28.2-507 - Opening and closing public rocks. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-507. Opening and closing public rocks.

The Commission, in order to protect or promote the growth of oysters, may (i)close and open any area or restrict the manner or method of taking oysters inany area of the public rocks, grounds, or shoals, (ii) establish seed bedsand plant shells and other culch, or (iii) take any other restorativemeasures. Before closing any such area, an officer shall post notice of theclosing for at least five days in two or more public places in the districtin which the area is located. In addition, when the Commissioner finds itnecessary, the area may be marked by a uniform system of buoys or signsindicating that such area is closed and that oystering by any means isprohibited. Any area which has been closed and reopened at a later time maybe closed by the Commission or Commissioner at any time without notice.

(Code 1950, § 28-98.1; 1956, c. 313; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-85; 1981, c. 52;1992, c. 836; 1996, c. 842.)