A. The open season for the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries fall striped bass recreational fishery shall be October 4 through December 31 9, inclusive.

B. The minimum size limit shall be 19 inches total length.

C. The maximum size limit shall be 24 inches total length.

D. The daily possession limit shall be one fish per person.

A. The open season for the Potomac River tributaries summer/fall striped bass recreational fishery shall correspond to the open summer/fall season as established by the Potomac River Fisheries Commission for the mainstem Potomac River and shall be May 16 through July 6 and August 21 through December 31 9.

B. The minimum size limit shall be 19 inches total length.

C. The maximum size limit shall be 24 inches total length.

D. The daily possession limit shall be one fish per person.

A. The open seasons for the coastal area striped bass recreational fishery shall be January 1 through March 31 and May 16 through December 31 June 30, and August 4 through November 27, inclusive.

B. The minimum size limit shall be 28 inches total length.

C. The maximum size limit shall be 31 inches total length.

D. The daily possession limit shall be one fish per person.

A. The commercial harvest quota for the Chesapeake Bay area shall be determined annually by the Marine Resources Commission in compliance with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The total allowable level of all commercial harvest of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries and the Potomac River tributaries of Virginia for all open seasons and for all legal gear shall be 914,555 804,808 pounds of whole fish. At such time as the total commercial harvest of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay area is projected to reach 914,555 804,808 pounds and announced as such, it shall be unlawful for any person to land or possess striped bass caught for commercial purposes from the Chesapeake Bay area.

B. The commercial harvest quota for the coastal area of Virginia shall be determined annually by the Marine Resources Commission in compliance with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The total allowable level of all commercial harvest of striped bass from the coastal area for all open seasons and for all legal gear shall be 116,282 102,328 pounds of whole fish. At such time as the total commercial harvest of striped bass from the coastal area is projected to reach 116,282 102,328 pounds and announced as such, it shall be unlawful for any person to land or possess striped bass caught for commercial purposes from the coastal area.

C. For the purposes of assigning tags to a person for commercial harvests in the Chesapeake Bay area as described in 4VAC20-252-160, the individual commercial harvest quota of striped bass in pounds shall be converted to an estimate in numbers of fish per individual harvest quota based on the average weight of striped bass harvested by the permitted person during the previous fishing year. The number of striped bass tags issued to each person will equal the estimated number of fish to be landed by that individual harvest quota, plus a number of striped bass tags equal to 10% of the total allotment determined for each person.

D. For the purposes of assigning tags to a person for commercial harvests in the coastal area of Virginia as described in 4VAC20-252-160, the individual commercial harvest quota of striped bass in pounds shall be converted to a quota in numbers of fish per individual commercial harvest quota based on the reported average coastal area harvest weight of striped bass harvested by the permitted person during the previous fishing year, except as described in subsection E of this section. The number of striped bass tags issued to each person will equal the estimated number of fish to be landed by that individual harvest quota, plus a number of striped bass tags equal to 10% of the total allotment determined for each person.

E. For any person whose reported average coastal area harvest weight of striped bass in the previous fishing year was less than 12 pounds, a 12-pound minimum weight shall be used to convert that person's harvest quota of striped bass, in pounds of fish, to harvest quota in number of fish.