CHAPTER 294

An Act to amend and reenact § 28.1-50 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the taking of channel bass and rockfish; prescribing limitations;
and providing for confiscation and disposition of such fish taken
legally.

[H 502]

Approved March 31, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 28.1-50 of the Code of Virginia, be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 28.1-50. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to take, catch, and/or have in possession, offer for sale or transport during
any one day more than * two channel bass (red drum) over thirty-two
inches in length * or more than two rockfish (striped bass) over forty
ieee “ length. Al such measurements are to be from tip of nose to
tip of tatl.

Any person, taking or catching more than two channel bass over thirty-
two inches in length or more than two rockfish over forty inches in
length, shall immediately release and return such fish to the water at the
place where the fish were taken or caught.

Any person, firm or corporation who has more than two of either such
fish in their possession, during any one day, shall be deemed guilty of vio-
lating the provisions of this section. Any inspector who finds more than
two such fish in the possession of any person, firm or corporation shall
twmmediately confiscate such fish.

An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.