Forest and Stream, August 12, 1875
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Sea -- Finfish - Methods : SeineSea -- Finfish - LegislationNatural resources -- Conservation - Game
THE VIRGINIA FISH LAW. -- This law, one of the best on the statute books of Virginia, prohibits the catching of fish with seines in the waters of the State for the space of two months, from the 15th of June to the 15th of August, and the fine for violation is $500 and confiscation of boat and fishing tackle; but to secure conviction some one must first become an informer, and this is enough to prevent almost any honest man from interfering. Of course it is not to be supposed that the various Commonwealth's attorneys are to become spies and detectives; consequently the law is of no effect.
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Natural resources -- Conservation - Game
-- The Norfolk Game Protective Association has just been organized at Norfolk, Virginia, and it is the intention of its promoters to secure the formation of similar clubs all over the State where they are much needed; the games laws of the State being utterly inadequate for the purposes for which they are framed. The following gentlemen were elected officers: -- President, S. R. White; First Vice President, S. P. Moore, of Portsmouth; Second Vice President, W. H. Seabury; Secretary, J. C. Adkinson; Treasurer, Nathaniel Burruss; Attorney of Association, Judge Garnett; Executive Committee, Messrs. Hardy, Joseph Hobday, L. W. Tazewell, and John B. Corprew. Messrs. W. E. Taylor and J. T. Allyn have been energetic in this matter, and will endeavor to secure the passage of suitable laws by the Legislature that meets next Winter.