CHAP. 294.--An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2080 of the Code of Vir to hauling seines or setting traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton, approved March 3, 1892, and as amended by chapter 532 of the acts of 1895 and 1896, and as amended by ...

§2088. Hauling seines and setting traps in the waters of Accomac and
Northampton.--No person shall haul seines or set weirs or traps of any kind for the purpose of taking or catching fish in the waters of Accomac or Northampton counties at or within the mouth or inlet, or in any creek, stream or body of water, or in thoroughfares in said counties, be tween the fifteenth day of May and the first day of September in any year: provided, it shall be lawful during said prohibited period to catch fish with draw seines on eastern or ocean side of Accomac and Northampton counties : provided, the catch of fish shall be for home consumption, and not for sale outside of the county : and provided further, the seines, weirs and traps shall not be of a smaller mesh than two inches, stretched measure. "Mouth" and "inlet," as used in this section, shall be construed as commencing one mile beyond headlands or marshes bordering on said creeks, streams or bodies of water. This section shall not apply to taking fish known as "fatback," nor be construed to prohibit the hauling of seines for family use in the waters of the north fork of Old Plantation creek
, in the jurisdiction of Northampton county, within the limits prescribed in chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, during the months of June, July and August, nor to interfere with the privilege of taking fish in Chesapeake bay. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall for each offense be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and all seines, weirs and traps, boats and other appliances used in such violation shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.