                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSE TAGS AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS TO BE FASTENED; PENALTY (§ 28.2-234)

A. License tags or identification numbers shall be attached and displayed in the
following manner:

   1. License tags for fixed fishery devices, including pound nets, fyke nets,
   crab traps, and staked gill nets, shall be fastened to one of the offshore
   stakes.

   2. License tags for anchored gill nets and drift gill nets shall be fastened
   to a flagstaff or a buoy that is visible from the surface.

   3. License tags for vessels using haul seines, purse nets, trawl nets, crab
   pots, trotlines, and crab scrapes shall be fastened at a conspicuous place on
   the starboard side or the mast of the vessel.

   4. License tags issued for businesses purchasing seafood shall be affixed in a
   conspicuous place on the business establishment, boat or motor vehicle.

   5. Identification numbers when issued for particular devices shall be applied
   by the license holder and shall be in place at all times when the gear is
   deployed.

B. Any such licensee who fails to properly attach or display such a license tag
or identification number is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 28-43, 28-77, 28-78, 28-175; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c.
406, §§ 28.1-48, 28.1-74, 28.1-76, 28.1-171; 1966, c. 684; 1968, cc. 748, 750,
§ 28.1-173.2; 1970, c. 726, § 28.1-119.1; 1972, c. 833; 1973, c. 21; 1976, c.
392; 1979, c. 274; 1980, c. 218; 1981, c. 61; 1983, c. 307; 1984, c. 316; 1988,
c. 27; 1990, c. 445; 1992, c. 836.