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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82821</law_id><section_number>28.2-541</section_number><catch_line>Oyster resource user fees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Oysters and Clams</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Oyster Records and Resource User Fees</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> There are imposed upon all oysters taken from the public rocks, beds, or <span class="dictionary">shoals</span> the following oyster resource user fees, per year: (i) on any licensed commercial fisherman harvesting oysters by hand, a fee of $50; (ii) on the use of any type of gear to harvest oysters, a fee of $300; (iii) on any business shucking or packing (a) no more than 1,000 gallons of oysters, a fee of $500; (b) more than 1,000 but no more than 10,000 gallons of oysters, a fee of $1,000; (c) more than 10,000 but no more than 25,000 gallons of oysters, a fee of $2,000; and (d) more than 25,000 gallons of oysters, a fee of $4,000; and (iv) on any oyster buyer using (1) a single truck or location, a fee of $100 and (2) multiple trucks or locations, a fee of $300. <a id="paragraph-296911" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-541/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any commercial aquaculture operation taking oysters pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="General oyster planting grounds" href="/28.2-603/">28.2-603</a> from a riparian assignment or general oyster planting ground shall pay an oyster resource user fee of $50. <a id="paragraph-296912" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-541/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any harvester shall pay only one oyster resource user fee per year for oyster gear used under clause (ii) of subsection A. <a id="paragraph-296913" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-541/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may revoke the permit or license of any person who fails to comply with this section. <a id="paragraph-296914" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-541/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-137.1; 1952, c. 650; 1954, c. 663; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-93; 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 173; 1978, c. 583; 1983, c. 18; 1988, c. 313; 1992, c. 836; 2013, c. 38.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
