{"data":{"id":"us-va/4vac20-751-10","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"4VAC20-751-10","heading":"Purpose","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to reduce the out-of-season by-catch of American shad and to preclude the harvest of coastal migratory striped bass, thereby reducing injuries and mortalities to these two species.  This chapter is also intended to reduce the strandings and mortalities of threatened and endangered sea turtles.","path":["Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources","Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission","Chapter 751. Pertaining to the Setting and Mesh Size of Gill Nets"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title4/agency20/chapter751/section10/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:38Z","sha256":"963c77a29f9c0d41b07bf87075a659c13becfa479ddb8cbf6dcfce5808f26ef9","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/4vac20-740-30","next":"us-va/4vac20-751-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}