                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITIONS (§ 29.1-574)

A. No person shall knowingly import, possess, transport, sell, purchase, give,
receive, or introduce into the Commonwealth any member of a species designated
as a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species without a permit from the Director
issued pursuant to &#xA7; 29.1-575.

B. Subsection A shall not apply to any person who (i) lawfully catches a
snakehead fish of the family Channidae, (ii) subsequently kills such fish, and
(iii) notifies the Department, as soon as practicable, of his actions.

C. Subsection A shall not apply to any Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point (HACCP) plan (21 C.F.R. 120 et seq.) certified restaurant or retail market
that purchases from an HACCP certified dealer or sells processed snakehead fish
of the family Channidae.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 446; 2005, c. 916; 2018, c. 559.