Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 610 - PERTAINING TO COMMERCIAL FISHING AND MANDATORY HARVEST REPORTING › Section 4VAC20-610-20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Agent" means any person who possesses the Commercial
				  Fisherman Registration License, fishing gear license, or fishing permit of a
				  registered commercial fisherman in order to fish that commercial fisherman's
				  gear or sell that commercial fisherman's harvest.
"Blue crab" means any crustacean of the species Callinectes
				  sapidus.
"Clam aquaculture harvester" means any person who harvests
				  clams from leased, subleased, or fee simple ground or any aquaculture growing
				  area, within or adjacent to Virginia tidal waters.
"Clam aquaculture product owner" means any person or firm
				  that owns clams on leased, subleased, or fee simple ground, or any aquaculture
				  growing area within or adjacent to Virginia tidal waters that are raised by any
				  form of aquaculture. This does not include any riparian shellfish gardeners
				  whose activities are authorized by 4VAC20-336, General Permit No. 3 Pertaining
				  to Noncommercial Riparian Shellfish Growing Activities.
"Clam aquaculture product owner vessel" means any vessel,
				  legally permitted through a no-cost permit, by a clam aquaculture product
				  owner, used to transport clam aquaculture harvesters who do not possess an
				  individual Clam Aquaculture Harvester Permit.
"Cobia" means any fish of the species Rachycentron
				  canadum.
"Commercial fisherman" means any person who has obtained a
				  Commercial Fisherman Registration License from the commission.
"Commission" means the Marine Resources Commission.
"Continuing business enterprise" means any business that is
				  required to have a Virginia Seafood Buyer's License or is required to have a
				  business license by county, city, or local ordinance.
"Mandatory Harvest Reporting Program Web Application" means
				  the online web-based resource provided by the commission to report commercial
				  harvest of seafood at
https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/harvest/
.
"Oyster" means any shellfish of the species Crassostrea
				  virginica.
"Oyster aquaculture harvester" means any person who harvests
				  oysters from leased, subleased, or fee simple ground or any aquaculture growing
				  area, within or adjacent to Virginia tidal waters.
"Oyster aquaculture product owner" means any person or firm
				  that owns oysters on leased, subleased, or fee simple ground or any aquaculture
				  growing area within or adjacent to Virginia tidal waters that are raised by any
				  form of aquaculture. This does not include any riparian shellfish gardeners
				  whose activities are authorized by 4VAC20-336, General Permit No. 3 Pertaining
				  to Noncommercial Riparian Shellfish Growing Activities.
"Oyster aquaculture product owner vessel" means any vessel,
				  legally permitted through a no-cost permit, by an oyster aquaculture product
				  owner, used to transport oyster aquaculture harvesters who do not possess an
				  individual oyster aquaculture harvester permit.
"Seafood landing licensee" means any individual who has
				  obtained a Seafood Landing License from the commission.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.