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Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCESAgency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION
Chapter 1240 - FISHERMAN IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
Section 4VAC20-1240-30 - Registration requirement; exception; procedures; confidentiality

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-1240-30

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Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 22, June 17, 2024
Section 4VAC20-1240-30 - Registration requirement; exception; procedures; confidentiality
A. It shall be unlawful for any resident or nonresident, 16 years of age or older, to take or catch or attempt to take or catch any marine or anadromous fish species recreationally in any tidal waters of the Commonwealth without first obtaining, annually, a Fisherman Identification Program (FIP) number, except as provided in subsection B of this section.
B. Any person who purchases a Virginia saltwater recreational fishing license under Article 1.1 (§ 28.2-302.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 28.2 of the Code of Virginia, or a saltwater recreational fishing license issued by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, is not required to obtain a FIP number for the term of that license. Any person fishing aboard a charter boat or head boat that is licensed by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission or the Potomac River Fisheries Commission is not required to obtain a FIP number.
C. The FIP number may be obtained by the fisherman at no cost by entering the required FIP information online via an Internet access portal designated by the Marine Resources Commission for that purpose. The required FIP information shall include name, date of birth, address, and telephone number. No person shall be considered as registered under the FIP unless all of that person's FIP-required information is a part of the commission's telephone or Internet database.
D. Any person registered in the Fisherman Identification Program must be able to produce his FIP number upon request by any police officer. Failure to provide a valid FIP number for the current year shall constitute a violation of this regulation.

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-1240-30

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 2011; amended, Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 14, eff. March 1, 2012; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 26, eff. 7/26/2018.

Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.