                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TAKING OYSTERS OR CLAMS IN CERTAIN AREAS; LIMITATIONS (§ 28.2-524)

The Commission, in order to protect and promote the oyster or clam fishery, may
open and close the following areas, or any parts thereof, for the taking of
oysters or clams or prescribe the manner, method, size, and season of oyster or
clam catch:

1. That portion of Pocomoke Sound and Tangier Sound contained within the
boundaries of a line commencing at buoy &#8220;A&#8221; on the Commonwealth of
Virginia and State of Maryland line, thence 114&#xB0; true 2.17 miles to Long
Point, thence 137&#xB0; true 3.40 miles to beacon number &#8220;2&#8243; off Ebb
Point, thence 208&#xB0; true 2.15 miles to beacon number &#8220;2&#8243; off
Halfmoon Point, thence 216&#xB0; true 1.78 miles to beacon number
&#8220;11&#8243; off Deep Creek, thence 285&#xB0; true 2.67 miles to beacon
number &#8220;1&#8243; off Camp Island, thence 238&#xB0; true 1.77 miles to
beacon number &#8220;6&#8243; off Beach Island, thence 155&#xB0; true 2.75 miles
to beacon number &#8220;2&#8243; off Chesconessex Creek, thence 223&#xB0; true
2.49 miles to beacon number &#8220;1&#8243; off Ware Point, thence 275&#xB0;
true 3.13 miles to bell buoy number R &#8220;2,&#8221; thence 276&#xB0; true
7.08 miles to can buoy number C &#8220;34,&#8221; thence 049&#xB0; true 3.09
miles to can buoy number C &#8220;1,&#8221; thence 049&#xB0; true 1.73 miles to
Tangier Island Light House, thence 011&#xB0; true 2.70 miles to beacon number
&#8220;3&#8243; off Tangier Island, thence 319&#xB0; true 0.62 miles to beacon
number &#8220;1&#8243; off Tangier Island, thence 332&#xB0; true 3.15 miles to
mean low-water mark on North East point on Fishbone Island, thence 005&#xB0;
true 2.68 miles to mean low-water mark on south end of Horse Hammock, thence
following mean low water northerly to the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth
of Virginia line, thence, following the Maryland and Virginia state boundary
line back to the point of beginning.
			The Commission shall also have authority over the area as contained within
the boundaries of a line commencing at buoy &#8220;A&#8221; on the Commonwealth
of Virginia and State of Maryland line; thence, in a northeasterly direction
approximately 1.74 miles along the said Virginia-Maryland line to a point which
is approximately 260 feet northeast of buoy &#8220;C&#8221; on said line;
thence, in a southwesterly and southern direction along the eastern boundary
line of Public Ground No. 12 and Public Ground No. 13 approximately 1.73 miles
to the northern line of the Fisheries Management Area running from buoy
&#8220;A&#8221; to Long Point; thence, in a northwesterly direction
approximately 1.07 miles to buoy &#8220;A&#8221; and point of beginning.

2. That portion of Chesapeake Bay between Smith Point and Windmill Point
contained within the boundaries of a line commencing at Smith Point Lighthouse,
thence southerly through a line of nun buoys numbered &#8220;C79,&#8221;
&#8220;C77,&#8221; &#8220;C73,&#8221; &#8220;C71,&#8221; &#8220;C69,&#8221;
&#8220;C67,&#8221; &#8220;C65,&#8221; to a beacon designated BR &#8220;R,&#8221;
all as they are now positioned or as they may be subsequently repositioned by
the United States Coast Guard, thence northwesterly to Windmill Point
Lighthouse, thence continuing northwesterly along a sector line to the mean
low-water line on Windmill Point, thence northerly along the mean low-water line
around Fleets Island to a point which is south of a beacon numbered 5M, thence
north to the beacon numbered 5M, thence northeasterly to a beacon numbered
6M&#8221;B,&#8221; thence northerly to corner 4 of Public Ground No. 28, thence
along the western and northern line of Public Ground No. 28 through corners 3, 2
and 1 to corner 8 thereof, thence northeasterly to corner 1 of Public Ground No.
29, thence along the western and northern line of Public Ground No. 29 through
corner 4 thereof to an intersection point of Public Ground No. 29 and Public
Ground No. 117, thence northerly to the mean low-water line on Bull Neck, thence
northerly along the mean low-water line to Smith Point, thence southeasterly to
Smith Point Lighthouse, the point of beginning.

3. That portion of Piankatank River contained within the boundaries of a line
commencing at the southern-most point of Stove Point; thence, in a southeasterly
direction to the extreme northwestern-most point of Gwynn Island known as Cherry
Point; thence, in a southwesterly direction along the shoreline of Gwynn Island
to the No. 3 light at the mouth of Narrows Point; thence, in a northwesterly
direction to No. 10 light at Stove Point; thence, in a northeasterly direction
to Stove Point and the point of beginning.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 85, §§ 28.1-128.1, 28.1-128.3, 28.1-128.4; 1981, cc. 52, 63;
1982, c. 77; 1984, cc. 224, 242; 1992, c. 836.