2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 12 - Conservation
Chapter 9A - Commercial Fishing
§ 324. Sale of local seafood
No person shall sell, or represent for the purpose of sale, in any form, any seafood as local or native seafood unless the same shall have been originally caught or taken in this territory; nor shall any person so sell, or represent for the purpose of sale, in any form, any crustacean as local or native lobster unless the same is of the species known as Panulirus argus; nor shall any person so sell, or represent for the purpose of sale, in any form, any meat as local or native lobster meat unless such meat is wholly from crustaceans of such species. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars on each count.
