2006 Code of Virginia § 29.1-574 - Prohibitions
29.1-574. Prohibitions.
A. No person shall knowingly import, possess, transport, sell, purchase,give, receive, or introduce into the Commonwealth any member of a speciesdesignated as a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species without a permit fromthe Director issued pursuant to 29.1-575.
B. Subsection A shall not apply to any person who (i) lawfully catches asnakehead fish of the family Channidae, (ii) subsequently kills such fish,and (iii) notifies the Department, as soon as practicable, of his actions.
(2003, c. 446; 2005, c. 916.)
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