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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
Chapter 720. Pertaining to Restrictions on Oyster Harvest
11/21/2024

4VAC20-720-85. James River seed quota and monitoring.

A. An oyster seed harvest quota of 90,000 bushels of seed is established for the James River Seed Area, including the Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area. Once it has been projected and announced that the quota of seed has been attained, it shall be unlawful for any person to harvest seed oysters from these areas.

B. Of the 90,000-bushel seed quota described in subsection A of this section, no more than 30,000 bushels of this quota may be harvested from October 1 through December 31. However, if it is projected and announced that 30,000 bushels of seed have been harvested before December 31, it shall be unlawful for any person to harvest seed oysters from that date forward until January 1.

C. Of the 90,000-bushel seed quota described in subsection A of this section, no more than 60,000 bushels of this quota may be harvested from January 1 through May 31.

D. It shall be unlawful for any person harvesting seed oysters from the James River Seed Area, including the Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area, to fail to provide daily harvest records accurately quantifying and legibly describing that day's seed harvest from the James River Seed Area, including the Deep Water Shoal State Replenishment Seed Area. All records shall be submitted within 24 hours of harvest or landing through the Online Mandatory Harvest Reporting Program Web Application and shall provide that person's name, Commercial Fisherman Registration License number, date, daily number of bushels of seed oysters harvested, harvest rock location, planting location (any lease numbers), buyer name, and any other harvest reporting information required by law.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 5, eff. November 1, 2011; amended, Volume 29, Issue 3, eff. October 1, 2012; Volume 37, Issue 2, eff. October 1, 2020; Volume 38, Issue 2, eff. October 1, 2021; Volume 41, Issue 5, eff. October 1, 2024.

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