4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-950-46
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024
Section 4VAC20-950-46 - Directed fishery and bycatch fishery permitsA. It shall be unlawful for any person to participate in the commercial black sea bass fishery or to possess, harvest, or sell black sea bass, except as described in 4VAC20-950-60 and 4VAC20-950-70, without first qualifying for and obtaining either a directed fishery permit or a bycatch fishery permit from the commission, as described, respectively, in subsections B, C, and D of this section, unless that person meets the requirements described in 4VAC20-950-48.2.B. Any person who qualified for a directed commercial black sea bass fishery permit, as of January 1, 2003, by satisfying all the eligibility criteria listed in this subsection shall remain eligible for that permit, unless that person permanently transferred all that person's shares of the directed fishery quota.1. That person shall hold either a Commercial Fisherman Registration License or a Seafood Landing License in addition to a federal Black Sea Bass Moratorium Permit; and2. That person shall have landed and sold in Virginia at least 10,000 pounds of black sea bass from July 1, 1997, through December 31, 2001.C. Any person who meets the eligibility criteria of subsection B of this section but no longer meets the requirements of subdivision B 1 of this section shall remain eligible to transfer shares of that person's directed fishery quota in accordance with 4VAC20-950-48.1.D. A person shall be considered eligible for a bycatch commercial black sea bass fishery permit by satisfying all of the following eligibility criteria: 1. That person shall hold either a Commercial Fisherman Registration License or a Seafood Landing License, in addition to a federal Black Sea Bass Moratorium Permit; and2. That person shall have landed and sold in Virginia at least one pound of black sea bass from July 1, 1997, through December 31, 2001.4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-950-46
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 10, eff. January 1, 2003; amended, Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 6, eff. November 1, 2003; Volume 22, Issue 6, eff. November 1, 2005; Volume 30, Issue 4, eff. October 1, 2013; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 35, Issue 12, eff. 1/23/2019; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 21, eff. 6/1/2020.Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.