Any person desiring to take or catch menhaden with purse nets shall pay to the officer or agent a license fee as follows or as subsequently revised by the Commission pursuant to § 28.2-201:
1. On each boat or vessel under 70 gross tons fishing for the purse seine menhaden reduction sector, $249.
2. On each vessel 70 gross tons or over fishing for the purse seine menhaden reduction sector, $996.
3. On each boat or vessel under 70 gross tons fishing for the purse seine menhaden bait sector, $249.
4. On each vessel 70 gross tons or over fishing for the purse seine menhaden bait sector, $996.
Any person purchasing more than one of these licenses for the same vessel shall pay a fee equal to that for a single license.
Code 1950, § 28-61; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-59; 1966, c. 695; 1974, c. 313; 1978, cc. 347, 358; 1979, c. 274; 1980, c. 605; 1982, c. 461; 1988, c. 710; 1992, c. 836; 2009, c. 9; 2013, cc. 59, 760; 2014, cc. 104, 133.
Structure 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
§ 28.2-400.1. Criteria for qualifying for a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license
§ 28.2-402. License fee to take menhaden with purse nets
§ 28.2-404. Appeals from actions of Commissioner
§ 28.2-405. Carrying patent tongs, etc., while fishing for menhaden; penalty
§ 28.2-407. Forfeiture of fishing gear
§ 28.2-408. Food fish not to be taken, bought, or sold; percentage allowable; penalty
§ 28.2-409. Menhaden fishing prohibited in certain areas; exception
§ 28.2-410. Closed season for menhaden fishing; forbidden nets; penalty