Section 65. Landing limit  


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  • Landings by fishermen using gear or methods other than lobster traps (nontrap fishermen) shall be limited to no more than 100 lobsters per day (based on a 24-hour period) up to a maximum of 500 lobsters per trip, for trips five days or longer. Possession by any nontrap fishermen aboard any vessel on Virginia waters or the landing by any nontrap fishermen of quantities greater than those specified shall constitute a violation of this chapter.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 17, Issue 05, eff. October 30, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 04, eff. October 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.