4VAC20-510-30. Size limits.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, or have in possession any amberjack less than 32 inches in total length.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person fishing commercially to take, harvest, or possess any cobia less than 37 inches in total length.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, or have in possession any recreationally harvested cobia less than 43 inches in total length.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR450-01-0065 § 3, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1995; amended, Virginia Register Volume 32, Issue 21, eff. June 1, 2016; Volume 35, Issue 2, eff. September 1, 2018; Volume 36, Issue 21, eff. June 1, 2020; Volume 37, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2021; Volume 41, Issue 18, eff. April 1, 2025.