Section 20. Definitions

The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Bait bag" means a bag, box, or other container, with mesh, slats or other types of openings no greater than three-eighths of an inch in one dimension, either width or length, that is designed for the purposes of containing the bait within a conch pot.

"Bushel" means a Virginia bushel with a volumetric measure equivalent to 1.4 U.S. standard bushels or 3003.9 cubic inches.

"Channeled whelk" means any whelk of the species Busycotypus canaliculatus.

"Land" or "landing" means to enter port with channeled whelk on board any boat or vessel, to begin offloading channeled whelk, or to offload channeled whelk.

"Length" means the total length of a channeled whelk, measured from the tip of the apex to the outer tip of the shell opening.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 12, Issue 18, eff. April 30, 1996; amended, Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 18, eff. May 1, 1997; Volume 13, Issue 24, eff. August 1, 1997; Volume 16, Issue 25, eff. October 1, 2000; Volume 23, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2007.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.