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Marine Products Board

Agriculture and Forestry

Purpose

The Marine Products Board shall plan and conduct marketing, educational, and promotional campaigns and programs for Virginia marine products. The board may carry on research and testing programs and conduct activities relating to the catching, processing, conservation, and marketing of Virginia marine products. In addition, the Board may investigate, study, and formulate recommendations regarding regulation, conservation, and management of marine resources in the state. The board may also name contracts and expend money from the Virginia Marine Products Fund necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The contracts, debts, and liabilities of the Marine Products Board shall not be an obligation of the Commonwealth, but shall be met utilizing the sums paid into the Virginia Marine Products Fund. The Marine Products Board may cooperate with other state, regional, and national seafood organizations in research, advertising, publicity, education, and other means of promoting the sale and use of seafood, and may expend moneys of the Virginia Marine Products Fund for such purposes.

Term

Four year terms; no more than two consecutive terms

Composition

The Marine Products Board shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor from among those persons who earn their livelihood from the seafood industry. One member of the Marine Products Board shall be involved in the Virginia menhaden fishery. The terms for appointments to the Marine Products Board shall be for four years. No member shall be eligible for appointment to more than two consecutive terms. Appointments to fill vacancies, other than by expiration of a term, shall be for the unexpired terms and made in the same manner as the original appointments.

Vacant Seats

End Date:6/30/2028

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Member:Christopher Sopko

Seat: Member of the Seafood Industry

End Date:6/30/2028

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