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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission
Chapter 540. Pertaining to Spanish and King Mackerel
12/3/2024

4VAC20-540-50. Commercial trip limit.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or land in Virginia any amount of Spanish mackerel in excess of 3,500 pounds from any vessel in any one day, except as specified in subsection B of this section.

B. When a commercial closure in federal waters for the Northern Zone Atlantic Migratory Group Spanish Mackerel is announced by the National Marine Fisheries Service, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess or land Spanish mackerel in Virginia in excess of 500 pounds from any vessel in any one day. This federal closure and state water per trip possession limit will be posted on the Marine Resources Commission website.

Statutory Authority

§§ 28.2-201 and 28.2-203 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR450-01-0070 § 5, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 17, eff. April 14, 1995; amended, Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 21, eff. June 1, 2012; Volume 37, Issue 2, eff. September 1, 2020.

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