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Fees collected from the sale of seafood landing licenses shall be deposited to the Marine Fishing Improvement Fund established in § 28.2-208.B\n\nThe Commission may grant exceptions to the license requirement established in subsection A to any person registered as a commercial fisherman under the provisions of § 28.2-241.C\n\nThe following shall be Class 3 misdemeanors: (i) landing seafood without the license that may be required under this section and (ii) failure to produce or have available for inspection the license that may be required under this section when requested by any officer. Failure to produce the license is prima facie evidence that the person is landing seafood without a license.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":247935,"text":"The Commission may by regulation establish licenses for the landing of seafood in Virginia, the fee for which shall not exceed $150 or as subsequently revised by the Commission pursuant to § 28.2-201. 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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 214<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2009, chapter 9<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61585,"section_number":"28.2-208","catch_line":"Marine Fishing Improvement Fund continued","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-208\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65052,"section_number":"28.2-201","catch_line":"Authority of Commission to make regulations, establish licenses, and prepare fishery management plans; accept federal grants; enforcement; penalty for violation of regulation","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-201\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190921,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68479,"identifier":"28.2-228.1","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/5\/28.2-228.1","url":"\/28.2-228.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-228.1\/","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/5\/28.2-228.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Seafood landing licenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-228.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> may by regulation establish licenses for the landing of seafood in Virginia, the fee for which shall not exceed $150 or as subsequently revised by the Commission<\/span> pursuant to § 28.2-201<\/a>. The regulations may limit the number of such licenses that may be issued and may establish eligibility criteria. Fees collected from the sale of seafood landing licenses shall be deposited to the Marine Fishing<\/span> Improvement Fund established in § 28.2-208<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> may grant exceptions to the license requirement established in subsection A to any person registered as a commercial fisherman under the provisions of § 28.2-241<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The following shall be Class 3 misdemeanors<\/span>: (i) landing seafood without the license that may be required under this section and (ii) failure to produce or have available for inspection the license that may be required under this section when requested by any officer<\/span>. Failure to produce the license is prima facie evidence<\/span> that the person is landing seafood without a license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEAFOOD LANDING LICENSES (\u00a7 28.2-228.1)\n\nA. The Commission may by regulation establish licenses for the landing of\nseafood in Virginia, the fee for which shall not exceed $150 or as subsequently\nrevised by the Commission pursuant to § 28.2-201. The regulations may limit\nthe number of such licenses that may be issued and may establish eligibility\ncriteria. Fees collected from the sale of seafood landing licenses shall be\ndeposited to the Marine Fishing Improvement Fund established in § 28.2-208.\n\nB. The Commission may grant exceptions to the license requirement established in\nsubsection A to any person registered as a commercial fisherman under the\nprovisions of § 28.2-241.\n\nC. The following shall be Class 3 misdemeanors: (i) landing seafood without the\nlicense that may be required under this section and (ii) failure to produce or\nhave available for inspection the license that may be required under this\nsection when requested by any officer. Failure to produce the license is prima\nfacie evidence that the person is landing seafood without a license.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 214; 2009, c. 9.","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}}