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Statutes > Virginia > Title-28-2 > Chapter-7 > 28-2-713§ 28.2-713. Limiting the taking of crabs by one boat in one day; penalty.
Whenever the interest of conservation or the crabbing industry requires, theCommission may limit the taking or catching of crabs by one boat in one day.Violation of such a regulation is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Possession of crabs in excess of the amount provided by such regulation shallbe prima facie evidence of violation; however, the provisions of this sectionshall not apply to crab buy boats.
(Code 1950, § 28-172.1; 1956, c. 357; 1958, c. 449; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-168;1992, c. 836.)
