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Taking Of Fish, Net, And Device Restrictions

This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Taking Of Fish, Net, And Device Restrictions.” It is part of Title 28.2, titled “Fisheries And Habitat Of The Tidal Waters.” It is part of Subtitle II, titled “Tidal Fisheries.” It is part of Chapter 3, titled “Finfish.” It’s comprised of the following 11 sections.

§ 28.2-303
Taking and sale of sturgeon prohibited; penalty
§ 28.2-304
Repealed
§ 28.2-305
Size of mesh and length and depth of certain nets; penalty
§ 28.2-306
Use of certain fishing devices in certain waters; penalty
§ 28.2-307
Length of fixed fishing device; gill nets; penalty
§ 28.2-308
Setting of gill nets in oceanfront; penalty
§ 28.2-309
Distance nets may extend across body of water or channel; prohibition; regulations; penalty
§ 28.2-310
Trotline prohibited on ocean side of Eastern Shore; penalty
§ 28.2-311
Chickahominy River in Charles City; penalty
§ 28.2-312
Rappahannock River and certain of its tributaries; penalty
§ 28.2-313
Killing fish by means of explosives, drugs, or poisons; possession; penalty

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