28.2-308 - Setting of gill nets in oceanfront; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-308. Setting of gill nets in oceanfront; penalty.

From the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day through September 15 ofeach year, gill net operators along the southern oceanfront boundary of theUnited States Dam Neck Military Base south to the North Carolina border shallmaintain unimpeded breaks of 500 feet between adjacent rows of nets. Gapsbetween such gill nets in the same row shall occur no less than every 2,000feet. These gill nets shall be set at a minimum of 400 feet seaward from themean high-water mark.

A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 28-46.1; 1954, c. 215; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-52; 1964, c. 393;1974, c. 97; 1990, c. 494; 1992, c. 836.)