Code of Virginia - Title 28.2 Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters - Chapter 3 Finfish
- 28.2-300 License application to fish with certain nets
Any person desiring to take or catch fish with any device shall apply to the Commissioner for a license. An applicant for a license to ...
- 28.2-301 License fee for fishing in tidal waters
Every applicant for a license to catch or take fish shall pay the following license fee: 1. On each pound net, $25; 2. On each ...
- 28.2-302 Commercial fishing pier; license fee; penalty
A. The owner of a commercial fishing pier shall pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars for each pier that is over or upon ...
- 28.2-302.1 Recreational license required
Except in areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and as provided in § 28.2-302.5, a person shall not take ...
- 28.2-302.2 Recreational license fee; cooperative program
A. The annual fee for the saltwater recreational fishing license shall be seven dollars and fifty cents. Agents of the Commission shall retain the agent's ...
- 28.2-302.2:1 Special combined individual sportfishing licenses
A. Residents and nonresidents of the Commonwealth may obtain a special combined sportfishing license to fish in all inland waters and the tidal waters of ...
- 28.2-302.3 Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development Fund established
There is hereby established a special, nonreverting fund in the state treasury to be known as the Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development Fund, hereafter referred ...
- 28.2-302.4 Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board established
A. There is hereby established the Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board, which shall hereinafter be known as the Board. The Board shall advise the Commission ...
- 28.2-302.5 Exemptions to saltwater recreational fishing license
A. The following persons shall be exempt from the requirements of obtaining a saltwater recreational fishing license as set forth in § 28.2-302.1: 1. A ...
- 28.2-302.6 Temporary license
A. The Commission shall provide for issuance of a temporary saltwater recreational fishing license, which shall be valid for a stated period of time not ...
- 28.2-302.7 Recreational boat; reporting of catch
A. The owner or operator of a recreational boat used for saltwater recreational fishing shall have the option of purchasing a saltwater recreational fishing license ...
- 28.2-302.7:1 Reissuance of licenses for recreational boats
The Commission shall provide for the reissuance of a saltwater recreational fishing license to a person who holds a valid license for a recreational boat ...
- 28.2-302.8 Headboat or charterboat; rental boats
A. The Commission may establish the sale of a fishing guide license. If established, such fishing guide license shall be required for each charterboat and ...
- 28.2-302.9 Commercial fishing pier
A. The owner of a commercial fishing pier, as defined in § 28.2-302, shall have the option of purchasing a saltwater recreational fishing license, covering ...
- 28.2-302.10 Special lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license; permanently and totally disabled person...
A. Any resident who is permanently and totally disabled, as defined in § 58.1-3217, who applies for a special lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license shall ...
- 28.2-302.10:1 Lifetime saltwater recreational fishing licenses for residents and nonresidents
A. Any resident or nonresident individual may apply for and receive from the Commission a lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license after payment of a fee ...
- 28.2-303 Taking and sale of sturgeon prohibited; penalty
Except as otherwise provided by regulation, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or possess any sturgeon. Any sturgeon caught by any ...
- 28.2-304 Taking, possessing, etc., channel bass; confiscation of such fish illegally taken; penalt...
A. Except as otherwise provided by regulation, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, possess, offer for sale or transport during any ...
- 28.2-305 Size of mesh and length and depth of certain nets; penalty
A. It is unlawful for any person to use the following nets: 1. A pound net or a mullet gill net that is less than ...
- 28.2-306 Use of certain fishing devices in certain waters; penalty
It is unlawful for any person to use any snatch hook, grab hook or gang hook for the purpose of taking or catching fish in ...
- 28.2-307 Length of fixed fishing device; gill nets; penalty
A. It is unlawful for any person to use a single fixed fishing device having a total length greater than 1,200 feet. Clear and unobstructed ...
- 28.2-308 Setting of gill nets in oceanfront; penalty
From the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day through September 15 of each year, gill net operators along the southern oceanfront boundary of the United States ...
- 28.2-309 Distance nets may extend across body of water or channel; prohibition; regulations; penalt...
A. It is unlawful to set or fish any net or nets across any river, bay, estuary, creek, or inlet which are longer than one-fourth ...
- 28.2-310 Trotline prohibited on ocean side of Eastern Shore; penalty
It shall be unlawful to set a fish trotline on the ocean side of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton. The Commission officers may seize ...
- 28.2-311 Chickahominy River in Charles City; penalty
It is unlawful for any person to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms, on or within 500 yards below the Chickahominy Dam at ...
- 28.2-312 Rappahannock River and certain of its tributaries; penalty
It is unlawful for any person to use any haul seine (i) within 100 yards of mean low-water mark or 3 feet of water in ...
- 28.2-313 Killing fish by means of explosives, drugs, or poisons; possession; penalty
A. It is unlawful to capture or kill any fish, shellfish, or marine organisms by means of explosives, drugs, or poisons in any waters of ...
- 28.2-314 Trawl nets and drag nets prohibited; sale of fish; penalty
Except as may be provided in § 28.2-315, it is unlawful for any person (i) to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms with ...
- 28.2-315 Fishing with trawl net within three-mile limit; license fee
A. It is unlawful to catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms within the three-mile limit of the Virginia Atlantic shoreline with trawl nets or similar ...
- 28.2-316 Trawling boat not granted license for other fishing device; penalty
It is unlawful for any vessel, boat or other craft equipped for trawling and having a trawl net on board to be licensed for any ...
- 28.2-317 Prima facie evidence of violation; penalty
Any vessel, boat, or other craft found in the waters of the Commonwealth, or in the waters under the joint jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, equipped ...
- 28.2-318 Exemption for certain trawling activity
Nothing in this article shall prohibit (i) the use of trawl nets to catch fish outside the territorial limits of Virginia or (ii) the transport ...
- 28.2-319 Forfeiture of fishing gear, etc
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 ...
Last modified: April 3, 2009