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 Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017)
 Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources
 Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
 Chapter 1270. Pertaining to Atlantic Menhaden

  Section 50. Nonpurse seine menhaden bait sector quota; allocation and bycatch provisions  

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  • A. The commercial nonpurse seine bait sector's allocation shall be by gear type as follows:

    1. Cast net:

    2,123 pounds.

    2. Dredge:

    3,376 pounds.

    3. Fyke net:

    2,326 pounds.

    4. Gill net:

    1,673,219 pounds.

    5. Hook and line:

    258 pounds.

    6. Pot:

    2,270 pounds.

    7. Pound net:

    3,753,222 pounds.

    8. Seine:

    22,113 pounds.

    9. Trawl:

    64,732 pounds.

    10. Trot line:

    43 pounds.

    B. Pursuant to § 28.2-400.4 of the Code of Virginia, once the commissioner announces the date of closure for the nonpurse seine bait fishery, any person licensed in the nonpurse seine menhaden bait sector may possess and land up to 6,000 pounds of menhaden per day.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 29, Issue 17, eff. April 1, 2013; amended, Virginia Register Volume 31, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2015; Volume 31, Issue 19, eff. May 1, 2015; Volume 31, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.