                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECREATIONAL LICENSE REQUIRED (§ 28.2-302.1)

Except in areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Wildlife Resources
and as provided in § 28.2-302.5, a person shall not take or catch fish with rod
and reel, hand line, by spearing or gigging, with a cast net, with a dip net, or
by using up to two eel pots in the tidal waters of the Commonwealth under the
jurisdiction of the Commission without first obtaining a saltwater recreational
fishing license. The license required by this section and issued pursuant to §
28.2-302.2, 28.2-302.2:1, 28.2-302.6, 28.2-302.7, 28.2-302.8, 28.2-302.9 or
28.2-302.10 shall not be transferable.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 895; 1993, c. 241; 2002, c. 215; 2004, c. 486; 2005, c. 124;
2020, c. 958.