2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-313.2 - Introduction of snakehead fish or zebra mussel; penalty.

18.2-313.2. Introduction of snakehead fish or zebra mussel; penalty.

Any person who knowingly introduces into the Commonwealth any snakehead fishof the family Channidae, or knowingly places or causes to be placed intostate waters any zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) or the larvae thereof,without a permit from the Director of Game and Inland Fisheries issuedpursuant to 29.1-575 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(2005, c. 916.)

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