Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 4. Conservation and Natural Resources |
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission |
Chapter 880. Pertaining to Hard Crab Pot Limits |
Section 10. Purpose
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The purpose of this chapter is to protect and conserve the blue crab resource by controlling fishing effort by establishing additional limits on the number of crab pots that can be set or fished.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 12, Issue 14, eff. February 29, 1996; amended, Virginia Register Volume 15, Issue 20, eff. May 26, 1999; Volume 24, Issue 21, eff. June 1, 2008.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.