4VAC20-720-75: Gear license

It shall be unlawful for any vessel or individual to harvest shellfish for commercial purposes from the public oyster grounds as described in 4VAC20-720-40 unless the individual or an individual on board the harvesting vessel has been issued a valid commercial fisherman's registration license, a valid gear license required for the harvest area, and has paid the current year's oyster resource user fee to harvest or possess any oysters for commercial purposes.