CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENTS (§ 28.2-226)

The following activities are exempt from the licensing requirements of this
subtitle:

   1.  Except as otherwise provided by regulation, taking by dip net, hand line,
   or two crab pots, as much as one bushel of hard crabs and two dozen peeler
   crabs in any one day for personal use only.

   2.  Taking a maximum of one bushel of oysters in any one day for personal use,
   when taken by hand or with ordinary tongs during the legally prescribed oyster
   season on public oyster grounds open for harvest or unleased bottom open for
   harvest.

   3.  Taking a maximum of 250 clams in any one day for personal use, when taken
   by hand or with ordinary tongs.

   4.  Using one tank or float no greater than four feet in width and eight feet
   in length for shedding crabs for personal use.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 28-80, 28-137, 28-170, 28-177; 1954, c. 368; 1956, c.
293; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, §§ 28.1-78, 28.1-120, 28.1-165, 28.1-174;
1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1968, c. 785; 1970, c. 726; 1979, c. 274; 1983, cc.
307, 603; 1985, c. 180; 1988, c. 75; 1990, c. 154; 1991, c. 285; 1992, c. 836;
1993, c. 11; 2001, c. 51; 2013, c. 38; 2016, c. 7.