Code of Virginia - Title 28.2 Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters - Chapter 7 Crabs

28.2-700 Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Crab dredge" means a device, which may have teeth on the bar, that ...

28.2-701 Crab traps, crab pots and crab pounds; regulations; penalty
A. The Commission shall promulgate regulations governing the use, placement, and maintenance of crab traps and crab pounds. B. The Commission may promulgate regulations establishing ...

28.2-702 Licenses to take crabs; shedding operations; amount of fee
Any person desiring to take or catch crabs for market or profit from the waters of this Commonwealth, or waters under its jurisdiction, or any ...

28.2-703 License for certain assistants not required
During June through August, any person fifteen years of age or under may be an assistant to a boat operator catching blue crabs by crab ...

28.2-704 Sale of crabbing licenses
The Commission may require the purchase of licenses before each crab season begins. It may set time periods for the sale of licenses for taking ...

28.2-705 License restrictions; exemption; penalty
A. It is unlawful to: 1. Take crabs with a rake which is pulled or pushed by a boat; 2. Use a crab pot which ...

28.2-706 Restrictions on crab scraping; penalty
It is unlawful for any person to: 1. Use a crab scrape having a mouth longer than four feet and a toothed bar; 2. Haul ...

28.2-707 Restrictions on crab dredging; penalty
A. It is unlawful for any boat licensed to dredge crabs to use more than two dredges at any time when dredging for crabs. Such ...

28.2-708 Limitations on sizes of crabs to be taken; inspection of catch; exemption; penalty
A. It is unlawful for any person to catch, take or have in his possession more than ten hard crabs per United States standard bushel ...

28.2-709 Closed season for taking crabs in certain area; penalty
It is unlawful for any person to take or catch crabs for resale from the following area from June 1 through September 15. Ownership of ...

28.2-710 Unlawful to place crab, eel, or fish pots in certain channels; penalty
It is unlawful to place or maintain any crab, eel, or fish pot in a navigable channel which has navigation aids installed or approved by ...

28.2-711 Crab pots; unlawful activities; penalty
It is unlawful to knowingly place, set, or leave any crab pot in any of the tidal tributaries of the Commonwealth between January 1 and ...

28.2-712 Identification of crab pots and eel pots; penalty
On and after January 1, 1993, any person owning or using a crab pot or eel pot, for whom a license is required by this ...

28.2-713 Limiting the taking of crabs by one boat in one day; penalty
Whenever the interest of conservation or the crabbing industry requires, the Commission may limit the taking or catching of crabs by one boat in one ...