                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TAKING AND SALE OF STURGEON PROHIBITED; PENALTY (§ 28.2-303)

Except as otherwise provided by regulation, it shall be unlawful for any person
to take, catch or possess any sturgeon. Any sturgeon caught by any person shall
be immediately returned to the water.

It shall be unlawful for any dealer or wholesaler of fish for human consumption
to buy from others or to otherwise possess for purposes of resale any sturgeon.

A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 629, § 28.1-49.1; 1981, c. 579; 1984, c. 13; 1985, cc. 546,
615; 1992, c. 836.