CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEASON FOR VESSELS OF LESS THAN SEVENTY GROSS TONS; PENALTY (§ 28.2-411)

Except from the first Monday in March to, but not including, the first Monday in
May, it is unlawful for vessels with a gross weight of less than seventy tons to
use purse nets to take or catch menhaden for purposes other than use as fish
meal or oil.A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 461, § 28.1-65.1; 1988, c. 710; 1992, c. 836.