It shall be unlawful to exceed the daily individual bushel harvest limit or the daily vessel bushel limit of clean cull oysters in Table 1 in this subsection.
Table 1 Clean Cull Oyster Harvest Area, Harvest Dates, Harvest Gear, and Daily Bushel Limits | ||||
Harvest Area | Harvest Dates | Harvest Gear | Daily Individual Bushel Limit | Daily Vessel Bushel Limit |
Great Wicomico River Rotation Area 1 | December 1, 2023, through January 31, 2024, and February 15, 2024, through February 29, 2024 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
James River Area 1 and 2 | October 15, 2023, through February 29, 2024, and March 16, 2024 through March 31, 2024 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
James River Area 3 | November 1, 2023, through March 15, 2024 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
Middle Ground | November 1, 2023, through November 15, 2023 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
Rappahannock River Rotation Area 1 | March 1, 2024, through March 15, 2024 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
Rappahannock River Area 8 | January 1, 2024, through February 14, 2024 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
Rappahannock River Area 7 | December 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
Rappahannock River Rotation Area 2 | February 15, 2024, through February 29, 2024 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
Rappahannock River Rotation Area 6 | November 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
Upper Chesapeake Bay - Blackberry Hangs Area | February 1, 2024, through February 29, 2024 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
York River Rotation Area 1 | November 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023, and February 15, 2024, through February 29, 2024 | Hand Scrape | 8 | 16 |
Coan River Area | October 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Corrotoman Hand Tong Area | October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Indian Creek | March 1, 2024, through March 31, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
James River Area 1 and 2 | March 1, 2024, through March 15, 2024, and April 1, 2024, through April 30, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
James River Area 3 | March 16, 2024, through April 30, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
James River Seed Area, including the James River Seed Area, including the Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area | October 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Little Wicomico River | October 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Milford Haven | November 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Nomini Creek Area | October 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Pocomoke Sound Area Public Ground 9 and 10 | November 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Rappahannock River Area 9 | October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Yeocomico River Area | October 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
York River Hand Tong Area | November 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
York River Rotation Area 1 | October 1, 2023, through October 31, 2023, and December 1, 2023, through February 15, 2024, and March 1, 2024, through March 31, 2024 | Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Beasley Bay Area | March 1, 2024, through March 15, 2024 | Oyster Dredge | 8 | 16 |
California Rock Area | November 15, 2023, through November 30, 2023 | Oyster Dredge | 8 | 16 |
Pocomoke Sound Rotation Area 1 | December 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024 | Oyster Dredge | 8 | 16 |
Tangier Sound Rotation Area 1 | December 1, 2023, through March 15, 2024 | Oyster Dredge | 8 | 16 |
Larsons Bay Area | December 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024 | Patent Tong | 8 | 16 |
Deep Rock Area | November 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024 | Patent Tong | 8 | 16 |
Rappahannock River Rotation Area 1 | October 15, 2023, through February 29, 2024 | Patent Tong | 8 | 16 |
Seaside Eastern Shore | November 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024 | By Hand or Hand Tong | 14 | 28 |
Table 2. Seed Oyster Harvest Area, Harvest Dates, and Harvest Gear | ||
Harvest Area | Harvest Dates | Harvest Gear |
James River Seed Area, including the Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area | October 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024 | Hand Tong |
4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-720-40
Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.