                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF VIOLATION; PENALTY (§ 28.2-317)

Any vessel, boat, or other craft found in the waters of the Commonwealth, or in
the waters under the joint jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, equipped for
trawling and having a trawling net, drag net, or a similar device aboard with
fresh or live fish on deck or in any portion of such vessel, boat or craft shall
constitute prima facie evidence that the operator and master and members of the
crew are guilty of trawling.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-72; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-71; 1992, c. 836.