4 Va. Admin. Code § 15-340-10 - Haul seines to take fish for sale
A. Authorization to take fish for sale. A
haul seine permit shall authorize the person to whom issued to take fish for
sale as specified with a haul seine from the waters designated in this section.
B. Permit holder to be present
when seine operated. The holder of a haul seine permit must be present with the
seine at all times when it is being operated. The holder, however, may have
others to assist him, and such persons assisting are not required to have a
permit.
C. Length and size of nets.
The length of haul seine nets shall not be more than 500 yards. The size of
mesh shall be 1-1/2 inch bar mesh.
D. Season and fish to be taken in Virginia
Beach City. In Back Bay and its natural tributaries (not including Lake
Tecumseh and Red Wing Lake), North Landing River from the North Carolina line
to Pungo Ferry (not including Blackwater River), the open season to take all
fish, except game fish, shad, alewife, and blueback herring, with a haul seine
shall be from November 1 through March 31, both dates inclusive. The harvest
limit for anadromous hickory shad shall be 10 per day.
E. Labeling packages containing fish taken
with haul seine. It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or otherwise
transport any package, box, or other receptacle containing fish taken under a
haul seine permit unless the same bears a label showing the name and address of
the owner of the seine and a statement of the kind of fish contained in it.
F. Reporting. The holder of a
permit to take fish for sale by means of haul seines shall keep a record of the
pounds of fish taken by species and location (name and county of water body),
and the pounds of each species sold.
Notes
Statutory Authority: 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.
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