Virginia Code Title 28.2. Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters § 28.2-308. Setting of gill nets in oceanfront;  penalty

From the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day through September 15 of each year, gill net operators along the southern oceanfront boundary of the United States Dam Neck Military Base south to the North Carolina border shall maintain unimpeded breaks of 500 feet between adjacent rows of nets.  Gaps between such gill nets in the same row shall occur no less than every 2,000 feet.  These gill nets shall be set at a minimum of 400 feet seaward from the mean high-water mark.

A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.