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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54652</law_id><section_number>28.2-903.1</section_number><catch_line>Impeding lawful fishing in tidal waters; penalty</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="9">Enforcement of Subtitle Ii; Jurisdiction</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It is unlawful for any person to willfully and intentionally impede the lawful <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> of any species of fish or <span class="dictionary">shellfish</span>. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Fishing</span>&#x201D; means those activities defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/28.2-100/">28.2-100</a> as &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">fishing</span>,&#x201D; &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">fisheries</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">to fish</span>.&#x201D; <a id="paragraph-200685" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-903.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-200686" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-903.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, c. 703.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
