CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESTRICTIONS ON CRAB SCRAPING; PENALTY (§ 28.2-706)

It is unlawful for any person to:

   1.  Use a crab scrape having a mouth longer than four feet and a toothed bar;

   2.  Haul a scrape, except by hand;

   3.  Have more than two scrapes overboard; or

   4.  Possess hard crabs while having a crab scrape on board.

A violation of any provision of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 603, § 28.1-165.1; 1987, cc. 90, 159; 1992, c. 836.