Code of Virginia
Chapter 3 - Finfish
§ 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 a trawl net, drag net, or similar device drawn through the waters by a vessel, boat, or other craft or (ii) to buy, sell, or offer for sale any fish taken or caught in the waters of the Commonwealth, or under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, with a trawl net, drag net, or similar device.
A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Code 1950, § 28-68; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-67; 1973, c. 119; 1979, c. 18; 1992, c. 836.

Structure Code of Virginia

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

§ 28.2-301. License fee for fishing in tidal waters

§ 28.2-302. Commercial fishing pier; license fee; penalty

§ 28.2-302.1. Recreational license required

§ 28.2-302.1:1. Fisherman Identification Program

§ 28.2-302.2. Recreational license fee; cooperative program

§ 28.2-302.2:1. Special combined individual sportfishing licenses

§ 28.2-302.3. Virginia Saltwater Recreational Fishing Development Fund established

§ 28.2-302.4. Virginia Recreational Fishing Advisory Board established

§ 28.2-302.5. Exemptions to saltwater recreational fishing license

§ 28.2-302.6. Temporary license

§ 28.2-302.7. Recreational boat; reporting of catch

§ 28.2-302.7:1. Reissuance of licenses for recreational boats

§ 28.2-302.8. Headboat or charterboat; rental boats

§ 28.2-302.9. Commercial fishing pier

§ 28.2-302.10. Special lifetime saltwater recreational fishing license; permanently and totally disabled persons

§ 28.2-302.10:1. Lifetime saltwater recreational fishing licenses for residents and nonresidents

§ 28.2-303. Taking and sale of sturgeon prohibited; penalty

§ 28.2-304. Repealed

§ 28.2-305. Size of mesh and length and depth of certain nets; penalty

§ 28.2-306. Use of certain fishing devices in certain waters; penalty

§ 28.2-307. Length of fixed fishing device; gill nets; penalty

§ 28.2-308. Setting of gill nets in oceanfront; penalty

§ 28.2-309. Distance nets may extend across body of water or channel; prohibition; regulations; penalty

§ 28.2-310. Trotline prohibited on ocean side of Eastern Shore; penalty

§ 28.2-311. Chickahominy River in Charles City; penalty

§ 28.2-312. Rappahannock River and certain of its tributaries; penalty

§ 28.2-313. Killing fish by means of explosives, drugs, or poisons; possession; penalty

§ 28.2-314. Trawl nets and drag nets prohibited; sale of fish; penalty

§ 28.2-315. Fishing with trawl net within three-mile limit; license fee

§ 28.2-316. Trawling boat not granted license for other fishing device; penalty

§ 28.2-317. Prima facie evidence of violation; penalty

§ 28.2-318. Exemption for certain trawling activity

§ 28.2-319. Forfeiture of fishing gear, etc.