4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-430-70 - Enforcement provisions

In the enforcement of this chapter the Marine Patrol Officer shall consider the following:

1. If only one end or buoy of a gill net is found to be marked as required by this chapter, then a warning shall be issued by a Marine Patrol Officer, and the net owner shall have 24 hours to mark the net as provided in this chapter.

2. If both ends of a gill net are found in violation, a Marine Patrol Officer shall confiscate the net immediately unless at least one remaining buoy is inscribed with the last four numbers of the licensee's commercial fisherman registration license.

Notes

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-430-70

Derived from VR450-01-0057 § 8, eff. May 1, 1990; amended, Virginia Register Volume 7, Issue 10, eff. January 23, 1991; Volume 8, Issue 15, eff. February 1, 1992; Volume 11, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1995; Volume 16, Issue 14, eff. March 1, 2000.

Statutory Authority

§§ 28.2-201 and 28.2-236 of the Code of Virginia.