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Volume 1968 Law 99
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CHAPTER 695
An Act to amend and reenact § 28.1-59 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
the taking of fish with purse nets, for certain purposes in certain tidal
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Approved April 6, 1966
Be it enacted by the General Assembly: of Virginia:
Har That § 28.1-59 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
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~§ 28.1-59. (1) -Residents——Any resident: person, :firm or corpora-
tion entitled by law to fish in any of the waters of this Commonwealth, or
waters within the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, desiring to take or
catch fish therein with purse nets, for the purpose of manufacturing
them into oil, fish scrap, fish meal or guano, or for any other purpose, shall
first obtain a license therefor, and shall pay to the inspector a specific
license tax, which shall be in lieu of all taxes levied’ upon such person, firm
or corporation for taking and catching fish with purse nets, or for selling
the products thereof, as follows: on
(a) On each sail vessel fishing with purse nets, of not more than
four hundred meshes deep, twenty-one dollars and fifty cents; —
On each sail vessel fishing with purse net, of more than four
hundred meshes deep, seventy-five dollars; - :
(c) On each power boat or steam vessel of over twenty horsepower
fishing with purse net, one dollar and fifty cents per ‘gross ton, provided
the minimum license shall not be less than one hundred fifty dollars and
the maximum not more than three hundred dollars;
(d) On each power boat or steam vessel of not over twenty horse-
power, fishing with purse net, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
Such inspector shall thereupon grant a license to use such net or other
device, and state in such license the name or names of the person or persons
who shall use the same, and the amount of tax as prescribed by law; and
the term for which such license is granted shall begin on the first day of
January in any year and end on the thirty-first day of December of the
same year.
It shall be lawful for a resident of this State, except such persons,
firms or corporations as may be engaged in the taking or catching of fish
for the purpose of manufacturing the same into oil, fish scrap, fish meal or
guano, to employ any vessel or net owned within or without this State for
the purpose of taking and catching fish.
(2) Nonresidents.—Any nonresident person, firm or corporation may
be licensed to take and catch fish known as “menhaden” with purse nets,
within the season permitted by law, under the provisions of § 28.1-60,
within the three-mile limit on the seacoast of Virginia and east of a
straight line drawn from Cape Charles Light House to Cape Henry Light
House upon compliance with the provisions of such section.
(3) Excepted waters.—No license granted under the provisions of
this section shall be deemed to authorize fishing in the following waters,
wherein it shall be unlawful to fish in the manner and for the purpose set
forthin paragraph (1) of this section:
(a) Inthe Piankatank River and its tributaries above and west of a
line beginning at the northern most (as measured from the low water
mark) edge of land known as Gwynn’s Island at or near the mouth of
Kibble Pond, thence in a northerly direction in a straight line to the
easternmost edge of highland on Stingray Point; and
(b) In the Rappahannock River and its tributaries above and west
of the R. O. Norris, Jr. Bridge; and
(c) Inthe York River and its tributaries above and west of a line
extending northwardly from the western line of Godwin Islands through
the western line of Ellen Island to the northern bank of the York.
sued (d) In the East, North, Ware and Severn Rivers and their tribu-
ries.