4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-910-45 - Possession limits and harvest quotas
A. During the commercial Winter I period
January 1 through April 30 of each year, it shall be unlawful for any person to
do any of the following:
1. Possess aboard
any vessel in Virginia more than 50,000 pounds of scup;
2. Land in Virginia more than a total of
50,000 pounds of scup during each consecutive seven-day landing period, with
the first seven-day period beginning on January 1; or
3. When it is projected and announced that
80% of the coastwide quota for the Winter I period has been attained, possess
aboard any vessel or land in Virginia more than a total of 1,000 pounds of
scup.
B. During the
commercial Winter II period October 1 through December 31 of each year, it
shall be unlawful for any person to possess aboard any vessel or to land in
Virginia any amount of scup totaling more than the federal per trip possession
limit that has been announced by National Marine Fisheries Service. This
federal per trip possession limit will be posted on the commission
website.
C. The commercial scup
Summer period May 1 through September 30 shall be allocated 100% of the
Virginia Summer period quota. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess
aboard any vessel in Virginia more than 5,000 pounds of scup during the Summer
period.
D. For each of the time
periods set forth in this section, the Marine Resources Commission will give
timely notice to the industry of calculated poundage possession limits and
quotas and any adjustments thereto. It shall be unlawful for any person to
possess or to land any scup for commercial purposes after any winter period
coastwide quota or summer period Virginia quota has been attained and announced
as such.
E. It shall be unlawful
for any buyer of seafood to receive any scup after any commercial harvest or
landing quota has been attained and announced as such.
F. It shall be unlawful for any person
fishing with hook and line, rod and reel, spear, gig, or other recreational
gear to possess more than 30 scup. When fishing is from a boat or vessel where
the entire catch is held in a common hold or container, the possession limit
shall be for the boat or vessel and shall be equal to the number of persons on
board legally eligible to fish multiplied by 30. The captain or operator of the
boat or vessel shall be responsible for any boat or vessel possession limit.
Any scup taken after the possession limit has been reached shall be returned to
the water immediately.
Notes
Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
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