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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources |
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Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission |
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Chapter 430. Pertaining to the Marking and Minimum Mesh Size of Gill Nets |
Section 70. Enforcement provisions
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In the enforcement of this chapter the Marine Patrol Officer shall consider the following:
1. If only one end or buoy of a gill net is found to be marked as required by this chapter, then a warning shall be issued by a Marine Patrol Officer, and the net owner shall have 24 hours to mark the net as provided in this chapter.
2. If both ends of a gill net are found in violation, a Marine Patrol Officer shall confiscate the net immediately unless at least one remaining buoy is inscribed with the last four numbers of the licensee's commercial fisherman registration license.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR450-01-0057 § 8, eff. May 1, 1990; amended, Volume 07, Issue 10, eff. January 23, 1991; Volume 08, Issue 15, eff. February 1, 1992; Volume 11, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1995; Volume 16, Issue 14, eff. March 1, 2000.