Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 150 - PERTAINING TO THE DREDGING OF CONCHS (ALSO KNOWN AS WHELKS) › Section 4VAC20-150-30 - Areas and seasons

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Area
				Number 1 shall be that area where dredging for crabs is permitted by law and
				Marine Resources Commission, 4VAC20-90, and the season for this area shall be
				the same as that season established by § 28.2-707 of the Code of Virginia,
				as may be adjusted by the Marine Resources Commission.
B. Area Number 2 shall be that area east of
				the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and will include that area known as the mouth
				or entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. It is more particularly described as
				follows: beginning at the one-mile marker on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel;
				thence northerly along the bridge tunnel to Fisherman's Island; thence along
				the southeast shoreline of Fisherman's Island to the lower portion of Smith
				Island at a point that is due east of Cape Charles Lighthouse; thence due east
				three nautical miles to the Three Nautical Mile Line; thence along said Three
				Nautical Mile Line; southerly to 36° 55' N Latitude; thence due west along
				said latitude to buoy C"1"; thence northerly to buoy R"2C"; thence
				southwesterly to buoy G"1TS", thence southwesterly to buoy G"1L", thence
				northwesterly thence to the point of beginning. This description shall
				specifically exclude all inlets of Fishermans and Smith Islands, and all waters
				west of said islands. The season for this area shall be from April 1 through
				September 30, inclusive, of each year.
C. Area Number 3 shall be that area bounded
				on the north by 36° 45' N Latitude, bounded on the west by mean low water,
				bounded on the south by the Virginia-North Carolina border, and bounded on the
				east by the Three Nautical Mile Line; and the season for this area shall be
				year round.
D. Area Number 4 shall
				be that area bounded on the north by a line from buoy RN"36A" at the town of
				Cape Charles and running NNW to Wolf Trap Light, bounded on the west by a line
				drawn from Wolf Trap Light and running southerly through buoys RN"2", C"1NP",
				RN"2MB", C"1MB", R"8", at the York River Entrance Channel; thence southeasterly
				bounded by the northern side of said channel to buoy R"2"; thence southerly to
				buoy RW"HC"; thence southwesterly to buoy G"11" at Thimble Shoal Channel;
				thence bounded on the south by the south side of said channel until its
				intersection with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel; thence bounded on the east
				by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and a line drawn from the terminus of the
				Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel on Fishermans Island back to buoy RN"36A" but
				remaining offshore of any and all fixed fishing devices. The season for this
				area shall be May 1 through September 30, inclusive, of each year.
E. Area Number 5 shall consist of two parts:
The south part shall be that area in Virginia's portion of
				  the Territorial Sea between 36° 55' N Latitude and 36° 45' N Latitude
				  excluding the inshore one mile. It is more particularly described as follows:
				  beginning at buoy C"1" on the 36° 55' N Latitude; thence along said
				  latitude east to the Three Nautical Mile Line; thence southerly along said
				  Three Nautical Mile Line to 36° 45' N Latitude; thence along said latitude
				  west to the one-mile limit; thence northerly along said one-mile limit to the
				  36° 55' N Latitude; thence east along said latitude to buoy C"1" and the
				  point of beginning.
The north part shall be that area between the
				  Virginia-Maryland line and Cape Charles Lighthouse and comprising Virginia's
				  portion of the Territorial Sea off of Accomack and Northampton Counties. It is
				  more particularly described as follows: beginning at a point on the mean low
				  water, which point is due east of the Cape Charles Lighthouse; thence northerly
				  along the low water mark of the eastern side of the Eastern Shore Barrier
				  Islands to the Virginia-Maryland border; thence along said border easterly
				  three nautical miles to the Three Nautical Mile Line; thence southerly along
				  said Three Nautical Mile Line to a line that runs due east from Cape Charles
				  Lighthouse; thence along said line three nautical miles to the point of
				  beginning. Said boundary to run from headland to headland across all inlets
				  between said Barrier Islands. This description shall specifically exclude all
				  inlets and all waters west of said islands.
The season for Area Number 5 shall be from January 1 through
				  August 31, inclusive, and from November 1 through December 31, inclusive, of
				  each year.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.