (i) in cooperation with commercial fishermen andthe Consortium, establish, by July 1 of each year, the priority areas inwhich grants shall be awarded and (ii) review each application and make itsrecommendation to the Consortium.
(1999, c. 719.)