CODE OF VIRGINIA TROTLINE PROHIBITED ON OCEAN SIDE OF EASTERN SHORE; PENALTY (§ 28.2-310) It shall be unlawful to set a fish trotline on the ocean side of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton. The Commission officers may seize any fish trotline set in such an area.A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-43; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-48; 1966, c. 684; 1968, c. 748; 1972, c. 833; 1973, c. 21; 1976, c. 392; 1979, c. 274; 1981, c. 61; 1983, c. 307; 1990, c. 445; 1992, c. 836.