Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
- Preface
- Agency Summary
- Chapter 10
- Pertaining to Fishing in Broad and Linkhorn Bays
- Chapter 20
- Pertaining to the Licensing of Fixed Fishing Devices
- Chapter 25
- Pertaining to Pound Net Siting Public Interest Review
- Chapter 30
- Pertaining to the Licensing of Crab Traps and Pounds [Repealed]
- Chapter 40
- Regulations Pertaining to Crab Catch Limits [Repealed]
- Chapter 50
- Pertaining to Taking or Catching of Oysters [Repealed]
- Chapter 60
- Pertaining to the Display of Licenses to Catch Finfish or Crabs
- Chapter 70
- Pertaining to the Harvesting of Clams
- Chapter 80
- Pertaining to the Setting of Fishing Devices Proximate to Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
- Chapter 90
- Pertaining to Dredging for Crabs [Repealed]
- Chapter 100
- Pertaining to the Taking of Clams on Seaside of Eastern Shore
- Chapter 110
- Pertaining to Lobsters
- Chapter 120
- Pertaining to Public Notice of Applications for Permits for Certain Uses of State-Owned Bottomlands
- Chapter 130
- Pertaining to Prohibited Areas for Use of Patent Tongs
- Chapter 140
- Pertaining to Identification of Crab Pots, Peeler Pots, Eel Pots, and Fish Pots
- Chapter 150
- Pertaining to the Dredging of Conchs (Also Known As Whelks)
- Chapter 160
- Pertaining to the Leasing of Oyster Planting Ground [Repealed]
- Chapter 170
- Pertaining to the Removal of Nets
- Chapter 180
- Pertaining to the Taking of Eels and Elvers [Repealed]
- Chapter 190
- Pertaining to Measuring Mesh Size of Menhaden Nets
- Chapter 200
- Pertaining to the Requirements for Reporting Oyster Transactions and Payment of Taxes [Repealed]
- Chapter 210
- Pertaining to the Dredging for Oysters [Repealed]
- Chapter 220
- Pertaining to the Taking of Finfish by Gill Nets
- Chapter 230
- Pertaining to the Harvesting of Surf Clams
- Chapter 240
- Pertaining to the Tangier Island Crab Scrape Sanctuary
- Chapter 250
- Pertaining to the Taking of Striped Bass [Repealed]
- Chapter 251
- Pertaining to the Taking of Striped Bass [Repealed]
- Chapter 252
- Pertaining to Atlantic Striped Bass
- Chapter 260
- Pertaining to Designation of Seed Areas and Clean Cull Areas
- Chapter 270
- Pertaining to Blue Crab Fishery
- Chapter 280
- Pertaining to Speckled Trout
- Chapter 290
- Marking of Leased Oyster Planting Ground
- Chapter 300
- Pertaining to Crab Catch Limits [Repealed]
- Chapter 310
- Pertaining to the Relaying of Shellfish
- Chapter 320
- Pertaining to the Taking of Black Drum
- Chapter 330
- Pertaining to the Taking of Shellfish from Condemned Areas
- Chapter 333
- Virginia General Permit #1 (VGP#1) for Projects Undertaken by the Virginia Department of Transportation in, on or over State-Owned Subaqueous Lands Anywhere Within the Commonwealth
- Chapter 335
- Pertaining to on-Bottom Shellfish Aquaculture Activities
- Chapter 336
- General Permit No. 3 Pertaining to Noncommercial Riparian Shellfish Growing Activities
- Chapter 337
- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (Sav) Transplantation Guidelines
- Chapter 340
- Public Participation Guidelines
- Chapter 345
- General Wetlands Permit for Emergency Situations
- Chapter 350
- Pertaining to Prohibiting the Sale of Billfish
- Chapter 360
- Criteria for the Siting of Marinas or Community Facilities for Boat Mooring
- Chapter 370
- Pertaining to the Culling of Crabs
- Chapter 380
- Pertaining to Grey Trout (Weakfish)
- Chapter 390
- Wetlands Mitigation -- Compensation Policy
- Chapter 395
- General Permit for Emergency Situations and Water Quality Improvement Projects
- Chapter 398
- Ballast Water Discharge Reporting
- Chapter 400
- Criteria for the Placement of Sandy Dredged Material Along Beaches in the Commonwealth
- Chapter 410
- Pertaining to the Use of Patent Tongs
- Chapter 420
- Pertaining to the Use of Trawls in the Territorial Sea [Repealed]
- Chapter 430
- Pertaining to the Marking and Minimum Mesh Size of Gill Nets
- Chapter 440
- Coastal Primary Sand Dune/Beaches Guidelines: Barrier Island Policy
- Chapter 450
- Pertaining to the Taking of Bluefish
- Chapter 460
- Pertaining to the Use of Crab Traps and Pounds
- Chapter 470
- Pertaining to Hampton Roads Management Area
- Chapter 480
- Pertaining to Eastern Shore Bayside Management Areas
- Chapter 490
- Pertaining to Sharks
- Chapter 500
- Pertaining to the Catching of Eels
- Chapter 510
- Pertaining to Amberjack and Cobia
- Chapter 520
- Pertaining to the Use of Patent Tongs
- Chapter 530
- Pertaining to American Shad
- Chapter 540
- Pertaining to Spanish and King Mackerel
- Chapter 550
- Pertaining to the Removal of Gill Nets and Other Nonfixed Finfishing Gear
- Chapter 560
- Pertaining to Shellfish Management Areas
- Chapter 561
- Pertaining to the Hampton Flats Hard Clam Harvest Area
- Chapter 566
- Pertaining to the Hampton Roads Shellfish Relay Area
- Chapter 570
- Pertaining to the Use of Firearms to Take Fish
- Chapter 580
- Pertaining to the Alteration of Finfish
- Chapter 590
- Pertaining to the Taking of Hard Clams
- Chapter 600
- Pertaining to Pound Net License Sales
- Chapter 610
- Pertaining to Commercial Fishing and Mandatory Harvest Reporting
- Chapter 620
- Pertaining to Summer Flounder
- Chapter 630
- [Reserved]
- Chapter 650
- Establishment of Oyster Sanctuary Areas
- Chapter 660
- [Reserved]
- Chapter 670
- Pertaining to Recreational Gear Licenses
- Chapter 680
- Pertaining to Gill Nets
- Chapter 690
- [Reserved]
- Chapter 700
- Pertaining to Crab Pots
- Chapter 710
- [Reserved]
- Chapter 720
- Pertaining to Restrictions on Oyster Harvest
- Chapter 730
- Pertaining to Nonresident Harvesters License Fee
- Chapter 740
- Pertaining to the Snagging or Towing of Fish
- Chapter 750
- Pertaining to Crab Dredge License Sales [Repealed]
- Chapter 751
- Pertaining to the Setting and Mesh Size of Gill Nets
- Chapter 752
- Pertaining to Blue Crab Sanctuaries
- Chapter 753
- [Reserved]
- Chapter 754
- Pertaining to Importation of Fish, Shellfish or Crustacea into Virginia's Waters
- Chapter 755
- Pertaining to Artificial Reefs
- Chapter 756
- [Reserved]
- Chapter 770
- Piankatank River Management Area [Repealed]
- Chapter 780
- Patent Tong Restrictions [Repealed]
- Chapter 790
- Open Public Oyster Rocks, Pocomoke Sound [Repealed]
- Chapter 800
- Loading and Unloading Points for Relayed Shellfish [Repealed]
- Chapter 810
- Opening of John East Turn and Poynter Rocks and Closing Beaseley Bay Rock and Deep Creek Channel, Buoy No. 7 [Repealed]
- Chapter 820
- Unloading Points for Relayed Shellfish [Repealed]
- Chapter 830
- A Change in the Oyster Cull Size for Oysters Harvested from Russ Rock, Rappahannock River [Repealed]
- Chapter 840
- Unloading Point for Relaying Shellfish [Repealed]
- Chapter 850
- Expansion of the Jail Island Clean Cull Area [Repealed]
- Chapter 860
- A Change in the Oyster Cull Size for Oysters Harvested from Little Carters Rock, Rappahannock River [Repealed]
- Chapter 870
- Unloading Point for Relaying Shellfish [Repealed]
- Chapter 880
- Pertaining to Hard Crab Pot Limits
- Chapter 890
- Pertaining to Channeled Whelk
- Chapter 900
- Pertaining to Horseshoe Crab
- Chapter 910
- Pertaining to Scup (Porgy)
- Chapter 920
- Pertaining to Landing Licenses
- Chapter 950
- Pertaining to Black Sea Bass
- Chapter 960
- Pertaining to Tautog
- Chapter 970
- Pertaining to Spadefish
- Chapter 980
- Pertaining to on-Shore Loading and Unloading of Shellfish from Condemned Areas [Repealed]
- Chapter 995
- Pertaining to Commercial Hook-And-Line Fishing
- Chapter 1000
- Pertaining to Dredging in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
- Chapter 1020
- Pertaining to Bay Scallops
- Chapter 1030
- Management Plan for the Ungranted State Lands in Accomack and Northampton Counties
- Chapter 1040
- Pertaining to Commercial Crab Fishery Licenses
- Chapter 1045
- Pertaining to Establishment of Restricted Areas
- Chapter 1050
- Pertaining to Establishment of Restricted Area -- Huntington Ingalls Industries/Newport News Shipbuilding Company
- Chapter 1060
- Pertaining to Enlargement of Established Restricted Area -- Dominion Power/Nuclear Power Station
- Chapter 1065
- Pertaining to Establishment of Restricted Areas
- Chapter 1070
- Pertaining to Haul Seines
- Chapter 1080
- Pertaining to Monkfish (Goosefish)
- Chapter 1090
- Pertaining to Licensing Requirements and License Fees
- Chapter 1100
- Pertaining to Shellfish Handling
- Chapter 1110
- Pertaining to Sheepshead
- Chapter 1120
- Pertaining to Tilefish and Grouper
- Chapter 1130
- General Permit No. 4 for Temporary Protective Enclosures for Shellfish
- Chapter 1140
- Prohibition of Crab Dredging in Virginia Waters [Repealed]
- Chapter 1150
- Pertaining to Charter Boat and Head Boat Fisheries [Repealed]
- Chapter 1170
- Requirements Related to the Purchase of Fish from the Catcher
- Chapter 1180
- Pertaining to Fishing Guides, Charter Boat, and Head Boat Fisheries
- Chapter 1190
- Pertaining to Gill Net Control Date
- Chapter 1200
- Pertaining to the Special Oyster Relay Season in the Rappahannock River [Repealed]
- Chapter 1210
- Pertaining to a Blue Crab Sanctuary [Repealed]
- Chapter 1220
- Pertaining to Separation Between Nets
- Chapter 1230
- Pertaining to Restrictions on Shellfish
- Chapter 1240
- Fisherman Identification Program
- Chapter 1250
- Pertaining to the Tagging of Shellfish
- Chapter 1260
- Pertaining to River Herring
- Chapter 1270
- Pertaining to Atlantic Menhaden
- Chapter 1280
- Pertaining to Fishing License and Privilege Revocation
- Chapter 1290
- Pertaining to Restrictions on the Harvest of Shellfish and in Condemned Shellfish Areas
- Chapter 1300
- Living Shoreline Group 1 General Permit for Certain Living Shoreline Treatments Involving Tidal Wetlands
- Chapter 1310
- Pertaining to Jonah Crab
- Chapter 1320
- Pertaining to Establishment of Restricted Area - Maritime Administration James River Reserve Fleet
- Chapter 1330
- Living Shoreline Group 2 General Permit for Certain Living Shoreline Treatments Involving Submerged Lands, Tidal Wetlands, or Coastal Primary Sand Dunes and Beaches
- Chapter 1340
- Fast-Track Permitting Program for Disposal of Dredged Material
- Chapter 1350
- Pertaining to General Oyster Planting Ground Lease Renewal Fee
- Chapter 1360
- Pertaining to Commercial Electrofishing
- Chapter 1370
- Pertaining to Atlantic Croaker
- Chapter 1380
- Pertaining to Spot
- Chapter 1390
- Pertaining to Shrimp
- Chapter 1400
- Pertaining to Red Drum
- Chapter 1410
- Utility Line Encroachments Beneath or Over State-Owned Subaqueous Beds
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