Bill Text: VA HB196 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Haul seine nets; required to be anchored at one end to shore and other end mechanically drawn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228) [HB196 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2012-HB196-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 28.2-305 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 28.2-305. Size of mesh and length and depth of certain nets; penalty. A. It is unlawful for any person to use the following nets: 1. A pound net or a mullet gill net that is less than 200
yards long having a smaller mesh than two inches, stretched measure, after
having been tarred; 2. A haul seine longer than 1,000 yards and if over 200 yards
long having mesh less than three inches, stretched measure; 3. A mullet gill net deeper than B. It is unlawful to set a pound net or other fixed fishing device on an established and presently used haul seine area, except that this provision shall not affect a pound net stand presently licensed. C. A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor. |