4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-430-65 - Maximum mesh size and tending requirements
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to
place, set or fish any gill net with a stretched mesh of greater than or equal
to seven inches in Virginia waters east of the COLREGS Line and north of the
North Carolina-Virginia border and south of Wachapreague Inlet (37° 34.6'
N) from April 1 through January 14, except as described in
4VAC20-320-65 and
4VAC20-252-135.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to
place, set or fish any gill net with a stretched mesh of greater than or equal
to seven inches in Virginia waters east of the COLREGS Line and north of
Wachapreague Inlet (37° 34.6' N) and south of Chincoteague (37° 56.0'
N) from April 16 through January 14, except as described in
4VAC20-320-65 and
4VAC20-252-135.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to
place, set or fish any anchored gill net with a stretched mesh of greater than
or equal to seven inches east of the COLREGS Line and north of the North
Carolina-Virginia border and south of the Maryland-Virginia border in Virginia
waters from sunset to sunrise from June 1 through October 31 unless that
fisherman remains within 0.5 nautical miles of the closest portion of each
anchored gill net, except as described in
4VAC20-320-65.
D. Any anchored gill net with a stretched
mesh of greater than or equal to seven inches set east of the COLREGS Line and
north of the North Carolina-Virginia border in Virginia waters and south of the
Maryland-Virginia border and fished from sunset to sunrise from June 1 through
October 31, must be brought back to port with the vessel, except as described
in 4VAC20-320-65.
E. It shall be unlawful for any person to
place, set or fish any gill net with a stretched mesh of greater than or equal
to seven inches east of the COLREGS Line and north of the North
Carolina-Virginia border and south of the Maryland-Virginia border in Virginia
waters from sunset to sunrise from November 1 through December 31, except as
described in
4VAC20-252-135.
F. Any gill net with a stretched mesh of
greater than or equal to seven inches set east of the COLREGS Line and north of
the North Carolina-Virginia border and south of the Maryland-Virginia border in
Virginia waters and fished from sunset to sunrise from November 1 through
December 31, must be brought back to port with the vessel, except as described
in 4VAC20-252-135.
G. Mesh measurement is defined as the inside
stretched distance between two knots on opposite sides of the same
mesh.
Notes
Statutory Authority: §§ 28.2-201 and 28.2-236 of the Code of Virginia.
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