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2005 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Cox
Veined Rapa Whelk

Item 399 #1h

Item 399 #1h

First Year - FY2005 Second Year - FY2006
Natural Resources
Marine Resources Commission FY2005 $0 FY2006 $40,000 GF

Language
Page 378, line 52, strike "$12,351,099" and insert "$12,391,099".
Page 379, after line 53, insert:
"H.  Out of the amounts appropriated for Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Management, $40,000 the second year is provided for transfer to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science for continued research and control of the Veined Rapa Whelk, an invasive species of snail which readily consumes commercially valuable shellfish such as hard clams and oysters."


Explanation
(This amendment provides $40,000 from the general fund in the second year to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science for further study and control of the Veined Rapa Whelk, an invasive species of snail orginally native to the Sea of Japan. This snail, recently discovered in the Chesapeake Bay, has no known predators in North America and primarily consumes commercially valuable shellfish. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science operates a bounty program to study and control the species and is working with seafood companies to establish a market for the whelk.)