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§ 28.2-200. Definitions - As used in this subtitle, unless the context requires a...
§ 28.2-201. Authority of Commission to make regulations, establish licenses, and prepare fishery management plans; accept federal grants; enforcement; penalty for violation of regulation - The Commission may: 1. Adopt regulations, including those for taking...
§ 28.2-201.1. Commission to administer grants to individuals transferring oysters to a state-managed sanctuary; fund - For purposes of this section: "Fund" means the Oyster Growing...
§ 28.2-202. Commissioner; fishery powers - The Commissioner may: 1. Investigate all matters affecting the seafood...
§ 28.2-203. Commission to prepare fishery management plans; standards - The Commission shall prepare and implement fishery management plans so...
§ 28.2-203.1. Blue crab fishery management plan - A. The Commission shall prepare, in consultation with the Virginia...
§ 28.2-204. Authority to collect fisheries statistics - A. The Commission may collect from any source any fisheries...
§ 28.2-204.1. Limited sale of gear licenses and permits; regulations - A. The Commission may limit the number of gear licenses...
§ 28.2-205. Scientific collection permits; penalty - A. Except as provided for in § 28.2-1101, it is...
§ 28.2-206. Virginia Saltwater Sport Fishing Tournament - The Commission shall promote and develop the Commonwealth's saltwater angling...
§ 28.2-207. Tournament Advisory Committee continued - A. The Virginia Saltwater Sport Fishing Tournament Advisory Committee is...
§ 28.2-208. Marine Fishing Improvement Fund continued - There is hereby continued a special, nonreverting fund in the...
§ 28.2-208.1. Commercial Fishing Advisory Board established - A. There is hereby established the Commercial Fishing Advisory Board,...
§ 28.2-208.2. Menhaden Management Advisory Committee established - The Commissioner shall establish a Menhaden Management Advisory Committee (the...
§ 28.2-209. Publication of proposed regulations - No regulation of general application shall be promulgated until the...
§ 28.2-210. Adoption of emergency regulations - If, in an emergency, the adoption of a regulation is...
§ 28.2-211. Hearing on proposed regulations - A public hearing shall be held by the agency at...
§ 28.2-212. Adoption of regulations - A regulation may be adopted in the form in which...
§ 28.2-213. Distribution of new regulations - A copy of any regulation of general application adopted by...
§ 28.2-214. Right of petition to Commission - Any interested person may petition the Commission requesting the promulgation,...
§ 28.2-215. Judicial review of validity of regulations - Judicial review of any regulation shall be in accordance with...
§ 28.2-216. Hearings before Commission - A. Any person whose rights, duties, or privileges, including matters...
§ 28.2-217. Procedure of hearing - Every party shall have the right to cross-examine adverse witnesses...
§ 28.2-218. Finding, award, etc., of Commission - In all contested matters, the finding, award, action or judgment...
§ 28.2-219. Judicial review in contested cases - Any person aggrieved by a final decision in a contested...
§ 28.2-220. Appeals to Court of Appeals - An appeal of the final decision of the circuit court...
§ 28.2-221. Proof of posting of notices - The return by any Commission employee as to the posting...
§ 28.2-222. Districts - The Commission shall divide and periodically redistrict the territory over...
§ 28.2-223. Appointment of officers - The Commissioner shall assign at least one officer to each...
§ 28.2-224. Collection of license fees - The Commissioner may designate an officer assigned to a district...
§ 28.2-225. Fishing license required; penalty - It shall be unlawful to fish in the tidal waters...
§ 28.2-226. Exemptions from licensing requirements - The following activities are exempt from the licensing requirements of...
§ 28.2-226.1. Recreational gear license required - A. Any person desiring to take or catch finfish or...
§ 28.2-226.2. Commission to establish requirements for commercial gear licenses used for recreational purposes - A. The Commission is authorized to establish the type and...
§ 28.2-227. Special nonresident harvester's license; fee and oath; revocation; penalty - A. Any nonresident desiring to take or catch marine fish,...
§ 28.2-228. Licenses for purchase of fish, shellfish, or marine organisms from the catcher; fee - A. Any person purchasing from the catcher clams, crabs, fish,...
§ 28.2-228.1. Seafood landing licenses - A. The Commission may by regulation establish licenses for the...
§ 28.2-229. When licenses terminate; proration and refund not permitted - A. The Commission shall issue all licenses on an annual...
§ 28.2-230. Penalty for false statements or altering a fishing license; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person to (i) subscribe...
§ 28.2-231. Exhibition of license; display to officers; penalty - Any person engaged in fishing shall have the required license...
§ 28.2-232. Revocation of licenses - A. The Commission may revoke the fishing privileges within the...
§ 28.2-233. License tags or identification generally - The Commission shall provide metal license tags or identification numbers...
§ 28.2-234. License tags and identification numbers to be fastened; penalty - A. License tags or identification numbers shall be attached and...
§ 28.2-235. Duty to apply for new tag in case of loss; penalty - Should the metal tag required by § 28.2-234 be removed...
§ 28.2-236. Seizure of unmarked devices - Any fishing device not marked, tagged or identified in the...
§ 28.2-237. Removal of abandoned pole or stake; revocation of licenses for failure to remove stakes - A. Any person fishing a pound net or any other...
§ 28.2-238. Concealing name or number of vessel; penalty - Any captain or owner who covers or conceals the name,...
§ 28.2-239. Exemptions from article - Nothing in this article applies to boats used purely for...
§ 28.2-240. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1993, c. 219.
§ 28.2-241. Registration of commercial fishermen required; exemption; penalty - A. On and after January 1, 1993, holders of gear...
§ 28.2-242. Report of harvest required - All harvests shall be reported by either commercial fishermen, licensed...
§ 28.2-243. Commission to promulgate regulations - The Commission shall promulgate regulations governing the registration of commercial...
§ 28.2-244. Purchase of shellfish or finfish; penalty - A person shall not purchase shellfish or finfish from any...
§ 28.2-245. Fishery Resource Grant Fund established; purpose; Consortium to award grants - A. There is hereby established within the state treasury a...
§ 28.2-246. Fishery Resource Grant Advisory Board established; membership; duties - A. The Fishery Resource Grant Advisory Board shall be composed...
§ 28.2-247. Graduate Marine Science Consortium to submit report - At the end of each grant cycle, the Graduate Marine...