{"data":{"id":"us-va/4vac20-320-65","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"4VAC20-320-65","heading":"Gill net mesh size and tending restrictions: exemptions","body":"A. Any registered commercial fisherman who is permitted to harvest black drum in accordance with 4VAC20-320-70 A and sets or fishes any gill net east of the COLREGS Line and north of the North Carolina-Virginia border and south of the Maryland-Virginia border in Virginia waters, shall be exempt from the maximum gill net mesh size described in 4VAC20-430-65 A and B, during the months of April, May and June, provided that the fisherman sets and fishes only floating gill nets.\n\nB. Any registered commercial fisherman who is permitted to harvest black drum in accordance with 4VAC20-320-70 A and sets or fishes any gill net east of the COLREGS Line and north of the North Carolina-Virginia border and south of the Maryland-Virginia border in Virginia waters, shall be exempt from the tending requirements described in 4VAC20-430-65 C and D, during the month of June, provided that the fisherman sets and fishes floating gill nets.","path":["Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources","Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission","Chapter 320. Pertaining to the Taking of Black Drum"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title4/agency20/chapter320/section65/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:32Z","sha256":"d86c16045a88c30c5b470a821808559c310b26f6a37dd7c3d0b1bb49d5a3163e","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/4vac20-320-60","next":"us-va/4vac20-320-70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}