Taking of Fish, Net, and Device Restrictions

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Taking of Fish, Net, and Device Restrictions.” It is part of Chapter 3 “Finfish”, which is part of Subtitle II “Tidal Fisheries”, which is part of Title 28.2 “Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters”.

It’s comprised of the following 11 sections.

§ 28.2-303	Taking and sale of sturgeon prohibited; penalty
§ 28.2-304	Repealed
§ 28.2-305	Size of mesh and length and depth of certain nets; penalty
§ 28.2-306	Use of certain fishing devices in certain waters; penalty
§ 28.2-307	Length of fixed fishing device; gill nets; penalty
§ 28.2-308	Setting of gill nets in oceanfront; penalty
§ 28.2-309	Distance nets may extend across body of water or channel; prohibition; regulations; penalty
§ 28.2-310	Trotline prohibited on ocean side of Eastern Shore; penalty
§ 28.2-311	Chickahominy River in Charles City; penalty
§ 28.2-312	Rappahannock River and certain of its tributaries; penalty
§ 28.2-313	Killing fish by means of explosives, drugs, or poisons; possession; penalty