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However, in the waters east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel within the three-mile limit of the Virginia shoreline such prohibition shall be between the Friday before Christmas and the Sunday preceding the first Monday in May. It is also unlawful for any person to use any purse net or other net having a stretched mesh of less than one and three quarters inches. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":296129,"text":"Except as provided in \u00a7 28.2-409 or as otherwise provided by regulation, it is unlawful for any person to take or catch with a purse net in the waters of the Commonwealth, or waters within its jurisdiction, menhaden between the Saturday following the third Friday in November and the Sunday preceding the first Monday in May. However, in the waters east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel within the three-mile limit of the Virginia shoreline such prohibition shall be between the Friday before Christmas and the Sunday preceding the first Monday in May. It is also unlawful for any person to use any purse net or other net having a stretched mesh of less than one and three quarters inches. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1962, chapter 406; in 1966, chapter 684; in 1972, chapter 424; in 1976, chapter 384; in 1978, chapter 347; in 1982, chapter 461; in 1988, chapter 710; in 1992, chapter 836; in 2020, chapters 201<\/a> and 356<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78126,"section_number":"28.2-409","catch_line":"Menhaden fishing prohibited in certain areas; exception","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-409\/"}],"permalink":{"id":191207,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82659,"identifier":"28.2-410","token":"28.2\/II\/4\/2\/28.2-410","url":"\/28.2-410\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-410\/","token":"28.2\/II\/4\/2\/28.2-410","dublin_core":{"Title":"Closed season for menhaden fishing; forbidden nets; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-410","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as provided in \u00a7 28.2-409<\/a> or as otherwise provided by regulation, it is unlawful for any person to take or catch with a purse net in the waters of the Commonwealth, or waters within its jurisdiction<\/span>, menhaden between the Saturday following the third Friday in November and the Sunday preceding the first Monday in May. However, in the waters east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel within the three-mile limit of the Virginia shoreline such prohibition shall be between the Friday before Christmas and the Sunday preceding the first Monday in May. It is also unlawful for any person to use any purse net or other net having a stretched mesh of less than one and three quarters inches. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLOSED SEASON FOR MENHADEN FISHING; FORBIDDEN NETS; PENALTY (\u00a7 28.2-410)\n\nExcept as provided in \u00a7 28.2-409 or as otherwise provided by regulation, it is\nunlawful for any person to take or catch with a purse net in the waters of the\nCommonwealth, or waters within its jurisdiction, menhaden between the Saturday\nfollowing the third Friday in November and the Sunday preceding the first Monday\nin May. However, in the waters east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel within\nthe three-mile limit of the Virginia shoreline such prohibition shall be between\nthe Friday before Christmas and the Sunday preceding the first Monday in May. It\nis also unlawful for any person to use any purse net or other net having a\nstretched mesh of less than one and three quarters inches. Any person violating\nany of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 28-64, 28-67; 1962, c. 406, \u00a7 28.1-65; 1966, c. 684;\n1972, c. 424; 1976, c. 384; 1978, c. 347; 1982, c. 461; 1988, c. 710; 1992, c.\n836; 2020, cc. 201, 356.","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}}