CODE OF VIRGINIA

CLOSED SEASON FOR TAKING CRABS IN CERTAIN AREA; PENALTY (§ 28.2-709)

It is unlawful for any person to take or catch crabs for resale from the
following area except during those periods established pursuant to regulations
adopted by the Commission. Ownership of a current license to take or catch crabs
shall be prima facie evidence that such taking or catching of crabs was for
resale. The limits of the area are defined as follows:Beginning at the point of
origin of the center line of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel facility where such
facility commences in the City of Norfolk, Virginia, and following the shoreline
in a general easterly direction, and also extending 200′ out from the mean
low-water mark of such shoreline into the Chesapeake Bay, to Ocean View Fishing
Pier, and thence in a general northerly direction to Thimble Shoal Lighthouse;
thence running in approximately a northeasterly direction to Cape Charles
Lighthouse, located on Smiths Island; and thence in approximately a southwestern
direction to Cape Henry Lighthouse, and bounded by the shoreline; and thence
following the shoreline in a general westerly direction back to the point of
beginning.A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-174; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-170; 1977, c. 262; 1978,
cc. 107, 278; 1979, c. 128; 1992, c. 836; 2009, c. 170; 2011, c. 217.