<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72683</law_id><section_number>28.2-643</section_number><catch_line>Declaring certain areas in Chesapeake Bay, Mathews County, public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals</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="6">Planting Grounds</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Restrictions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The following ground in Chesapeake Bay, Mathews County, contained within the following boundaries is declared to be public oyster rocks, beds, and <span class="dictionary">shoals</span> and unassignable to any person for private use:
		Beginning, as a point of reference, at survey station &#x201C;Sand,&#x201D; located near the south end of Gwynn&#x2019;s Island; thence due east to the low-water mark on the east side of Gwynn&#x2019;s Island to the true point of beginning; thence due east along the south end of Gwynn&#x2019;s Island; thence due east to the low-water mark on the east Public Ground No. 6, Mathews County; thence following the west side of Public Ground No. 6, Mathews County, in a northerly direction to Public Ground corner No. 8; thence following said Public Ground in a northerly direction to Public Ground corner No. 7; thence following said Public Ground in a northerly direction to Public Ground corner No. 6; thence in a northerly direction, following said Public Ground to Public Ground corner No. 5; thence in a northerly direction following said Public Ground to Public Ground corner No. 4; thence in a northerly direction following said Public Ground to Public Ground corner No. 3; thence in a generally west direction following the south side of Public Ground No. 6 to Public Ground corner No. 2; thence in a generally westerly direction following said Public Ground to Public Ground corner No. 1; thence in a southwesterly direction to the intersection of Public Ground No. 5, Mathews County; thence following the northeast side of Public Ground No. 5 in a southeasterly direction to the low-tide line at Cherry Point on the north side of Gwynn&#x2019;s Island; thence following the low tide on the north side of Gwynn&#x2019;s Island to a point; thence following the low-tide line on the east side of Gwynn&#x2019;s Island in a southerly direction to the true point of beginning.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-204.1:2; 1958, c. 204; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-153; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
