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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 720 - PERTAINING TO RESTRICTIONS ON OYSTER HARVEST › Section 4VAC20-720-85 - James River seed quota and monitoring

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. An oyster seed harvest quota of 90,000
				bushels of seed is established for the James River Seed Area, including the
				Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area. Once it has been projected and
				announced that the quota of seed has been attained, it shall be unlawful for
				any person to harvest seed oysters from these areas.
B. Of the 90,000-bushel seed quota described
				in subsection A of this section no more than 30,000 bushels of this quota may
				be harvested from October 1 through December 31. However, if it is projected
				and announced that 30,000 bushels of seed have been harvested before December
				31, it shall be unlawful for any person to harvest seed oysters from that date
				forward until January 1.
C. Of the
				90,000-bushel seed quota described in subsection A of this section, no more
				than 60,000 bushels of this quota may be harvested from January 1 through May
				31.
D. Any person harvesting or
				landing oyster seed from the James River Seed Area, including the Deep Water
				Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area, shall report monthly on forms provided by
				the Virginia Marine Resources Commission all harvest of seed oysters. Reporting
				requirements shall consist of that person's Commercial Fisherman Registration
				License number, daily number of bushels of seed oysters harvested, harvest rock
				location, planting location (any lease numbers), and buyer name.
E. It shall be unlawful for any person
				harvesting seed oysters from the James River Seed Area, including the Deep
				Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area, to fail to contact the Virginia
				Marine Resources Commission Interactive-Voice-Response (IVR) System within 24
				hours of harvest or landing and provide that person's name, Commercial
				Fisherman Registration License number, time, date, daily number of bushels of
				seed oysters harvested, harvest rock location, planting location (any lease
				numbers), and buyer name.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 720 - PERTAINING TO RESTRICTIONS ON OYSTER HARVEST › Section 4VAC20-720-90 - Harvest permit required for the James River Areas

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A permit is required for the James River Areas 1, 2, and 3.
				  It shall be unlawful for any person to harvest, or attempt to harvest, oysters
				  from the James River Areas without first obtaining a harvest permit from the
				  Marine Resources Commission as required by §
									28.2-518
				  of the Code of Virginia.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 720 - PERTAINING TO RESTRICTIONS ON OYSTER HARVEST › Section 4VAC20-720-91 - Harvest permit required for the James River Seed Area, including the Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Area

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A. A harvest permit shall be required for the
				James River Seed Area, including the Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed
				Area, for the harvesting of seed oysters. It shall be unlawful for any person
				to harvest or attempt to harvest seed oysters from the James River Seed Area,
				including the Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area, without first
				obtaining and having on board a harvest permit.
B. The commissioner may cease granting
				permits required by §
									28.2-535
				or
				28.2-546
				of the Code of Virginia when he determines that the seed areas currently open
				to harvest are becoming depleted and the additional granting of such permits
				could seriously injure the seed areas.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 720 - PERTAINING TO RESTRICTIONS ON OYSTER HARVEST › Section 4VAC20-720-100 - Seed oyster planting procedures

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A. The marine police officer at the point of
				seed harvest may require that a marine police officer be present during the
				seed planting. When this is required, it will be specified on the seed transfer
				permit. If a marine police officer is required to be present at planting, the
				planter shall notify the marine police officer in the area prior to planting.
				It shall be unlawful for the permittee or planter to plant the oysters without
				a marine police officer being present.
B. The planting of seed oysters shall consist
				of spreading the oysters loosely on the bottom of the planting area. It shall
				be unlawful to plant seed oysters in any manner except by spreading the oysters
				loosely on the bottom.
C. Seed
				oysters shall be placed on a designated and marked area of the private ground
				from which said oysters are not to be removed until after December 31 if placed
				prior to December 31. Any seed oysters placed January 1 through May 31 are not
				to be removed until after May 31. It shall be unlawful to remove these seed
				oysters within 30 days of being placed on private ground.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 720 - PERTAINING TO RESTRICTIONS ON OYSTER HARVEST › Section 4VAC20-720-110 - Penalty

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A. As set forth in
				§ 28.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, any person violating any provision of
				this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and a second or
				subsequent violation of any provision of this chapter committed by the same
				person within 12 months of a prior violation is a Class 1
				misdemeanor.
B. In addition to the
				penalty prescribed by law, any person violating any provision of this chapter
				shall destroy, in the presence of a marine police officer, all shellfish in his
				possession, or, at the direction of the marine police officer, shall place the
				shellfish overboard on the nearest oyster sanctuary or closed shellfish area,
				and shall cease harvesting on that day. All harvesting apparatus may be subject
				to seizure, and, pursuant to § 28.2-232 of the Code of Virginia, all
				licenses and permits may be subject to revocation following a hearing before
				the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 720 - PERTAINING TO RESTRICTIONS ON OYSTER HARVEST › Form - FORMS (4VAC20-720)

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Daily
				  Harvest Information For James River Seed Area, Including The Deep Water Shoal
				  State Replenishment Seed Area (eff. 11/11)
.
Commercial
				  Oyster Resource User Fee Transfer Application
				  (undated)
Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 730 - PERTAINING TO NONRESIDENT HARVESTERS LICENSE FEE › Section 4VAC20-730-10 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the fee for the
				  nonresident harvesters license.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-227 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 730 - PERTAINING TO NONRESIDENT HARVESTERS LICENSE FEE › Section 4VAC20-730-30 - Exceptions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The nonresident harvesters license shall not be required for
				  persons licensed to fish with saltwater recreational licenses required under
				  §§ 28.2-302.1 and 28.2-302.9 of the Code of
				  Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-227 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 730 - PERTAINING TO NONRESIDENT HARVESTERS LICENSE FEE › Section 4VAC20-730-40 - Penalty

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Penalties for violations of the nonresident license
				  requirement are prescribed in §§ 28.2-225 and 28.2-227E of the Code
				  of Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-227 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 740 - PERTAINING TO THE SNAGGING OF FISH › Section 4VAC20-740-10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to reduce snagging and towing
				  injuries and mortalities to finfish in Virginia waters and to preserve the
				  public safety by prohibiting the practice of snagging fish.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 740 - PERTAINING TO THE SNAGGING OF FISH › Section 4VAC20-740-15 - Definition

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The following word or term when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Towing of fish" means tethering a fish by any method behind
				  the vessel while the engine is running and in gear.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 740 - PERTAINING TO THE SNAGGING OF FISH › Section 4VAC20-740-20 - Snagging prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
It shall be unlawful for any person to take or to attempt to
				  take any finfish by means of snagging.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 740 - PERTAINING TO THE SNAGGING OF FISH › Section 4VAC20-740-25 - Towing of fish prohibited

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It shall be unlawful for any person to tow any cobia or
				  striped bass.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 740 - PERTAINING TO THE SNAGGING OF FISH › Section 4VAC20-740-30 - Penalty

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As set forth in § 28.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, any
				  person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3
				  misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent violation of any provision of this
				  chapter committed by the same person within 12 months of a prior violation is a
				  Class 1 misdemeanor.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 751 - PERTAINING TO THE SETTING AND MESH SIZE OF GILL NETS › Section 4VAC20-751-10 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to reduce the out-of-season
				  by-catch of American shad and to preclude the harvest of coastal migratory
				  striped bass, thereby reducing injuries and mortalities to these two species.
				  This chapter is also intended to reduce the strandings and mortalities of
				  threatened and endangered sea turtles.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 751 - PERTAINING TO THE SETTING AND MESH SIZE OF GILL NETS › Section 4VAC20-751-15 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Assateague Island Small-Mesh Gill Net Area" shall consist of
				  all tidal waters of Virginia's portion of the federal territorial sea that are
				  bounded by a line beginning in Accomack County from a point at the mean low
				  water line at the southwestern most tip of Fishing Point, at the mouth of
				  Chincoteague Inlet, at Latitude 37-52.34584 N., Longitude 75-24.02333 W.;
				  thence southwesterly 1,500 feet to a point at Latitude 37-52.19158 N.,
				  Longitude 75-24.26693 W.; thence in a line towards Chincoteague Shoals
				  maintaining a distance of 1,500 feet from the mean low water line to a point
				  northeast of Chincoteague Shoals at Latitude 37-51.12484 N., Longitude
				  75-22.23021 W.; thence westerly to a point at Latitude 37-51.30530 N.,
				  Longitude 75-22.44331 W.; thence along the mean low water line in a southerly
				  and then westerly direction to the point of beginning.
"Restricted areas" means sections within the tributaries of
				  the Chesapeake Bay as follows:
1. In James River, those tidal waters upstream of a line
				  connecting Willoughby Spit and Old Point Comfort;
2. In Back River, those tidal waters upstream of a line
				  connecting Factory Point and Plumtree Point;
3. In Poquoson River, those tidal waters upstream of a line
				  connecting Marsh Point and Tue Point;
4. In York River, those tidal waters upstream of a line
				  connecting Tue Point and Guinea Marshes;
5. In Mobjack Bay, those tidal waters upstream of a line
				  connecting Guinea Marshes and New Point Comfort;
6. In Milford Haven, those tidal waters upstream of a line
				  connecting Rigby Island and Sandy Point;
7. In Piankatank River, those tidal waters upstream of a line
				  connecting Cherry Point and Stingray Point; and
8. In Rappahannock River, those tidal waters upstream of a
				  line connecting Stingray Point to Windmill Point.
"Small-mesh gill net" means any gill net with a stretched
				  mesh of equal to or less than five inches.
"Unattended gill net" means any gill net set in Virginia
				  tidal waters, described in
				  4VAC20-751-20
				  E, that is located more than one mile from the licensee of that gill
				  net.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 751 - PERTAINING TO THE SETTING AND MESH SIZE OF GILL NETS › Section 4VAC20-751-20 - Gill net mesh sizes, restricted areas, and season

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. In the restricted areas as described in
				4VAC20-751-15, it
				shall be unlawful to do any of the following:
1. From January 1 through March 25 of each
				year, for any person to place, set, or fish any gill net with a stretched mesh
				size greater than 3-3/4 inches and less than five inches.
2. From March 26 through June 15 of each
				year, for any person to place, set, or fish any gill net with a stretched mesh
				size greater than six inches.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 751 - PERTAINING TO THE SETTING AND MESH SIZE OF GILL NETS › Section 4VAC20-751-25 - Assateague Island Small-Mesh Gill Net Area

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Within the Assateague Island Small-Mesh Gill Net Area, it
				  shall be unlawful for any person to place, set, or fish more than two gill
				  nets, with each gill net not to exceed 1,200 feet in length, per vessel, from
				  August 15 through October 31.
Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 751 - PERTAINING TO THE SETTING AND MESH SIZE OF GILL NETS › Section 4VAC20-751-30 - Penalty

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As set forth in § 28.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, any
				  person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3
				  misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent violation of any provision of this
				  chapter committed by the same person within 12 months of a prior violation is a
				  Class 1 misdemeanor.
Statutory Authority
§§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 752 - PERTAINING TO BLUE CRAB SANCTUARIES › Section 4VAC20-752-10 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of this chapter are in response to reduced
				  abundance in the blue crab stock and over-exploitation of this resource. This
				  chapter promotes conservation of the blue crab resource within the below
				  designated areas of the Chesapeake Bay system.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 752 - PERTAINING TO BLUE CRAB SANCTUARIES › Section 4VAC20-752-30 - Harvest restrictions

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A. It shall
				be unlawful for any person to conduct commercial or recreational crabbing
				within Virginia Blue Crab Sanctuary Area 1A from June 1 through September
				15.
B. It shall be unlawful for any
				person to conduct commercial or recreational crabbing within Virginia Blue Crab
				Sanctuary Area 1B and 3 from May 16 through September 15.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to
				take, harvest, or possess crabs for commercial purposes from Virginia Blue Crab
				Sanctuary Areas 2 and 4 from May 16 through September 15.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 752 - PERTAINING TO BLUE CRAB SANCTUARIES › Section 4VAC20-752-40 - Penalty

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
As set forth in § 28.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, any
				  person violating any section of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3
				  misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent violation of any provision of this
				  chapter committed by the same person within 12 months of a prior violation is a
				  Class 1 misdemeanor.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 754 - PERTAINING TO IMPORTATION OF FISH, SHELLFISH OR CRUSTACEA INTO VIRGINIA'S WATERS › Section 4VAC20-754-10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to establish the list of
				  approved states, waters and species, and criteria necessary for the importation
				  of fish, shellfish, and crustacea for the purpose of placing such animals into
				  the waters of the Commonwealth.
Statutory Authority
§§ 28.2-201 and 28.2-825 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 754 - PERTAINING TO IMPORTATION OF FISH, SHELLFISH OR CRUSTACEA INTO VIRGINIA'S WATERS › Section 4VAC20-754-20 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Atlantic coastal areas" means the tidal waters of Maine, New
				  Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
				  Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia and the tidal
				  waters of the state of Florida that enter the Atlantic Ocean through lands on
				  the eastern side of the state of Florida north of the southernmost point of the
				  mainland peninsula of Florida.
"Clinical disease" means infection by endemic Perkinsus or
				  Haplosporidium pathogens or QPX that exceeds 5.0% prevalence in a sample or
				  with any single infection of moderate or greater intensity or infection by any
				  non-endemic pathogen.
"Northern broodstock" means clams that originated in Virginia
				  waters or other growing areas on the east coast of the continental United
				  States north of Virginia.
"Shell height" means the straight-line distance from the
				  hinge of the mollusk to its bill.
"Shell length" means the longest straight-line distance on
				  the mollusk from edge to edge.
"VIMS" means the Director of the Virginia Institute of Marine
				  Science or Virginia Institute of Marine Science staff designated by the
				  director to act with the same authority.
Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 754 - PERTAINING TO IMPORTATION OF FISH, SHELLFISH OR CRUSTACEA INTO VIRGINIA'S WATERS › Section 4VAC20-754-30 - Approved species and criteria for importation

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A. Pursuant to the provisions of §
				28.2-825 of the Code of Virginia and under the following conditions, it shall
				be lawful to import into the Commonwealth, with the intent of placing such
				animals into the waters of the Commonwealth, any species listed in this
				chapter, except as prohibited in the exception contained in subdivision 1 of
				this subsection:
1. Any hard clam of the
				species Mercenaria mercenaria from Atlantic coastal areas and that is absent of
				clinical disease caused by any known shellfish pathogen, as specified in
				subsection B of this section. Importation requirements established by
				subdivisions 1 a through 1 d of this subsection, shall be in addition to those
				importation requirements established by subsection B of this section.
a. The hatchery or facility shall certify
				that only northern broodstock clams of the genus Mercenaria, absent of
				shellfish pathogens, were used to produce hard clam seed that is to be exported
				to Virginia. The certification shall be accompanied by evidence that the
				facility took possession of the northern broodstock hard clams within the
				previous 12 months.
b. The hatchery
				or facility shall certify that any clam seed scheduled for importation into
				Virginia was produced from broodstock that satisfies the requirements specified
				by subdivision 1 a of this subsection.
c. The hatchery or facility shall certify
				that only hard clams of northern broodstock were held in the facility used for
				spawning purposes throughout the time period, within a calendar year,
				corresponding to all shipments of hard clam seed to Virginia, and all shipments
				of clam seed shall be accompanied by a tag indicating the name of the hatchery
				or facility and the quantity on a per bag or container basis.
d. Any certification requirements described
				in subdivisions 1 a and 1 b of this subsection shall accompany the certified
				statement from an approved shellfish pathologist as to the absence of clinical
				disease in a random sample of hard clam seed of the genus Mercenaria scheduled
				for importation into Virginia, as described in subsection B of this section.
				All certified statements required for importation of hard clam seed of genus
				Mercenaria as specified by subdivisions 1 a and 1 b of this subsection and
				subsection B of this section shall be provided to the Virginia Marine Resources
				Commission at least 10 days prior to the shipment of any hard clam seed of
				genus Mercenaria.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 754 - PERTAINING TO IMPORTATION OF FISH, SHELLFISH OR CRUSTACEA INTO VIRGINIA'S WATERS › Section 4VAC20-754-40 - Penalty

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As set forth in § 28.2-825 of the Code of Virginia, any
				  person violating any provision of the chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1
				  misdemeanor.
Statutory Authority
§§ 28.2-201 and 28.2-825 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 755 - PERTAINING TO ARTIFICIAL REEFS › Section 4VAC20-755-10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to reduce gear conflicts on
				  the commission's artificial fishing reefs.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 755 - PERTAINING TO ARTIFICIAL REEFS › Section 4VAC20-755-30 - Gear restrictions

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It shall be unlawful for any person to set, fish, or have any
				  fishing gear in the water, other than rod-and-reel, hand line, spear or gig,
				  and only when licensed for recreational use within the boundary of Anglers
				  Reef, Asphalt Pile Reef, Back River Reef, Cabbage Patch Reef, Cell Reef,
				  Cherrystone Reef, East Ocean View Reef, Gwynn Island Reef, Middle Ground Reef,
				  Mobjack Bay Reef, Nandua-Pungoteague Reef, Nassawadox Reef, Northern Neck Reef,
				  Occohannock Reef, Poquoson Reef, Windmill Point Reef, and York Spit
				  Reef.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 755 - PERTAINING TO ARTIFICIAL REEFS › Section 4VAC20-755-40 - Penalty

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As set forth in § 28.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, any
				  person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3
				  misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent violation of any provision of this
				  chapter committed by the same person within 12 months of a prior violation is a
				  Class 1 misdemeanor.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 770 - PIANKATANK RIVER MANAGEMENT AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-770-10

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 770 - PIANKATANK RIVER MANAGEMENT AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-770-20

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 770 - PIANKATANK RIVER MANAGEMENT AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-770-30

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 770 - PIANKATANK RIVER MANAGEMENT AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-770-40

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 770 - PIANKATANK RIVER MANAGEMENT AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-770-50

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 780 - PATENT TONG RESTRICTIONS (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-780-10

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 780 - PATENT TONG RESTRICTIONS (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-780-20

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 780 - PATENT TONG RESTRICTIONS (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-780-30

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 780 - PATENT TONG RESTRICTIONS (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-780-40

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 780 - PATENT TONG RESTRICTIONS (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-780-50

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 780 - PATENT TONG RESTRICTIONS (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-780-60

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 780 - PATENT TONG RESTRICTIONS (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-780-70

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 790 - OPEN PUBLIC OYSTER ROCKS, POCOMOKE SOUND (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-790-10

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 790 - OPEN PUBLIC OYSTER ROCKS, POCOMOKE SOUND (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-790-20

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 790 - OPEN PUBLIC OYSTER ROCKS, POCOMOKE SOUND (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-790-30

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 790 - OPEN PUBLIC OYSTER ROCKS, POCOMOKE SOUND (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-790-40

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 790 - OPEN PUBLIC OYSTER ROCKS, POCOMOKE SOUND (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-790-50

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 800 - LOADING AND UNLOADING POINTS FOR RELAYED SHELLFISH [REPEALED] › Section 4VAC20-800-10 to 4VAC20-800-20 - Repealed

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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 810 - OPENING OF JOHN EAST TURN AND POYNTER ROCKS AND CLOSING BEASELEY BAY ROCK AND DEEP CREEK CHANNEL, BUOY NO. 7 (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-810-10

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 810 - OPENING OF JOHN EAST TURN AND POYNTER ROCKS AND CLOSING BEASELEY BAY ROCK AND DEEP CREEK CHANNEL, BUOY NO. 7 (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-810-20

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 810 - OPENING OF JOHN EAST TURN AND POYNTER ROCKS AND CLOSING BEASELEY BAY ROCK AND DEEP CREEK CHANNEL, BUOY NO. 7 (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-810-30

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 810 - OPENING OF JOHN EAST TURN AND POYNTER ROCKS AND CLOSING BEASELEY BAY ROCK AND DEEP CREEK CHANNEL, BUOY NO. 7 (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-810-40

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 810 - OPENING OF JOHN EAST TURN AND POYNTER ROCKS AND CLOSING BEASELEY BAY ROCK AND DEEP CREEK CHANNEL, BUOY NO. 7 (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-810-50

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 830 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM RUSS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-830-10

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 830 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM RUSS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-830-20

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 830 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM RUSS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-830-30

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 830 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM RUSS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-830-40

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 830 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM RUSS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-830-50

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 850 - EXPANSION OF THE JAIL ISLAND CLEAN CULL AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-850-10

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 850 - EXPANSION OF THE JAIL ISLAND CLEAN CULL AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-850-20

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 850 - EXPANSION OF THE JAIL ISLAND CLEAN CULL AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-850-30

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 850 - EXPANSION OF THE JAIL ISLAND CLEAN CULL AREA (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-850-40

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 860 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM LITTLE CARTERS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-860-10

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 860 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM LITTLE CARTERS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-860-20

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 860 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM LITTLE CARTERS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-860-30

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 860 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM LITTLE CARTERS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-860-40

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 860 - A CHANGE IN THE OYSTER CULL SIZE FOR OYSTERS HARVESTED FROM LITTLE CARTERS ROCK, RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER (REPEALED) › Section 4VAC20-860-50

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Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 880 - PERTAINING TO HARD CRAB POT LIMITS › Section 4VAC20-880-10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to protect and conserve the
				  blue crab resource by controlling fishing effort by establishing additional
				  limits on the number of crab pots that can be set or fished.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 880 - PERTAINING TO HARD CRAB POT LIMITS › Section 4VAC20-880-20 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Coastal area" means the area that includes Back Bay and
				  Virginia's portion of the territorial sea, plus all of the creeks, bays,
				  inlets, and tributaries on the seaside of Accomack County, Northampton County
				  (including areas east of the causeway from Fisherman Island to the mainland),
				  and the City of Virginia Beach (including federal areas and state parks,
				  fronting on the Atlantic Ocean and east and south of the point where the
				  shoreward boundary of the territorial sea joins the mainland at Cape
				  Henry).
"Mainstem Chesapeake Bay" means all tidal waters westward of
				  the shoreward boundary of Virginia's portion of the federal territorial sea,
				  exclusive of the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River.
"Potomac River tributaries" means all the tributaries of the
				  Potomac River that are within Virginia's jurisdiction beginning with, and
				  including, Flag Pond thence upstream to the District of Columbia
				  boundary.
"Tributaries of the mainstem Chesapeake Bay" means those
				  waters outside of the mainstem of the Chesapeake Bay but westward of the
				  shoreward boundary of Virginia's portion of the federal territorial sea.
Statutory Authority
§§ 28.2-201 and 28.2-204.1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 880 - PERTAINING TO HARD CRAB POT LIMITS › Section 4VAC20-880-30 - Hard crab pot limits

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A. It
				shall be unlawful for any person to place, set or fish more than 255 hard crab
				pots in the tributaries of the mainstem Chesapeake Bay or the Potomac River
				tributaries.
B. It shall be
				unlawful for any person to place, set or fish more than 425 hard crab pots in
				the mainstem Chesapeake Bay or coastal area.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to
				place, set or fish more than 425 hard crab pots in Virginia tidal
				waters.
D. It shall be unlawful for
				any person to take or catch hard crabs or peeler crabs using any type of pot
				other than a licensed hard crab pot or peeler pot except as provided in §
				28.2-226 of the Code of Virginia.
Statutory Authority
§§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 880 - PERTAINING TO HARD CRAB POT LIMITS › Section 4VAC20-880-60 - Penalty

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As set forth in § 28.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, any
				  person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3
				  misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent violation of any provision of this
				  chapter committed by the same person within 12 months of a prior violation is a
				  Class 1 misdemeanor.
Statutory Authority
§§ 28.2-201 and 28.2-204.1 of the Code of
					 Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 890 - PERTAINING TO CHANNELED WHELK › Section 4VAC20-890-10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this regulation is to establish a viable
				  commercial fishery for channeled whelk in Virginia waters while minimizing the
				  potential for overfishing of Virginia channeled whelk stocks.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 890 - PERTAINING TO CHANNELED WHELK › Section 4VAC20-890-20 - Definitions

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The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Bait bag" means a bag, box, or other container with mesh,
				  slats, or other types of openings no greater than three-eighths of an inch in
				  one dimension, either width or length, that is designed for the purposes of
				  containing the bait within a channeled whelk pot.
"Basket" means a circular plastic mesh container of 2,566
				  cubic inches with a top inside diameter of 17 inches, bottom inside diameter of
				  13.5 inches, and an inside height of 14 inches.
"Bushel" means a Virginia bushel with a volumetric measure
				  equivalent to 1.4 U.S. standard bushels or 3,003.9 cubic inches.
"Channeled whelk" means any whelk of the species Busycotypus
				  canaliculatus.
"Land" or "landing" means to enter port with channeled whelk
				  on board any boat or vessel, to begin offloading channeled whelk, or to offload
				  channeled whelk.
"Length" means the total length of a channeled whelk,
				  measured from the tip of the apex to the outer tip of the shell opening.
"MRC ID" means the unique Marine Resources Commission
				  identification number assigned to each individual.
Statutory Authority: §
											28.2-201
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Agency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 890 - PERTAINING TO CHANNELED WHELK › Section 4VAC20-890-25 - Entry limitation; transfers; prohibitions

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A. The sale of commercial channeled whelk pot
				licenses shall be limited to registered commercial fishermen, solely for the
				harvest of channeled whelk from Virginia waters described in this section, who
				meet either of the following requirements:
1.
				The fisherman shall have held a provisional Virginia conch pot permit in 1999
				and reported in accordance with the requirements of
				4VAC20-610-60
				and the 1999 conch pot permit; or
2. The fisherman shall provide the commission
				with proof of having harvested channeled whelk from federal waters during the
				January 1, 1997, through October 1, 1999, period.