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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
Chapter 252. Pertaining to Atlantic Striped Bass
9/29/2023

4VAC20-252-100. Potomac River tributaries summer/fall striped bass recreational fishery.

A. The open season for the Potomac River tributaries summer/fall striped bass recreational fishery shall correspond to the open summer/fall season as established by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission for the mainstem Potomac River.

B. The minimum size limit shall be 20 inches total length.

C. From May 16 through June 15 the maximum size limit shall be 28 inches total length.

D. From June 16 through December 31 the maximum size limit shall be 31 inches total length.

E. The daily possession limit shall be one fish per person.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 8, eff. December 6, 1996; amended, Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2000; Volume 17, Issue 12, eff. January 26, 2001; Volume 20, Issue 10, eff. January 5, 2004; Volume 22, Issue 1, eff. September 1, 2005; Volume 24, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2007; Volume 25, Issue 6, eff. November 1, 2008; Volume 26, Issue 1, eff. September 1, 2009; Volume 28, Issue 25, eff. August 1, 2012; Volume 31, Issue 17, eff. April 1, 2015; Volume 35, Issue 21, eff. May 28, 2019; Volume 36, Issue 4, eff. September 25, 2019; Volume 36, Issue 26, eff. August 1, 2020; Volume 39, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 2023.

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