Section 28.2-234 - License tags and identification numbers to be fastened; penaltyA. License tags or identification numbers shall be attached and displayed in the following manner: 1. License tags for fixed fishery devices, including pound nets, fyke nets, crab traps, and staked gill nets, shall be fastened to one of the offshore stakes.2. License tags for anchored gill nets and drift gill nets shall be fastened to a flagstaff or a buoy that is visible from the surface.3. License tags for vessels using haul seines, purse nets, trawl nets, crab pots, trotlines, and crab scrapes shall be fastened at a conspicuous place on the starboard side or the mast of the vessel.4. License tags issued for businesses purchasing seafood shall be affixed in a conspicuous place on the business establishment, boat or motor vehicle.5. Identification numbers when issued for particular devices shall be applied by the license holder and shall be in place at all times when the gear is deployed.B. Any such licensee who fails to properly attach or display such a license tag or identification number is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.Code 1950, §§ 28-43, 28-77, 28-78, 28-175; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, §§ 28.1-48, 28.1-74, 28.1-76, 28.1-171; 1966, c. 684; 1968, cc. 748, 750, § 28.1-173.2; 1970, c. 726, § 28.1-119.1; 1972, c. 833; 1973, c. 21; 1976, c. 392; 1979, c. 274; 1980, c. 218; 1981, c. 61; 1983, c. 307; 1984, c. 316; 1988, c. 27; 1990, c. 445; 1992, c. 836.Amended by Acts 1992, c. 836.Amended by Acts 1990, c. 445.Amended by Acts 1988, c. 27.Amended by Acts 1984, c. 316.Amended by Acts 1983, c. 307.Amended by Acts 1981, c. 61.Amended by Acts 1980, c. 218.Amended by Acts 1979, c. 274.Amended by Acts 1976, c. 392.Amended by Acts 1973, c. 21.Amended by Acts 1972, c. 833.Amended by Acts 1970, c. 726, § 28.1-119.1.Amended by Acts 1968, § cc. 748, 750, § 28.1-173.2.Amended by Acts 1966, c. 684.Amended by Acts 1962, c. 406, 28.1-48, 28.1-74, 28.1-76, 28.1-171.Amended by Acts 1960, c. 517.