4VAC20-80-20. Gill nets.
It shall be unlawful for any person to set, place, or fish a gill net of any type in an area extending 250 yards from either span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. For purposes of this section, the distance shall be measured from the outer edges of each span and shall extend from the low water mark on Fishermans Island to the one-mile marker on the south end of the bridge-tunnel.
Statutory Authority
§ 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR450-01-0011 § 2, eff. Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 25, eff. August 3, 1995; amended, Virginia Register Volume 15, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 1999.
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