Va. Code § 28.2-702

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 28.2-702 - Licenses to take crabs; shedding operations; amount of fee

Any person desiring to take or catch crabs for market or profit from the waters of this Commonwealth, or waters under its jurisdiction, or any person desiring to engage in the business of buying or marketing crabs for packing or canning crabs, shall pay to any officer the following fees or as such fees may be subsequently revised by the Commission pursuant to § 28.2-201:

1. For each person taking or catching crabs by dip nets, $8;

2. For ordinary trotlines, $8;

3. For patent trotlines, $31;

4. For up to 100 crab pots, $29;

5. For over 100 but not more than 300 crab pots, $48;

6. For over 300 but not more than 500 crab pots, $100;

7. For over 500 crab pots, $250;

8. For each boat used for taking or catching hard crabs with dredges, $58;

9. For each crab trap or crab pound, $5;

10. For each single-rigged crab-scrape boat, $16;

11. For each double-rigged crab-scrape boat, $32;

12. For up to 20 tanks and floats for shedding crabs, $7.50;

13. For more than 20 tanks or floats for shedding crabs, $15; and

14. For taking or catching peeler crabs using peeler pots, $29.

Va. Code § 28.2-702

Code 1950, § 28-170; 1954, c. 368; 1956, c. 293; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-165; 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1968, c. 785; 1970, c. 726; 1979, c. 274; 1983, cc. 307, 603; 1985, c. 180; 1990, c. 154; 1992, c. 836; 1993, c. 11; 2009, c. 9.

Amended by Acts 2009, c. 9.

Amended by Acts 1993, c. 11.

Amended by Acts 1992, c. 836.

Amended by Acts 1990, c. 154.

Amended by Acts 1985, c. 180.

Amended by Acts 1983, § cc. 307, 603.

Amended by Acts 1979, c. 274.

Amended by Acts 1970, c. 726.

Amended by Acts 1968, c. 785.

Amended by Acts 1966, c. 684.

Amended by Acts 1964, c. 393.

Amended by Acts 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-165.

Amended by Acts 1960, c. 517.

Amended by Acts 1956, c. 293.

Amended by Acts 1954, c. 368.