Recreational license required

Va. Code Ann. § 28.2-302.1
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Except in areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Wildlife Resources and as provided in § 28.2-302.5 , a person shall not take or catch fish with rod and reel, hand line, by spearing or gigging, with a cast net, with a dip net, or by using up to two eel pots in the tidal waters of the Commonwealth under the jurisdiction of the Commission without first obtaining a saltwater recreational fishing license. The license required by this section and issued pursuant to § 28.2-302.2 , 28.2-302.2:1 , 28.2-302.6 , 28.2-302.7 , 28.2-302.8 , 28.2-302.9 or 28.2-302.10 shall not be transferable. 1992, c. 895; 1993, c. 241; 2002, c. 215 ; 2004, c. 486 ; 2005, c. 124 ; 2020, c. 958 .
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