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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75779</law_id><section_number>28.2-800</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="8">Health and Sanitation Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Crustacea</span>&#x201D; means all edible species of crab, lobster and shrimp, whether raw or processed.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Depuration</span>&#x201D; means the process that uses a controlled aquatic environment to reduce the level of bacteria or viruses in live <span class="dictionary">shellfish</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Establishment</span>&#x201D; means any vehicle, vessel, property or premises where <span class="dictionary">crustacea</span>, <span class="dictionary">finfish</span> or <span class="dictionary">shellfish</span> are transported, held, stored, processed, packed, repacked, or pasteurized in preparation for marketing.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Finfish</span>&#x201D; means any cold-blooded, strictly aquatic, water-breathing craniate vertebrate with fins, including cyclostomes, elasmobranchs and higher-gilled aquatic vertebrates with cartilaginous or bony skeletons or any parts thereof.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Relay</span>&#x201D; means to move <span class="dictionary">shellfish</span> for the purpose of natural purification from water which is not approved to water which is approved or conditionally approved by the State Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Shellfish</span>&#x201D; means all species within the phylum Mollusca including but not limited to oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, conchs and whelks, whether raw or processed.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 714, &#xA7; 28.1-175.1; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
