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 of such fish into Virginia ports for sale.
Code 1950, § 28-75; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-72; 1992, c. 836.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 28.2 - Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters
§ 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
§ 28.2-302.10:1. Lifetime saltwater recreational fishing licenses for residents and nonresidents
§ 28.2-303. Taking and sale of sturgeon prohibited; penalty
§ 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
§ 28.2-310. 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