Va. Code § 28.2-700

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 28.2-700 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Crab dredge" means a device, which may have teeth on the bar, that is designed and used to catch crabs buried in the bottom.

"Crab pot" means a device made of wire or thread net used to catch crabs.

"Peeler crab", until the Commission promulgates a different definition, means a crab that has a soft shell fully developed under the hard shell, or a crab on which there is a pink or white line or rim on the edge of that part of the back fin next to the outer section of this fin.

"Peeler pot" means a wire mesh pot baited with only live adult male (jimmy) blue crabs.

Va. Code § 28.2-700

Code 1950, §§ 28-170, 28-173; 1954, c. 368; 1956, c. 293; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, §§ 28.1-165, 28.1-169; 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1968, c. 785; 1970, c. 726; 1979, c. 274; 1983, cc. 307, 603, § 28.1-165.1; 1985, c. 180; 1990, c. 154; 1992, c. 836; 1995, c. 129; 1996, c. 229.

Amended by Acts 1996, c. 229.

Amended by Acts 1995, c. 129.

Amended by Acts 1992, c. 836.

Amended by Acts 1990, c. 154.

Amended by Acts 1985, c. 180.

Amended by Acts 1983, § cc. 307, 603, § 28.1-165.1.

Amended by Acts 1979, c. 274.

Amended by Acts 1970, c. 726.

Amended by Acts 1968, c. 785.

Amended by Acts 1966, c. 684.

Amended by Acts 1964, c. 393.

Amended by Acts 1962, c. 406, 28.1-165, 28.1-169.

Amended by Acts 1960, c. 517.

Amended by Acts 1956, c. 293.

Amended by Acts 1954, c. 368.