4 Va. Admin. Code § 15-340-80 - Eel pots for taking American eels for sale
A. The director may issue, deny, modify,
suspend, or revoke annual eel pot permits designated for the sale of American
eels. Such permits shall authorize the taking of American eels for sale, as
specified, with eel pots from waters designated in this section. Such permits
shall be valid so long as the harvest of American eels in the Commonwealth is
not prohibited by other state or federal law or regulation. To be eligible,
applicants must document harvest of at least one pound of American eels from
Back Bay or North Landing River or their tributaries via reports submitted
through the Virginia Marine Resources Commission Mandatory Harvest Reporting
Program during the period January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2012, both dates
inclusive. Applicants must document the reported harvest occurred while the
applicant held a valid commercial fish pot or eel pot license issued by the
Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
B. It shall be unlawful for permit holders to
possess any American eel less than nine inches in total length.
C. It shall be unlawful for permit holders
fishing eel pots to take any species other than American eels.
D. It shall be unlawful to place, set, or
fish any eel pot that has a mesh less than 1/2-inch by 1/2-inch and does not
contain at least one unrestricted 4-inch by 4-inch escape panel consisting of
1/2-inch by 1-inch mesh.
E. The
permit holder's last name and Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
American eel pot number must be permanently attached to buoys of all eel pots
set. The maximum number of pots authorized per permit holder under this permit
shall be 300.
F. American eels may
be taken with eel pots in Back Bay and its natural tributaries (not including
Lake Tecumseh and Red Wing Lake) and in North Landing River and its natural
tributaries from the North Carolina line to the Great Bridge locks.
G. It shall be unlawful for any person to
ship or otherwise transport any package, box, or other receptacle containing
fish taken under an eel pot permit unless the same bears the permit holder's
name and address.
H. Failure to
comply with the daily harvest and sales reporting requirements as detailed in
conditions of the permit shall be unlawful and may result in immediate permit
revocation. It shall be the permit holder's responsibility to report "No
Activity" when no activity occurs during a monthly reporting period.
Notes
Statutory Authority: 45.1-161.3, 45.1-161.294, and 45.1-161.305 of the Code of Virginia.
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