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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 59<\/a> and 760<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":87175,"section_number":"28.2-403","catch_line":"Action of Commissioner on such application; transfer of license of disabled vessel; delegation of authority; appeals","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-403\/"}],"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":191161,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61283,"identifier":"28.2-400.1","token":"28.2\/II\/4\/1\/28.2-400.1","url":"\/28.2-400.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-400.1\/","token":"28.2\/II\/4\/1\/28.2-400.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criteria for qualifying for a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-400.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall establish and administer a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license that meets the requirements of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In order<\/span> to qualify for a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license, an applicant shall have held a purse seine license, as established in § 28.2-402<\/a>, in 2011 and shall have landed menhaden in the Commonwealth in each of the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. Such person shall also have used purse seine gear to harvest menhaden in at least one of those three years. Proof of landings and gear usage shall be in the form of receipts, landing reports, or other verifiable documents as designated by the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING FOR A LIMITED ENTRY PURSE SEINE MENHADEN BAIT LICENSE\n(\u00a7 28.2-400.1)\n\nA. The Commission shall establish and administer a limited entry purse seine\nmenhaden bait license that meets the requirements of this section.\n\nB. In order to qualify for a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license, an\napplicant shall have held a purse seine license, as established in §\n28.2-402, in 2011 and shall have landed menhaden in the Commonwealth in each of\nthe years 2009, 2010, and 2011. Such person shall also have used purse seine\ngear to harvest menhaden in at least one of those three years. Proof of landings\nand gear usage shall be in the form of receipts, landing reports, or other\nverifiable documents as designated by the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}