4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-510-20 - Recreational fishery possession limits, season, vessel allowance, and prohibition on gaffing
A. It shall be
unlawful for any person fishing recreationally to possess more than one cobia
at any time. When fishing from any recreational vessel where the entire catch
is held in a common hold or container, the possession limit for the
recreational vessel shall be equal to the number of persons on board legally
eligible to fish multiplied by one, except there is a maximum recreational
vessel limit of two cobia per recreational vessel per day. The captain or
operator of the recreational vessel shall be responsible for any recreational
vessel possession limit. Any cobia caught after the possession limit has been
reached shall be returned to the water immediately.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person
fishing recreationally to harvest or possess any cobia before June 15 or after
September 15 of the current calendar year.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person
fishing recreationally to possess more than two amberjack at any time. When
fishing from any recreational vessel where the entire catch is held in a common
hold or container, the possession limit for the recreational vessel shall be
equal to the number of persons on board legally eligible to fish multiplied by
two. The captain or operator of the recreational vessel shall be responsible
for any recreational vessel possession limit. Any amberjack caught after the
possession limit has been reached shall be returned to the water
immediately.
D. It shall be
unlawful for any person fishing recreationally to gaff or attempt to gaff any
cobia.
Notes
Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.