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2001 SESSION
014032856Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 28.2-520 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 28.2-520. Use of hydraulic dredges prohibited; penalty.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, unless he has been issued a permit by
the Commission pursuant to subsection B, to (i) take or catch hard-shell clams
through the use of a hydraulic dredge or (ii) have on board his boat a
hydraulic dredge designed for harvesting seafood.
B. The Commission may issue a permit authorizing the possession and use of a hydraulic dredge for the purpose of (a) harvesting cultured, hard-shell clams on privately leased grounds, (b) transiting state waters, or (c) conducting legitimate aquaculture research.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (ii) of subsection A, a person may have on board his boat a hydraulic dredge designed for harvesting seafood when traveling to or from docks for maintenance or repair of the boat or equipment, or when off-loading catches made in federal waters.
D.The Commission and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science may possess and
use hydraulic dredges to take and catch hard-shell clams shellfish on an
experimental basis. However, a permit to take and catch hard-shell clams
through the use of hydraulic dredges shall not be issued to any other person.
BE. Any person who takes or catches hard-shell clams using a hydraulic
dredgeviolates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.