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2011 Code of Virginia
Title 28.2 FISHERIES AND HABITAT OF THE TIDAL WATERS.
Chapter 5 Oysters and Clams (28.2-500 thru 28.2-562)
- 28.2-500 Residency and certain oyster licenses
- 28.2-501 Application for license to take or catch oysters or clams
- 28.2-502 License fees for taking oysters or clams in tidal waters
- 28.2-503 License for taking clams with tongs
- 28.2-504 License fee graduated; penalty
- 28.2-505 Sale of shells to Commission
- 28.2-506 Season for taking oysters from public rocks; penalty
- 28.2-507 Opening and closing public rocks
- 28.2-508 Prohibited area for patent tongs; penalty
- 28.2-509 Maximum weight for patent tongs; teeth length; penalty
- 28.2-510 Buying, selling, or possessing unculled oysters; penalty
- 28.2-511 Culling oysters; penalty
- 28.2-512 Interfering with oyster inspections; penalty
- 28.2-513 Prima facie evidence of culling violation; defense
- 28.2-514 Possession of shucked oysters; penalty
- 28.2-515 Dredging or scraping on private ground; permit required
- 28.2-516 Oyster dredging or oyster dredging equipment on boat; penalty
- 28.2-517 Marking ground
- 28.2-518 Dredging for oysters in James River; penalty
- 28.2-519 Use of rakes or scrapes on ocean side of Eastern Shore; penalty
- 28.2-520 Use of hydraulic dredges prohibited; exceptions; penalty
- 28.2-521 Revocation of license or permit to dredge
- 28.2-522 Prima facie evidence of violation
- 28.2-523 Penalty
- 28.2-524 Taking oysters or clams in certain areas; limitations
- 28.2-525 Fishing in Chesapeake Bay immediately west of Tangier Island
- 28.2-526 Oyster measures; standards; penalty
- 28.2-527 Theft of oysters, clams, shells, etc.; penalty
- 28.2-528 Revocation of licenses for theft of oysters
- 28.2-529 Converting shells into lime; penalty
- 28.2-530 Taking oysters or loading on vessel on Sunday or at night; penalty
- 28.2-531 Taking clams on Sunday or at night; exception; penalty
- 28.2-532 Protection of oysters and clams of Virginia; labeling; penalty
- 28.2-533 Oysters on crab dredging boat; penalty
- 28.2-534 Possession of oysters while taking clams; penalty
- 28.2-535 Permit to buy or carry seed oysters from certain grounds; penalty
- 28.2-536 Taking clams in certain areas; penalty
- 28.2-537 Restriction on size of clams; penalty
- 28.2-538 Record of oysters handled; penalty
- 28.2-539 Inspection tax
- 28.2-540 Who pays inspection tax; schedule for payment
- 28.2-541 Replenishment tax
- 28.2-542 Public Oyster Rocks Replenishment Fund
- 28.2-543 Payment of replenishment tax; payment schedule
- 28.2-544 Reports required of oyster buyers
- 28.2-545 Description unavailable
- 28.2-546 Permit to carry oysters out of state
- 28.2-547 Authority to inspect oysters when loaded on conveyance
- 28.2-548 Duty to inspect; collection of tax and receipt
- 28.2-549 Violations; recovery of taxes; penalty
- 28.2-550 Authority of Commissioner to make certain contracts; funds received to be paid into Public Oyster R...
- 28.2-551 Surveys and reports as conclusive evidence
- 28.2-552 Resurvey on motion of Commission or on application of citizens
- 28.2-553 Reestablishment of lines of Baylor survey; procedure; evidence of reestablished lines
- 28.2-554 Sale of Baylor survey charts and plats
- 28.2-555 Crossings of Baylor survey
- 28.2-556 Erosion control devices within the Baylor survey
- 28.2-557 Unlawful to threaten or hinder surveyor; rights of surveyor; penalty
- 28.2-558 Placing permanent markers
- 28.2-559 Removal of oysters planted by mistake
- 28.2-560 Larceny of oysters and shells; penalty
- 28.2-561 Removal of markers of planting grounds; penalty
- 28.2-562 Maps to be filed; evidential value
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