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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
Chapter 1190. Pertaining to Gill Net Control Date
5/4/2025

4VAC20-1190-50. Permit transfers.

A. Class A Resident Gill Net permittees may only transfer that permit to another registered commercial fisherman who is a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The transferor and the transferee shall have documented all prior fishing activity on Virginia mandatory reporting forms and shall not be under any sanction by the Marine Resources Commission for noncompliance with the regulation. Transfers must be approved by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee and are permanent. The permanent transfer authorizes the transferee to possess a Class A Resident Gill Net Permit, and the transferor shall lose eligibility for that Class A Resident Gill Net Permit.

B. Class A Nonresident Gill Net permittees may only transfer that permit to another commercial fisherman who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The transferor and the transferee shall have documented all prior fishing activity on Virginia mandatory reporting forms and shall not be under any sanction by the Marine Resources Commission for noncompliance with the regulation. Transfers must be approved by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee and are permanent. The permanent transfer authorizes the transferee to possess a Class A Nonresident Gill Net Permit, and the transferor shall lose eligibility for that Class A Nonresident Gill Net Permit.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 6, eff. December 1, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 20, eff. May 1, 2025.

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