4VAC20-110-60. Commercial Fishery Permit Requirements.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, possess, or land lobster by lobster trap in Virginia unless that person possesses a Lobster Under 200 Permit or a Lobster Over 200 Permit.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, possess, or land lobster from gear other than lobster traps in Virginia unless that person possesses a Lobster Incidental Harvest Permit.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR450-01-0014 § 6, eff. January 1, 1973; amended, Volume 11, Issue 25, eff. August 3, 1995; Volume 17, Issue 05, eff. October 30, 2000; Volume 22, Issue 04, eff. December 1, 2005; Volume 32, Issue 04, eff. October 1, 2015; Volume 36, Issue 15, eff. March 1, 2020.
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