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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCESAgency 20 - MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION
Chapter 900 - PERTAINING TO HORSESHOE CRAB
Section 4VAC20-900-37 - License moratorium

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-900-37

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Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 22, June 17, 2024
Section 4VAC20-900-37 - License moratorium

As of May 1, 2011, the issuance of commercial licenses or permits for horseshoe crab hand harvest, horseshoe crab bycatch, unrestricted horseshoe crab endorsement, and restricted horseshoe crab endorsement shall be prohibited except as described in this section. Only those registered commercial fisherman who have been determined by the Marine Resources Commission to have been issued a license or permit prior to May 1, 2011, for horseshoe crab hand harvest, horseshoe crab bycatch, unrestricted horseshoe crab endorsement, or restricted horseshoe crab endorsement shall be eligible to purchase that license or permit after May 1, 2011.

4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-900-37

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 27, Issue 19, eff. May 1, 2011.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.