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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
Chapter 270. Pertaining to Blue Crab Fishery
12/31/2024

4VAC20-270-30. Daily time limits for commercial harvest.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person licensed to catch and sell crabs taken by hard crab pot or peeler pot to take and harvest crabs from any hard crab pot or peeler pot, or to retrieve, bait, or set any hard crab pot or peeler pot, except between 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the lawful season as described in 4VAC20-270-40 A.

B. The lawful daily time periods for the commercial harvest of crabs by hard crab pot or peeler pot may be rescinded by the Commissioner of Marine Resources when the commissioner determines that a pending weather event is sufficient cause for the removal of hard crab pots from the tidal waters of the Commonwealth.

Statutory Authority

§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR450-01-0036 § 3, eff. December 1, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 20, eff. May 23, 1988; Volume 5, Issue 8, eff. January 1, 1989; Volume 5, Issue 19, eff. May 4, 1989; Volume 5, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1989; Volume 11, Issue 7, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 11, Issue 14, eff. March 2, 1995; Volume 18, Issue 14, eff. March 5, 2002; Volume 20, Issue 19, eff. May 1, 2004; Volume 20, Issue 26, eff. August 6, 2004; Volume 21, Issue 25, eff. July 29, 2005; Volume 23, Issue 17, eff. March 30, 2007; Volume 24, Issue 19, eff. April 30, 2008; Volume 25, Issue 16, eff. March 26, 2009; Volume 27, Issue 21, eff. June 1, 2011; Volume 29, Issue 8, eff. November 26, 2012; Volume 30, Issue 7, eff. November 21, 2013; Volume 30, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 2014; Volume 36, Issue 23, eff. July 5, 2020; Volume 37, Issue 7, eff. November 1, 2020; Volume 37, Issue 24, eff. July 5, 2021; Volume 40, Issue 24, eff. July 5, 2024.

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