Fishing

1956
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-170, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to licenses to take crabs.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-98.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to opening and closing natural oyster rocks for certain purposes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 292 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 4, 1950, relating to fishing below Chickahominy Dam.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-110 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the taking of fish with nets in inland waters.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-172.1, to provide that the Commission of Fisheries may, by regulation, limit the catch of crabs; and to provide penalties for violation.
An Act to make it lawful for German carp to be taken by means of gigs, bows and arrows, and artificial lights in the Shenandoah River in the counties of Page, Rockingham, Clarke, Warren and Shenondoah at certain times and under certain conditions, and to provide that this act shall not affect certain powers and duties of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries nor cause any discrimination as to restocking of the said Shenandoah River.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 29-148 of the Code of Virginia, relating to taking, possessing, selling and transporting certain fresh water fish.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-55.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain nonresident trip fishing licenses.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-226 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of the authorities of the States of Maryland and Virginia, with reference to the Potomac River.
An Act to declare certain areas in Pocomoke Sound, Accomack County, as natural oyster rocks, beds and shoals and to provide certain exceptions thereto.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-148, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from certain restrictions on the taking of oysters below a certain size, and shells.
An Act to declare certain areas in the Piankitank River around and near Stove Point, Middlesex County, as natural oyster rocks, beds and shoals and to provide certain exceptions thereto.
An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 42 of the Acts of Assembly of 1947, approved January 30, 1947, relating to fishing in certain waters.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-4.2, to provide for the jurisdiction of the Commission of Fisheries in certain waters.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 29-57 and 29-62, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to resident licenses to hunt, trap or fish.
An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 545 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, as amended, prohibiting the taking of fish in certain counties by certain means.
An Act to require the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to expend certain sums on certain research.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to terms of office and vacancies of the Commission of Fisheries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-158 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition against use of substances injurious to fish.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-45, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to size of fish that may be caught in waters under control of Commission of Fisheries.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 62-8.1, authorizing the Governor, with the advice of the Attorney General, to grant permission to use, or to convey, the subaqueous soil of certain streams for certain purposes and to require certain reports.

1958
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-98 of the Code of Virginia, relating to closed season for taking oysters in certain waters.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved March 27, 1940, relating to fishing on Sunday in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-124, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to public oyster-planting grounds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-148, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to taking, processing, selling and transporting certain fresh water fish.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-128, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to assignment of certain oyster-planting grounds to certain owners.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 29-151, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to dams and other obstructions in watercourses.
AN ACT to declare certain areas in Chesapeake Bay, Mathews County, as natural oyster rocks, beds and shoals.
An Act to amend and reenact § 62-8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to authority of the Attorney General as to beds of certain waters of the Commonwealth.
AN ACT to declare certain areas in Hill’s Bay, Mathews County, as natural oyster rocks, beds and shoals.
AN ACT to prohibit, insofar as the State is authorized to do, the dredging of the James River or the disposal of waste materials in connection therewith, that would interfere with or damage the oyster bottoms, public or private in the James River, between certain points thereon, without the recommendation of the Commission of Fisheries, and the approval of the Governor.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 62-48, as amended, and 62-44 of the Code of Virginia, so as to make it unlawful to pollute or make certain other uses of the water supply of counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-209, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of dog fund.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-55.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to trip fishing licenses, so as to provide such licenses for residents, as well as nonresidents, of the State.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28-95 and 28-172.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulations promulgated by the Commission of Fisheries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-195 of the Code of Virginia, relating to taking or loading shellfish at certain times.
An Act to declare certain grounds in Mobjack Bay, in Gloucester and Mathews Counties, to be natural oyster rocks.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-98.2, to prohibit taking oysters with patent tongs in certain areas and to prescribe penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 236 of the Acts of Assembly of 1984, approved March 27, 1934, so as to make it unlawful to shoot fish in certain waters in Scott and Russell Counties, and to make it lawful to gig for nongame fish in certain waters in such counttes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-158, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to dredging oyster planting grounds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-61, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuance of hunting, trapping and fishing licenses in certain cities.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-55, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to licenses for fishing.

1960
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-57.2, to permit haul seining in Diascund Creek.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 29-185, 29-186, as amended, 29-188 and 29-150 of the Code of Virginia, allowing the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to fix hunting seasons, with certain exceptions, specifying certain game birds, game animals and fish which may be taken pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission and providing for the taking of such game and fish under certain conditions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-148, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to taking, possessing, selling, purchasing, or transporting fish from inland waters.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29-55.2, 80 as to provide a trip fishing license for trout fishing in the Shenandoah National Park.
An Act to authorize the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to acquire certain land by purchase or condemnation and to prescribe procedure in connection therewith.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-148 of the Code of Virginia, relating to area excepted from authorization to take oysters by dredging.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 459 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, approved March 30, 1956, relating to seasons and means of taking or gigging carp in the Shenandoah River in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 286 of the Acts of Assembly of 1984, approved March 27, 1984, to further amend said chapter by adding thereto sections numbered 2 and 8, relating to the shooting and gigging of certain fish in the counties of Scott and Russell, and to repeal Chapter 190 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 11, 1948, relating to shooting certain fish in certain waters in Scott County.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28-39, as amended, 28-48, 28-44, 28-45, as amended, 28-57.1, 28-61, 28-71, 28-98.1, as amended, 28-95, as amended, 28-99, 28-100, 28-108, as amended, 28-110, 28-128, as amended, 28-124, as amended, 28-186, as amended, 28-187, 28-187.1, as amended, 28-141, 28-142, 28-157, 28-170, as amended, 28-171, 28-172, 28-178, as amended, 28-187, 28-188, 28-191, 28-195, as amended, 28-201.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, and to further amend the Code of Virginia by adding to Title 28 three new sections numbered 28-45.01, 28-162.1 and 28-201.4, all of which sections relate to fish, oysters, shellfish, crabs, clams and other seafoods, the setting, taking, catching the same, and transporting and marketing seafood, in "Tide-water Virginia’, the rentals, licenses, taxes and other fees imposed in connection therewith and collected by the Commission of Fisheries, and the policing of the fish, oyster and seafood industries within the jurisdiction of the Commission of Fisheries, and to repeal §§ 28-102, 28-144, 28-168 and 28-164 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-57, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to persons entitled to county or State resident licenses.
An Act to authorize the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to prescribe seasons, bag limits and methods of taking and killing fish and game on lands and waters owned by such Commission and on other lands and waters controlled by such Commission; and to repeal certain acts.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9-6.2 and 29-126, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to certain definitions pertaining to administrative agencies and to publication of proposed regulations concerning hunting, fishing and trapping.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 29-37 and 29-68.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports of regular and special game wardens to the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, and to certain requirements before issuance of licenses to hunt, trap or fish.
An Act to amend and reenact § 62-1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the ownership of beds of bays, rivers, creeks and shores of Oe 6
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 29-53 and 29-54, and 29-55 as amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to licenses to hunt and fish.

1962
An Act to change a certain agreement made by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Commission of Fisheries.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-21.1, relating to the authority of the Commissioner of Fisheries to make certain contracts; to create the Special Public Oyster Rock Replenishment Fund and provide how the same shall be disbursed.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 62-2.1 and 62-3 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the authority required for the use of subaqueous beds and materials therefrom, and the authority of the Commission of Fisheries and the Attorney General as to beds of certain waters of the Commonwealth.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved March 27, 1940, relating to fishing on Sunday in certain counties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29-55.4, to allow the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to charge a use fee for fishing in certain streams.
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to fish, oysters and shellfish; to that end to repeal Title 28 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 12 and §§ 28-1 to 28-258, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to fish, oysters and shellfish; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto, in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 28.1, which title includes ten new chapters numbered 1 to 10, both inclusive, and new sections numbered 28.1-1 to 28.1-226, both inclusive, relating to fish, oysters and shellfish, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An Act to appropriate funds for rehabilitation of the public oyster grounds.
An Act for the relief of Fort Magruder Fishing Club, Incorporated.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 29-2.1, 29-14, 29-84, 29-55, 29-57, 29-77, 29-116, 29-131, 29-1382, 29-1388, 29-140, 29-140.1, 29-142, 29-143, 29-148, 29-149, 29-158, 29-161, 29-162, 29-163, 29-163.1, 29-164, 29-165, 29-165.1, 29-166, 29-167, 29-169, 29-172, 29-175 and 29-176, as severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating generally to regulation of hunting, fishing and trapping, enforcement thereof and penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-126, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to publication of proposed regulation or change in the regulations concerning hunting, fishing and trapping, and the evidentiary nature of such publication.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-118 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the reestablishment of the Baylor survey.
An Act to provide that certain cities which open a lake or other body of water, constituting part of its water supply, shall not be liable in damages for injury to property or persons resulting therefrom.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-654.2, relating to the liability of landowners toward hunters, fishermen, trappers, campers or hikers.
An Act to permit the taking of certain fish in Grayson County by the use of trotlines or laylines, and to prescribe what bait may be used.

1964
An Act to amend and reenact § 27-54.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition against certain acts on certain lands in certain areas where extraordinary fire hazards exist; to authorize the Governor to issue proclamations in relation thereto; and to except certain fishing activities from the prohibition.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 29-158.1 and 29-158.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fishing in interstate nontidal waters, and reciprocal agreements pertaining thereto.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28.1-41 of the Code of Virginia, relating to training and qualifications of inspectors of the Commission of Fisheries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-57, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to persons entitled to county or State resident hunting, fishing or trapping licenses.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29-114.2, so as to authorize the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to permit the taking and transportation of certain birds, and to use the same in hunting and taking game and fowl; and to provide for licenses.
An Act to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to adopt certain ordinances imposing license taxes upon persons selling or furnishing minnows to others and to provide penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28.1-52, 28.1-58, 28.1-74, 28.1-79, 28.1-82, 28.1-89, 28.1-92, 28.1-98, 28.1-101, 28.1-108, 28.1-109, 28.1-116, 28.1-120, 28.1-124, 28.1-128, 28.1-184, 28.1-140, 28.1-146, 28.1-165 and 28.1-174 of the Code of Virginia, relating to license tax for fishing in tidal waters, register marks, fishing structures, penalty for failure to obtain license, displaying of tags, removal of stakes, taking of oysters, export tax, records and tax of oysters taken from public grounds, lines of Baylor survey, assignment of planting grounds, rights of owner to waters within lawful survey, taking of clams and oysters for household use, culling of oysters, carrying of dredges on board boat, dredging on private oyster grounds, sale of oysters and clams, permits to dredge oysters, amount of tax when crabs taken and crabs for household use; and to repeal § 28.1-101.1 of the Code of Virginia relating to the Baylor survey.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-654.2 of the Code of Virginia, so as to determine the duty of care and liability for damages of a landowner relative to any person using land or premises for hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, water sports, hiking, sightseeing or any other recreational purpose; and to define certain words.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-52, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from requirements for licenses to hunt, trap or fish.
An Act to authorize and direct the Commissioner of Fisheries to re-establish and maintain fish hatcheries, and to appropriate funds.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 29-57, as amended, and 29-58 of the Code of Virginia, relating to county and State licenses for hunting, fishing and trapping.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-80 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the issuance of complimentary hunting and fishing licenses by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to certain persons.
An Act to permit the gigging of nongame fish in the New River in Grayson County; to fix the season for same; to permit the governing body of Grayson County to close such season.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 459 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, relating to seasons and means of taking or gigging carp in the Shenandoah River in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-65, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment of agents for sale of hunting, trapping and fishing licenses and other permits.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28.1-100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to surveying of planting grounds.

1964es
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28.1-227, relating to the authority of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission to regulate the dredging of soft shell clams.

1968
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 28.1-178.2, to require crabbers to display license number on float or stake attached to crab pot.
An Act to amend and reenact §§8 28.1-165, as amended, and 28.1-178 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licenses and restrictions on taking and handling of crabs, and restrictions on use of crab traps and pounds; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 28.1-178.1, to prohibit the placing of crab pots in certain navigable channels.
An Act to authorize the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to exchange certain land with the approval of the Governor in the counties of Greene and Madison for land owned by the United States for certain purposes.
An Act to authorize and direct the Commissioner of Fisheries to maintain certain fish hatcheries, and to appropriate funds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-55.4, of the Code of Virginia, relating to use fees for fishimg in certain streams. CH 718
An Act to amend and reenact § 28.1-196 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. CH 725
An Act authorizing the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to exchange for other land certain of its lands in Highland County.
An Act to prohibit the taking of fish for commercial purposes from Ward’s Creek; exceptions; penalties for violations. rH 9257
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-65, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to agents for sale of hunting licenses and permits permitted in certain counties, cities and towns; other compensation; bonds required.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-55, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to license fees to fish only.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-52, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from requirement for licenses to hunt, trap or fish and to licenses for persons seventy years of age or older.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28.1-1, 28.1-2, 28.1-8, 28.1-4 and 28.1-5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Commission of Fisheries, jurisdiction and membership thereof, terms of office of members, and definitions; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 28.1-2.1, to change the names of the Commission and Commissioner of Fisheries to Marine Resources Commission and Commissioner of Marine Resources, and to transfer title in certain properties.