GroundRules
4VAC20-430-50: Drift gill net fishery exemption
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
- Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
- Chapter 430. Pertaining to the Marking and Minimum Mesh Size of Gill Nets
During the period February 15 through May 31, inclusive, it shall be unlawful for any person to place, set, or fish any drift gill net, in the areas designated below, that is not marked in the following manner:
1. Both end-marker buoys and all floats or buoys between the ends shall be of blaze orange or fluorescent paint color.
2. Areas designated.
a. James River. Upstream of the Jamestown Ferry Docking Station.
b. Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers. Upstream of the Route 33 bridges at West Point.
c. Rappahannock River. Upstream of the Route 360 bridge at Tappahannock.
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