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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
Chapter 140. Pertaining to Identification of Crab Pots, Peeler Pots, Eel Pots, and Fish Pots
12/30/2024

4VAC20-140-25. Identification of crab pots and peeler pots.

A. Any person placing, setting, or fishing crab pots in Virginia waters, for which a commercial license is prescribed by law, shall display that person's Marine Resources Commission identification number, preceded by the letter "C," on each floating buoy or stake attached to each such crab pot in a legible and visible manner and in figures of not smaller than one inch in height.

B. Any person placing, setting, or fishing peeler pots in Virginia waters, for which a commercial license is prescribed by law, shall display that person's Marine Resources Commission identification number, preceded by the letter "P," on each floating buoy or stake attached to each such peeler pot in a legible and visible manner and in figures of not smaller than one inch in height.

C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to place numbers or letters on any crab pot or peeler pot buoy or stake that is in addition to the identification requirement described in subsection A or B of this section.

D. Any person who is legally licensed to crab pot or peeler pot in North Carolina or Maryland waters may also display identification required by those jurisdictions on the buoys or stakes attached to those crab pots or peeler pots while that person is placing, setting, or fishing those crab pots or peeler pots in Virginia waters.

E. Any identification shall be legally assigned or registered to that person as described in subsection D of this section.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 21, eff. March 17, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 3, eff. October 1, 2011; Volume 40, Issue 24, eff. July 5, 2024.

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