{"data":{"id":"us-va/4vac20-720-75","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"4VAC20-720-75","heading":"Gear license","body":"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.","path":["Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources","Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission","Chapter 720. Pertaining to Restrictions on Oyster Harvest"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title4/agency20/chapter720/section75/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:38Z","sha256":"dd0124a5823e8b86c2ccd1c4df9974f2dfdf3a46134253d32cb860a48ee02211","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/4vac20-720-70","next":"us-va/4vac20-720-85"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}