4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-960-20
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Commercial fishing" or "fishing commercially" or "commercial purposes" means fishing by any person where the catch is for sale, barter, or trade or is intended for sale, barter, or trade.
"Commission" means the Marine Resources Commission.
"Land" or "landing" means to move finfish, shellfish, crustaceans, or other marine seafood from the water to the land.
"Snout" means the most forward projection from a fish's head that includes the upper and lower jaw.
"Tautog" means any fish of the species Tautoga onitis.
"Total length" means the length of a fish measured from the most forward projection of the snout, with the mouth closed, to the tip of the longer lobe of the tail (caudal) fin, measured with the tail compressed along the midline, using a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body.
4 Va. Admin. Code § 20-960-20
Statutory Authority: § 28.2-201 of the Code of Virginia.