4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-995-30 - Prohibitions
A. It shall be
unlawful for any person licensed under the provisions of
4VAC20-995-20
A 1 or A 2 as a commercial hook-and-line fisherman to do any of the following
unless otherwise specified:
1. Fail to be on
board the vessel when that vessel is operating in a commercial hook-and-line
fishing capacity.
2. Have more than
three crew members on board the vessel at any given time provided that:
a. Crew members do not need to be licensed
commercial fishermen but shall be registered on a crew member list with the
commission on an annual basis and in advance of any fishing in any
year;
b. One crew member per vessel
needs not be registered on a crew member list;
c. The maximum number of crew members
registered to any commercial hook-and-line licensee at any one time shall be
15;
d. Any crew registration list
submitted by any commercial hook-and-line fisherman may be revised once per
calendar year; and
e. A legible and
approved crew member list must be maintained on board the vessel during all
commercial hook-and-line activities.
3. Fail to display prominently the commercial
hook-and-line decals, as provided by the commission, on the starboard and port
sides of the vessel.
4. Fish within
300 yards of any bridge, bridge-tunnel, jetty, or pier from 6 p.m. Friday
through 6 p.m. Sunday.
5. Fish
within 300 yards of any fixed fishing device.
6. Harvest black drum within 300 yards of the
Chesapeake Bay-Bridge-Tunnel at any time.
7. Fish recreationally on any commercial hook
and line vessel during a commercial fishing trip.
8. Use any hydraulic fishing gear or
deck-mounted fishing equipment.
9.
Use any fishing rod and reel or hand line equipped with more than six
hooks.
10. Fish commercially with
hook and line aboard any vessel licensed as a charter boat or head boat while
carrying customers for recreational fishing.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to use
a commercial hook and line within 300 feet of any bridge, bridge-tunnel, jetty,
or pier during Thanksgiving Day through the following day or during any open
recreational striped bass season in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries,
except during the period midnight Sunday through 6 a.m. Friday.
Notes
Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
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