                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 28.2-200)

As used in this subtitle, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Cultured hard-shell clams&#8221; means hard-shell clams (Mercenaria
mercenaria) that have been spawned in a hatchery or controlled setting for the
purpose of producing seed clams (juveniles), and planted on leased grounds,
floating structures, or other privately controlled growing areas, and covered
with netting or otherwise protected from predators until harvested.
		&#8220;Haul seine&#8221; means a net made of mesh webbing which may include a
pocket and a wing net, set vertically in water and pulled by hand or power to
capture and confine fish by encirclement.
		&#8220;James River seed area&#8221; means that area in the James River and its
tributaries above a line drawn from Cooper&#8217;s Creek in Isle of Wight County
on the south side of the James River to a line in a northeasterly direction
across the James River to the Newport News municipal water tank located on
Warwick Boulevard between 59th Street and 60th Street in the City of Newport
News.
		&#8220;Mouth of the Rappahannock River&#8221; means the area beginning at
Stingray Point, Middlesex County, at the United States Army Corps of Engineers
survey station &#8220;Bird,&#8221; an aluminum disk set in the top of a concrete
monument, being located at coordinates 453,785.17 North, 2,638,116.66 East, 1927
North American Datum &#8212; Virginia South Zone; thence 12 degrees 52&#8242;
35&#8243; (grid azimuth) 20,846.73 feet to a point on the Eastern side of
Windmill Point, Lancaster County, designated as Virginia Marine Resources
Commission survey station &#8220;Windmill,&#8221; a one and one-half inch iron
pipe driven flush with the ground, being located at coordinates 474,107.68
North, 2,642,762.29 East, 1927 North American Datum &#8212; Virginia South Zone.
		&#8220;Pound net&#8221; means any net having a funnel mouth, round mouth or
square mouth with the head exposed above the water.
		&#8220;Resident&#8221; means any person who maintains his principal place of
abode in Virginia with the intent to make Virginia his domicile.
		&#8220;Shoals&#8221; means subaqueous elevations covered by water less than
four feet deep at mean low water.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 28-1, 28-46, 28-93, 28-93.1, 28-93.2, 28-112, 28-201.4;
1954, c. 38; 1958, cc. 182, 476; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, §§ 28.1-1,
28.1-51, 28.1-98, 28.1-148; 1966, c. 684; 1968, cc. 746, 747; 1972, c. 472;
1978, c. 208; 1980, c. 325; 1981, c. 52; 1986, c. 254; 1992, c. 836; 1994, c.
124; 2003, c. 604.