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 4VAC20-610-60 - Mandatory harvest reporting

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				It shall be unlawful for any valid commercial fisherman registration licensee,
				seafood landing licensee, oyster aquaculture product owner permittee, or clam
				aquaculture product owner permittee to fail to fully report harvests and
				related information as set forth in this chapter.
B. It shall be unlawful for any recreational
				fisherman, charter boat captain, head boat captain, commercial fishing pier
				operator, or owner of a private boat licensed pursuant to §§
									28.2-302.7
				through
				28.2-302.9
				of the Code of Virginia, to fail to report recreational harvests, upon request,
				to those authorized by the commission.
C. All registered commercial fishermen and
				any valid seafood landing licensee shall complete a daily form accurately
				quantifying and legibly describing that day's harvest from Virginia tidal
				waters and federal waters. The forms used to record daily harvest shall be
				those provided by the commission or another form or method approved by the
				commission. Registered commercial fishermen and seafood landing licensees may
				use more than one form when selling to more than one buyer.
D. Any oyster aquaculture product owner
				permittee or clam aquaculture product owner permittee shall provide monthly
				harvest records accurately quantifying and legibly describing that month's
				harvest from Virginia tidal waters as described in subsection H of this
				section. All records shall only be submitted through the Online Mandatory
				Harvest Reporting Program Web Application.
E. Registered commercial fishermen, seafood
				landing licensees, valid oyster aquaculture product owner permittees, and valid
				clam aquaculture product owner permittees shall submit a monthly harvest report
				to the commission no later than the fifth day of the following month, except as
				described in subsection F of this section. This report shall be accompanied by
				the daily harvest records described in subsection H of this section. Completed
				forms shall be mailed or delivered to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission,
				380 Fenwick Road, Building 96, Fort Monroe, VA 23651, or be submitted through
				the Online Mandatory Harvest Reporting Program Web Application.
F. All reports of the commercial harvest of
				cobia shall only be submitted through the Mandatory Harvest Reporting Program
				Web Application. This report shall provide daily harvest records from Sunday
				through Saturday as described in subsection H of this section and be submitted
				on a weekly basis no later than Wednesday of the following week.
G. All reports of the commercial harvest of
				oysters or blue crabs shall only be submitted through the Online Mandatory
				Harvest Reporting Program Web Application. This report shall provide daily
				harvest records of oysters or blue crabs as described in subsection H of this
				section and be submitted no later than the fifth day of the following
				month.
H. The harvest report
				requirements shall be as follows:
1.
				Registered commercial fishermen shall be responsible for providing a harvest
				report and daily harvest records that include the name and signature of the
				registered commercial fisherman and the commercial fisherman's registration
				license number; the name and license registration number of any agent, if used;
				the license registration number of no more than five additional harvesters who
				were not serving as agents; any buyer or private sale information; the date of
				any harvest; the city or county of landing that harvest; the water body fished,
				gear type, and amount of gear used for that harvest; the number of hours any
				gear was fished and the number of hours the registered commercial fisherman
				fished; the number of crew on board, including captain; species harvested;
				market category; live weight or processed weight of species harvested; and
				vessel identification (Coast Guard documentation number, Virginia license
				number, or hull/VIN number). Any information on the price paid for the harvest
				may be provided voluntarily.
2. The
				harvest report from oyster aquaculture product owner permittees and clam
				aquaculture product owner permittees shall include the name, signature, permit
				number, lease number, date of the last day of the reporting month, city or
				county of landing, gear (growing technique) used, weight or amount of species
				harvested by market category, total number of individual crew members for the
				month, and buyer or private sale information.
3. The harvest report and daily harvest
				records from seafood landing licensees shall include the name and signature of
				the seafood landing licensee and the licensee's seafood landing license number;
				buyer or private sale information; date of harvest; city or county of landing;
				water body fished; gear type and amount used; number of hours gear fished;
				number of hours the seafood landing licensee fished; number of crew on board,
				including captain; non-federally permitted species harvested; market category;
				live weight or processed weight of species harvested; and vessel identification
				(Coast Guard documentation number, Virginia license number, or hull/VIN
				number).