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INTERSTATE AGENCIES

POTOMAC RIVER FISHERIES COMMISSION


[photo, Fishermen on Potomac River near Point of Rocks Bridge, Point of Rocks, Maryland] Thomas J. O'Connell, Maryland, Chair (chosen by Commission in Feb., 1-year term), 2012
Shephen G. Bowman, Virginia, Vice-Chair (chosen by Commission in Feb., 1-year term), 2012

Maryland members appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 4-year terms: Robert H. Bowes, 2013; William L. Rice, Sr., 2013; Dennis C. Fleming, 2015.

Ex officio: John R. Griffin, Secretary of Natural Resources

Kirby A. Carpenter, Executive Secretary

Fishermen on Potomac River near Point of Rocks Bridge, Point of Rocks, Maryland, October 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


P. O. Box 9
222 Taylor St., Colonial Beach, VA 22443 - 0009
(804) 224-7148; 1-800-266-3904 (toll free); fax: (804) 224-2712
e-mail: prfc@verizon.net
web: www.prfc.state.va.us/

Under the Potomac River Compact of 1958 (authorized by Congress), the Potomac River Fisheries Commission operates. Maryland ratified the Compact in 1959 (Chapter 269, Acts of 1959). The Commission is a semi-autonomous agency, but its work and policies are coordinated closely with the Fisheries Service of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the Marine Resources Commission of Virginia. Fishery agencies of both states provide law enforcement on the Potomac River for the Commission.

The Potomac River Fisheries Commission works to conserve and improve seafood resources of the Potomac River. The Commission also regulates and licenses the fisheries of the main stem of the tidal Potomac River from the Maryland-District of Columbia boundary line (near Woodrow Wilson Bridge) to the mouth of the River at Point Lookout, Maryland, and Smith Point, Virginia. Moreover, the Commission is responsible for reseeding and replanting oysters bars in the Potomac. In addition, the Commission regulates the dredging of soft-shell clams in the Potomac River. From the sale of crab, oyster, fish and clam licenses, and an oyster inspection tax, the Commission receives proceeds. Annually, each state appropriates $175,000 to Commission work.

Eight members constitute the Commission. Four are from Maryland, and four from Virginia. Maryland members include the Secretary of Natural Resources and three persons named to four-year terms by the Governor (Code Natural Resources Article, sec. 4-306).

The Commission has three advisory committees whose members are private citizens involved in commercial or recreational fishing. Appointed to four-year terms by the Commission, they recommend to the Commission modifications of regulations, licensing, or other issues.

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