4VAC20-280-20: Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Fishing year" means the time period from September 1 of the current calendar year through August 31 of the following calendar year.

"Snout" means the most forward projection from a fish's head that includes the upper and lower jaw.

"Speckled trout" means any fish of the species Cynoscion nebulosus.

"Total length" means the length of a fish measured from the most forward projection of the snout, with the mouth closed, to the tip of the longer lobe of the tail (caudal) fin, measured with the tail compressed along the midline, using a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body.