28.2-302 - Commercial fishing pier; license fee; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-302. Commercial fishing pier; license fee; penalty.

A. The owner of a commercial fishing pier shall pay an annual license fee of$50 or as subsequently revised by the Commission pursuant to § 28.2-201 foreach pier that is over or upon the subaqueous beds of the Commonwealth.

B. Net fishing shall not be permitted within 300 yards of the sides or end ofa commercial fishing pier. The Commission may decrease this distance if itconsiders 300 yards to be an excessive distance because of the size of thebody of water where the pier is located. A violation of this subsection is aClass 3 misdemeanor.

C. The construction or erection of a commercial fishing pier on a subaqueousbed of the Commonwealth is subject to the permit requirements of § 28.2-1203.

D. For purposes of this section, a commercial fishing pier means any pierwhose primary purpose is to allow fishing by the public for a fee. A publicfishing pier operated by a political subdivision shall be considered to be acommercial fishing pier, although no fee is charged.

(1976, c. 343, § 28.1-52.2; 1979, c. 274; 1992, c. 836; 2009, c. 9.)