                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTRODUCTION, STOCKING, AND RELEASE OF BLUE CATFISH; PENALTY (§ 29.1-543.1)

A. It is unlawful for any person to introduce into or stock in waters of the
Commonwealth, including private ponds or lakes, the blue catfish or its hybrids
or to release any blue catfish or any such hybrid into any water body other than
that in which it was caught.

B. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 2
misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 470.