Chapter 5. Oysters and ClamsRead Chapter
- Article 1. LicensesRead all
- § 28.2-500
- Residency and certain oyster licenses
- § 28.2-501
- Application for license to take or catch oysters or clams
- § 28.2-502
- License fees for taking oysters or clams in tidal waters
- § 28.2-503
- License for taking clams with tongs
- § 28.2-504
- License fee graduated; penalty
- § 28.2-505
- Sale of shells to Commission
- Article 2. Fishing for Oysters and Clams; Device RestrictionsRead all
- § 28.2-506
- Season for taking oysters from public rocks; penalty
- § 28.2-507
- Opening and closing public rocks
- § 28.2-508
- Prohibited area for patent tongs; penalty
- § 28.2-509
- Maximum weight for patent tongs; teeth length; penalty
- § 28.2-510
- Buying, selling, or possessing unculled oysters; penalty
- § 28.2-511
- Culling oysters; penalty
- § 28.2-512
- Interfering with oyster inspections; penalty
- § 28.2-513
- Prima facie evidence of culling violation; defense
- § 28.2-514
- Possession of shucked oysters; penalty
- § 28.2-515
- Dredging or scraping on private ground; permit required
- § 28.2-516
- Oyster dredging or oyster dredging equipment on boat; penalty
- § 28.2-517
- Marking ground
- § 28.2-518
- Dredging for oysters in James River; penalty
- § 28.2-519
- Use of rakes or scrapes on ocean side of Eastern Shore; penalty
- § 28.2-520
- Use of hydraulic dredges prohibited; exceptions; penalty
- § 28.2-521
- Revocation of license or permit to dredge
- § 28.2-522
- Prima facie evidence of violation
- § 28.2-523
- Penalty
- § 28.2-524
- Taking oysters or clams in certain areas; limitations
- § 28.2-525
- Fishing in Chesapeake Bay immediately west of Tangier Island
- § 28.2-526
- Oyster measures; standards; penalty
- § 28.2-527
- Theft of oysters, clams, shells, etc.; penalty
- § 28.2-528
- Revocation of licenses for theft of oysters
- § 28.2-529
- Converting shells into lime; penalty
- § 28.2-530
- Taking oysters or loading on vessel on Sunday or at night; penalty
- § 28.2-531
- Taking clams on Sunday or at night; exception; penalty
- § 28.2-532
- Protection of oysters and clams of Virginia; labeling; penalty
- § 28.2-533
- Oysters on crab dredging boat; penalty
- § 28.2-534
- Possession of oysters while taking clams; penalty
- § 28.2-535
- Permit to buy or carry seed oysters from certain grounds; penalty
- § 28.2-536
- Taking clams in certain areas; penalty
- § 28.2-537
- Restriction on size of clams; penalty
- Article 3. Oyster Records and Resource User FeesRead all
- § 28.2-538
- Record of oysters handled; penalty
- § 28.2-539
- Repealed
- § 28.2-541
- Oyster resource user fees
- § 28.2-542
- Oyster Replenishment Fund
- § 28.2-543
- Repealed
- § 28.2-545
- Reserved
- § 28.2-546
- Permit to carry oysters out of state
- § 28.2-547
- Authority to inspect oysters when loaded on conveyance
- § 28.2-548
- Duty to inspect
- § 28.2-549
- Violations; recovery of oyster resource user fees; penalties
- § 28.2-550
- Authority of Commissioner to make certain contracts; funds received to be paid into Oyster Replenishment Fund
- Article 4. Surveys and ResurveysRead all
- § 28.2-551
- Surveys and reports as conclusive evidence
- § 28.2-551.1
- Continuing or reestablishing historic Baylor Survey lines
- § 28.2-552
- Resurvey on motion of Commission or on application of citizens
- § 28.2-553
- Reestablishment of lines of Baylor survey; procedure; evidence of reestablished lines
- § 28.2-554
- Sale of Baylor survey charts and plats
- § 28.2-555
- Crossings of Baylor survey
- § 28.2-556
- Erosion control devices within the Baylor survey
- § 28.2-557
- Unlawful to threaten or hinder surveyor; rights of surveyor; penalty
- § 28.2-558
- Placing permanent markers
- § 28.2-559
- Removal of oysters planted by mistake
- § 28.2-560
- Larceny of oysters and shells; penalty
- § 28.2-561
- Removal of markers of planting grounds; penalty
- § 28.2-562
- Maps to be filed; evidential value
