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The Commission may, despite any such limits, issue such gear licenses or permits to fish to any person who has resided for at least five years on an island in the Commonwealth that is at least three miles from the mainland.B\n\nThe Commission is authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. 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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 492 and 504 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapter 114<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 59<\/a> and 760<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62052,"section_number":"28.2-402","catch_line":"License fee to take menhaden with purse nets","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-402\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190793,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72278,"identifier":"28.2-204.1","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/1\/28.2-204.1","url":"\/28.2-204.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-204.1\/","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/1\/28.2-204.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limited sale of gear licenses and permits; regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-204.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> may limit the number of gear licenses or permits to fish<\/span>, except those licenses issued pursuant to subdivisions 1 and 2 of § 28.2-402<\/a>, issued for use in a specific fishery. The Commission<\/span> may, despite any such limits, issue<\/span> such gear licenses or permits to fish<\/span> to any person who has resided for at least five years on an island in the Commonwealth that is at least three miles from the mainland. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> is authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. In determining whether to limit the sale of gear licenses or permits to fish<\/span>, and determining who receives licenses, the Commission<\/span> shall consider all factors relevant to the Commonwealth’s fishery management policy, including but not limited to: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Economic and social consequences; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Food production; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Dependence on the fishery by licensees; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Efficiency of gear used in the fishery; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Impact on species and fisheries<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Abundance of the resource. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITED SALE OF GEAR LICENSES AND PERMITS; REGULATIONS (\u00a7 28.2-204.1)\n\nA. The Commission may limit the number of gear licenses or permits to fish,\nexcept those licenses issued pursuant to subdivisions 1 and 2 of §\n28.2-402, issued for use in a specific fishery. The Commission may, despite any\nsuch limits, issue such gear licenses or permits to fish to any person who has\nresided for at least five years on an island in the Commonwealth that is at\nleast three miles from the mainland.\n\nB. The Commission is authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the\nprovisions of this section. In determining whether to limit the sale of gear\nlicenses or permits to fish, and determining who receives licenses, the\nCommission shall consider all factors relevant to the Commonwealth’s\nfishery management policy, including but not limited to:\n\n 1. Economic and social consequences;\n\n 2. Food production;\n\n 3. Dependence on the fishery by licensees;\n\n 4. Efficiency of gear used in the fishery;\n\n 5. Impact on species and fisheries; and\n\n 6. Abundance of the resource.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, cc. 492, 504; 1998, c. 114; 2013, cc. 59, 760.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}