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1. COMMERCIAL LICENSES
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Commercial Fisherman Registration License
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$190.00
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Commercial Fisherman Registration License for a person 70 years or older
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$90.00
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Delayed Entry Registration
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$190.00
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Delayed Entry Registration License for a person 70 years or older
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$90.00
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Seafood Landing License for each boat or vessel
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$175.00
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For each Commercial Fishing Pier over or upon subaqueous beds (mandatory)
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$83.00
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Seafood Buyer's License -- For each boat or motor vehicle
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$63.00
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Seafood Buyer's License -- For each place of business
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$126.00
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Clam Aquaculture Product Owner's Permit
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$10.00
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Oyster Aquaculture Product Owner's Permit
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$10.00
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Clam Aquaculture Harvester's Permit
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$5.00
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Oyster Aquaculture Harvester's Permit
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$5.00
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Nonresident Harvester's License
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$444.00
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2. OYSTER RESOURCE USER FEES
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Any licensed commercial fisherman harvesting oysters by hand
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$50.00
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For any harvester using one or more gear types to harvest oysters or for any registered commercial fisherman who solely harvests or possesses any bushel limit described in 4VAC20-720-80, only one oyster resource user fee, per year, shall be paid
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$300.00
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On any business shucking or packing no more than 1,000 gallons of oysters
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$500.00
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On any business shucking or packing more than 1,000 but no more than 10,000 gallons of oysters
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$1,000.00
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On any business shucking or packing more than 10,000 but no more than 25,000 gallons of oysters
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$2,000.00
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On any business shucking or packing more than 25,000 gallons of oysters
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$4,000.00
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On any oyster buyer using a single truck or location
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$100.00
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On any oyster buyer using multiple trucks or locations
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$300.00
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Commercial aquaculture operation, on riparian assignment or general oyster planting grounds
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$50.00
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3. OYSTER HARVESTING, SHUCKING, RELAY, AND BUYERS LICENSES
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Any person purchasing oysters caught from the public grounds of the Commonwealth or the Potomac River, for a single place of business with one boat or motor vehicle used for buying oysters
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$50.00
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Any person purchasing oysters caught from the public grounds of the Commonwealth or the Potomac River, for a single place of business with multiple boats or motor vehicles used for buying oysters
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$100.00
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For each person taking oysters by hand, or with ordinary tongs
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$10.00
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For each single-rigged patent tong boat taking oysters
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$35.00
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For each double-rigged patent tong boat taking oysters
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$70.00
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Oyster Dredge Public Ground
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$50.00
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Oyster Hand Scrape
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$50.00
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To shuck and pack oysters, for any number of gallons under 1,000
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$12.00
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To shuck and pack oysters, for 1,000 gallons, up to 10,000
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$33.00
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To shuck and pack oysters, for 10,000 gallons, up to 25,000
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$74.00
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To shuck and pack oysters, for 25,000 gallons, up to 50,000
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$124.00
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To shuck and pack oysters, for 50,000 gallons, up to 100,000
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$207.00
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To shuck and pack oysters, for 100,000 gallons, up to 200,000
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$290.00
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To shuck and pack oysters, for 200,000 gallons or over
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$456.00
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One-day permit to To relay condemned shellfish from a general oyster planting ground
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$150.00
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4. BLUE CRAB HARVESTING AND SHEDDING LICENSES, EXCLUSIVE OF CRAB POT LICENSES
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For each person taking or catching crabs by dip nets
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$13.00
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For ordinary trotlines
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$13.00
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For patent trotlines
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$51.00
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For each single-rigged crab-scrape boat
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$26.00
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For each double-rigged crab-scrape boat
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$53.00
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For up to 210 peeler pots
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$36.00
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For up to 20 tanks and floats for shedding crabs
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$9.00
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For more than 20 tanks or floats for shedding crabs
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$19.00
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For each crab trap or crab pound
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$8.00
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5. CRAB POT LICENSES
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For up to 85 crab pots
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$48.00
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For over 85 but not more than 127 crab pots
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$79.00
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For over 127 but not more than 170 crab pots
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$79.00
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For over 170 but not more than 255 crab pots
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$79.00
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For over 255 but not more than 425 crab pots
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$127.00
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6. HORSESHOE CRAB, LOBSTER, AND SHRIMP LICENSES
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For each person harvesting horseshoe crabs by hand
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$16.00
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For each boat engaged in fishing for or landing of lobster using less than 200 pots
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$41.00
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For each boat engaged in fishing for or landing of lobster using 200 pots or more
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$166.00
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For each person commercial shrimp trawling
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$100.00
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7. CLAM HARVESTING LICENSES
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For each person taking or harvesting clams by hand, rake, or with ordinary tongs
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$24.00
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For each single-rigged patent tong boat taking clams
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$58.00
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For each double-rigged patent tong boat taking clams
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$84.00
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For each boat using clam dredge (hand)
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$19.00
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For each boat using clam dredge (power)
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$44.00
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For each boat using hydraulic dredge to catch soft shell clams
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$83.00
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For each person taking surf clams
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$124.00
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Water Rake Permit
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$24.00
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8. CONCH (WHELK) HARVESTING LICENSES
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For each boat using a conch dredge
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$58.00
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For each person taking channeled whelk by conch pot
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$51.00
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9. FINFISH HARVESTING LICENSES
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Each pound net
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$41.00
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Each stake gill net of 1,200 feet in length or under, with a fixed location
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$24.00
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All other gill nets up to 600 feet
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$16.00
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All other gill nets over 600 feet and up to 1,200 feet
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$24.00
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Each person using a cast net or throw net or similar device
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$13.00
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Each fyke net head, weir, or similar device
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$13.00
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For fish trotlines
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$19.00
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Each person using or operating a fish dip net
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$9.00
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On each haul seine used for catching fish, under 500 yards in length
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$48.00
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On each haul seine used for catching fish, from 500 yards in length to 1,000 yards in length
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$146.00
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For each person using commercial hook and line
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$31.00
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For each person using commercial hook and line for catching striped bass only
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$31.00
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For up to 100 fish pots
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$19.00
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For over 100 but not more than 300 fish pots
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$24.00
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For over 300 fish pots
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$62.00
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For up to 100 eel pots
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$19.00
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For over 100 but not more than 300 eel pots
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$24.00
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For over 300 eel pots
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$62.00
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For each person electrofishing catfish
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$100.00
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10. MENHADEN HARVESTING LICENSES
Any person purchasing more than one of the following licenses, as described in this subsection, for the same vessel, shall pay a fee equal to that for a single license for the same vessel.
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On each boat or vessel under 70 gross tons fishing for the purse seine menhaden reduction sector
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$249.00
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On each vessel 70 gross tons or over fishing for the purse seine menhaden reduction sector
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$996.00
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On each boat or vessel under 70 gross tons fishing for the purse seine menhaden bait sector
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$249.00
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On each vessel 70 gross tons or over fishing for the purse seine menhaden bait sector
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$996.00
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11. COMMERCIAL GEAR FOR RECREATIONAL USE
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Up to five crab pots with a terrapin excluder device
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$36.00
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Up to five crab pots without a terrapin excluder device
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$46.00
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Crab trotline (300 feet maximum)
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$10.00
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One crab trap or crab pound
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$6.00
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One gill net up to 300 feet in length
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$9.00
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Fish dip net
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$7.00
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Fish cast net
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$10.00
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Up to two eel pots
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$10.00
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12. SALTWATER RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSE
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Individual, resident (one year)
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$17.50
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Individual, resident (two years)
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$33.50
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Individual, resident (three years)
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$49.50
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Individual, resident (four years)
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$65.50
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Individual, nonresident (one year)
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$25.00
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Temporary 10-Day, resident
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$10.00
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Temporary 10-Day, nonresident
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$10.00
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Recreational boat, resident
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$48.00
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Recreational boat, nonresident, provided a nonresident may not purchase a recreational boat license unless his boat is registered in Virginia
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$76.00
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Head Boat/Charter Boat, resident, six or less passengers
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$190.00
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Head Boat/Charter Boat, nonresident, six or less passengers
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$380.00
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Head Boat/Charter Boat, resident, more than six passengers, plus $5.00 per person, over six persons
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$190.00
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Head Boat/Charter Boat, nonresident, more than six passengers, plus $5.00 per person, over six persons
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$380.00
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Rental Boat, resident, per boat, with maximum fee of $703
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$14.00
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Rental Boat, nonresident, per boat, with maximum fee of $1270
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$18.00
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Commercial Fishing Pier (Optional)
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$632.00
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Disabled Resident Lifetime Saltwater License
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$10.00
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Disabled Nonresident Lifetime Saltwater License
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$10.00
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Reissuance of Saltwater Recreational Boat License
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$5.00
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13. COMBINED SPORTFISHING LICENSE
This license is to fish in all inland waters and tidal waters of the Commonwealth during open season.
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Residents
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$39.50
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Nonresidents
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$71.00
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14. COMBINED SPORTFISHING TRIP LICENSE
This license is to fish in all inland waters and tidal waters of the Commonwealth during open season for five consecutive days.
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Residents
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$24.00
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Nonresidents
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$31.00
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15. TIDAL BOAT SPORTFISHING LICENSE
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Residents
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$126.00
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Nonresidents
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$201.00
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16. LIFETIME SALTWATER RECREATIONAL FISHING LICENSES
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Individual Resident Lifetime License
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$276.00
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Individual Nonresident Lifetime License
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$500.00
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Individual Resident Lifetime License age 45 - 50
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$132.00
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Individual Nonresident Lifetime License age 45 - 50
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$240.00
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Individual Resident Lifetime License age 51 - 55
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$99.00
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Individual Nonresident Lifetime License age 51 - 55
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$180.00
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Individual Resident Lifetime License age 56 - 60
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$66.00
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Individual Nonresident Lifetime License age 56 - 60
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$120.00
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Individual Resident Lifetime License age 61 - 64
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$35.00
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Individual Nonresident Lifetime License age 61 - 64
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$60.00
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Individual Resident Lifetime License age 65 and older
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$5.00
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