The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
"Bait bag" means a bag, box, or other container with mesh,
slats, or other types of openings no greater than three-eighths of an inch in
one dimension, either width or length, that is designed for the purposes of
containing the bait within a channeled whelk pot.
"Basket" means a circular plastic mesh container of 2,566
cubic inches with a top inside diameter of 17 inches, bottom inside diameter of
13.5 inches, and an inside height of 14 inches.
"Bushel" means a Virginia bushel with a volumetric measure
equivalent to 1.4 U.S. standard bushels or 3,003.9 cubic inches.
"Channeled whelk" means any whelk of the species Busycotypus
canaliculatus.
"Land" or "landing" means to enter port with channeled whelk
on board any boat or vessel, to begin offloading channeled whelk, or to offload
channeled whelk.
"Length" means the total length of a channeled whelk,
measured from the tip of the apex to the outer tip of the shell opening.
"MRC ID" means the unique Marine Resources Commission
identification number assigned to each individual.
Notes
4 Va. Admin. Code §
20-890-20
Derived from Virginia
Register Volume 12, Issue 18, eff. April 30, 1996; amended, Virginia Register
Volume 13, Issue 18, eff. May 1, 1997; Volume 13, Issue 24, eff. August 1,
1997; Volume 16, Issue 25, eff. October 1, 2000; Volume 23, Issue 19, eff. July
1, 2007; Amended,
Virginia
Register Volume 35, Issue 17, eff.
4/1/2019.
Statutory Authority: §
28.2-201
of the Code of Virginia.
