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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65099</law_id><section_number>29.1-416.1</section_number><catch_line>Use of eel pots in the waters of Back Bay and its tributaries</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="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Permits Required</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Special Permits</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may permit a licensee to use eel pots to take American eels in the waters of Back Bay and North Landing River and their tributaries for sale or private use. <a id="paragraph-236907" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-416.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The annual fee for a permit to set eel pots in the waters of Back Bay and North Landing River and their tributaries for the purpose of taking American eels for private use or for sale shall be as follows: <a id="paragraph-236908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-416.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Eel pots to catch eels for sale, $50; and <a id="paragraph-236909" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-416.1/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Eel pots to catch eels for personal use, $17.50. <a id="paragraph-236910" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-416.1/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any nonresident desiring to take or catch American eels in the waters of Back Bay and North Landing River and their tributaries using eel pots shall first pay $350 per year to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> for a nonresident harvester&#x2019;s permit, unless he has paid a permit fee pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Netting fish" href="/29.1-416/">29.1-416</a>. A separate nonresident harvester&#x2019;s permit shall be required for each boat used to take or harvest American eels in the waters of Back Bay and North Landing River and their tributaries, and shall be in addition to any other permit required for the activity involved. <a id="paragraph-236911" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-416.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2013, c. 706.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
