Code of Virginia - Title 28.2 Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters - Chapter 4 Use Of Purse Nets For Taking Menhaden

28.2-400 Application for license for resident or nonresident to catch menhaden
A. Any nonresident owning or holding by lease or charter a purse net, seine, or vessel of any description used in the waters of this ...

28.2-401 Service of process for nonresident individuals, foreign corporations, general and limited partnersh...
A. A nonresident applicant who is an individual shall by written power of attorney appoint the Secretary of the Commonwealth his agent, upon whom shall ...

28.2-402 License fee to take menhaden with purse nets
Any person desiring to take or catch menhaden with purse nets shall pay to the officer or agent a license fee as follows: 1. On ...

28.2-403 Action of Commissioner on such application; transfer of license of disabled vessel; delegation of a...
A. If the Commissioner is satisfied that the disclosures required by § 28.2-400 have been made and that the application conforms in other respects to ...

28.2-404 Appeals from actions of Commissioner
Any person aggrieved by any action of the Commissioner taken under the provisions of § 28.2-403 shall have the right to petition the circuit court ...

28.2-405 Carrying patent tongs, etc., while fishing for menhaden; penalty
It shall be unlawful for any captain or owner to carry or permit to be carried aboard his vessel, when fishing for menhaden, any scrape, ...

28.2-406 Description unavailable
Reserved. ...

28.2-407 Forfeiture of fishing gear
Any net, pot, or other fishing device or gear used in violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be seized and forfeited ...

28.2-408 Food fish not to be taken, bought, or sold; percentage allowable; penalty
A. It is unlawful to take, catch or round up with purse net, for any purpose, food fish in an amount greater than one percent ...

28.2-409 Menhaden fishing prohibited in certain areas; exception
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful to take or catch menhaden with purse nets in the following ...

28.2-410 Closed season for menhaden fishing; forbidden nets; penalty
Except as provided in § 28.2-409, it is unlawful for any person to take or catch with a purse net in the waters of this ...

28.2-411 Season for vessels of less than seventy gross tons; penalty
Except from the first Monday in March to, but not including, the first Monday in May, it is unlawful for vessels with a gross weight ...