4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-720-75

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 22, June 17, 2024

Section 4VAC20-720-75 - Gear license

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.

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 21, Issue 8, eff. December 1, 2004; amended, Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2005; Volume 22, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2006; Volume 23, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2006; Volume 24, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2007; Volume 25, Issue 3, eff. October 1, 2008; Volume 26, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2009; Volume 27, Issue 3, eff. October 1, 2010; Volume 28, Issue 3, eff. October 1, 2011; Volume 29, Issue 3, eff. October 1, 2012; amended, Virginia Register Volume 30, Issue 4, eff. November 1, 2013; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 02, eff. 10/1/2014; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 01, eff. 9/1/2015; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 04, eff. 10/1/2015; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 06, eff. 11/1/2015; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 09, eff. 1/1/2016; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 02, eff. 8/31/2016; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 02, eff. 10/1/2017; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 35, Issue 02, eff. 10/1/2018; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 3, eff. 10/1/2019; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 02, eff. 10/1/2020; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 38, Issue 02, eff. 10/1/2021; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 40, Issue 3, eff. 10/1/2023.

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