Source: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincodeexpand/title4/agency20/chapter610/
Timestamp: 2020-04-04 02:49:30
Document Index: 186453305

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 28', '§ 28', '§ 28', '§ 28', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 28', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 28', '§ 7']

Derived from VR450-01-0079 § 1, eff. September 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 1994; Volume 10, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 25, 1995; Volume 31, Issue 25, eff. August 1, 2015.
Derived from VR450-01-0079 § 2, eff. September 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 1994; Volume 10, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 25, 1995; Volume 13, Issue 1, eff. September 1, 1996; Volume 24, Issue 8, eff. December 1, 2007; Volume 26, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2010; Volume 29, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2013; Volume 29, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2013.
A. For the purposes of collecting oyster fisheries statistics from the Virginia aquaculture industry, as authorized by § 28.2-204 of the Code of Virginia and in accordance with § 28.2-613 of the Code of Virginia, which describes conditions that determine the duration of a lease, any oyster aquaculture product owner shall obtain an oyster aquaculture product owner's permit and shall report harvest of any oysters from leased, subleased, or fee simple ground or any aquaculture growing area within or adjacent to Virginia tidal waters in accordance with 4VAC20-610-60.
D. Minor persons younger than 18 years of age shall be exempt from the requirements to obtain an oyster aquaculture harvester's permit provided that minor person is harvesting oysters under the supervision of a legally permitted oyster aquaculture product owner.
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 8, eff. December 1, 2007; amended, Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2013.
A. For the purposes of collecting clam fisheries statistics from the Virginia aquaculture industry, as authorized by § 28.2-204 of the Code of Virginia and in accordance with § 28.2-613 of the Code of Virginia, which describes conditions that determine the duration of a lease, any clam aquaculture product owner shall obtain a clam aquaculture product owner's permit and shall report harvest of any clams from leased, subleased, or fee simple ground or any aquaculture growing area, within or adjacent to Virginia tidal waters, in accordance with 4VAC20-610-60.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person permitted as an clam aquaculture harvester to fail to possess that permit on his person while harvesting unless that person is on a permitted clam aquaculture product owner vessel and is harvesting clams of that clam aquaculture product owner.
D. Minor persons younger than 18 years of age shall be exempt from the requirements to obtain a clam aquaculture harvester's permit provided that minor person is harvesting clams under the supervision of a legally permitted clam aquaculture product owner.
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2013.
b. 125 agents may be utilized by those crab fishery licensees who received approval for agent use in 2012 or who currently are licensed by a transferred crab fishery license from a licensee approved for agent use in 2012, except that should any of these licensees described in this subdivision fail to register for agent use by March 1, applications for agent use by other licensees shall be approved on a first-come, first-served basis, starting with those licensees who have registered prior to March 1.
D. Failure to abide by any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a violation of this regulation.
F. On or after January 1, 1993, fishermen not registered as commercial fishermen but who desire to sell their catch shall apply to the commission for a Commercial Fisherman Registration License. The effective date of status as a commercial fisherman shall be two years from the date the application is approved by the commission. A person whose registration as a commercial fisherman is not effective shall not sell, trade, or barter his catch or give his catch to another in order that it may be sold, traded, or bartered.
G. Exceptions to the two-year delay described in subsection F of this section may be granted by the commissioner or his designee, if any of the following criteria are met:
1. The applicant is purchasing another fisherman's Commercial Fisherman Registration License, and the seller holds a valid, current Commercial Fisherman Registration License and surrenders that license to the commission at the time the license is sold.
2. An immediate member of the applicant's family who holds a current Commercial Fisherman Registration License has died or is retiring from the commercial fishery and the applicant intends to participate in the fishery.
3. The applicant purchased a valid Commercial Fisherman Registration License during the preceding year, did not transfer that Commercial Fisherman Registration License, and can demonstrate a significant hardship on the basis of health or active military duty as described in subdivision 4 of this subsection.
4. Any exceptions based on a health condition shall only be granted by the commissioner or his designee only after receipt of an attending physician's description of the medical condition. Any exception based on active military duty shall only be granted by the commissioner or his designee after receipt of those military orders.
Derived from VR450-01-0079 § 3, eff. September 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 1994; Volume 10, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 25, 1995; Volume 13, Issue 1, eff. September 1, 1996; Volume 14, Issue 5, eff. November 1, 1997; Volume 17, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2001; Volume 23, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2006; Volume 23, Issue 11, eff. February 1, 2007; Volume 24, Issue 8, eff. December 1, 2007; Volume 24, Issue 15, eff. March 1, 2008; Volume 26, Issue 6, eff. November 1, 2009; Volume 29, Issue 15, eff. March 1, 2013; Volume 30, Issue 7, eff. December 1, 2013; Volume 30, Issue 7, eff. December 1, 2013; Volume 31, Issue 15, eff. March 1, 2015; Volume 31, Issue 25, eff. August 1, 2015.
Derived from VR450-01-0079 § 4, eff. September 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 1994; Volume 10, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 25, 1995; Volume 18, Issue 8, eff. January 1, 2002; Volume 22, Issue 4, eff. December 1, 2005; Volume 23, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2006; Volume 31, Issue 25, eff. August 1, 2015; Volume 35, Issue 12, eff. January 28, 2019.
B. A Commercial Fisherman Registration License, as described in § 28.2-241 H of the Code of Virginia, is required prior to the purchase of this license.
Derived from VR450-01-0079 § 5, eff. September 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 1994; Volume 10, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 25, 1995; Volume 22, Issue 4, eff. December 1, 2005; Volume 24, Issue 8, eff. December 1, 2007.
Derived from VR450-01-0079 § 6, eff. September 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 1994; Volume 10, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 25, 1995; Volume 18, Issue 8, eff. January 1, 2002; Volume 18, Issue 25, eff. August 1, 2002; Volume 23, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2006; Volume 23, Issue 11, eff. February 1, 2007; Volume 24, Issue 8, eff. December 1, 2007; Volume 26, Issue 1, eff. October 1, 2009; Volume 26, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2010; Volume 29, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2013; Volume 29, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2013.
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 2010.
§§ 28.2-201, 28.2-204, 28.2-242 and 28.2-243 of the Code of Virginia.
Derived from VR450-01-0079 § 7, eff. September 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 10, Issue 9, eff. January 1, 1994; Volume 10, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 25, 1995.
Forms (4VAC20-610)
Captain's Daily Fishing Report (eff. 8/02).
Monthly Harvest Reporting Form, MR027540 (rev. 2/10).