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4 VAC 20-10 Pertaining to Fishing in Broad and Linkhorn Bays
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
1/31/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-20 Pertaining to the Licensing of Fixed Fishing Devices
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-25 Pertaining to Pound Net Siting Public Interest Review
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-60 Pertaining to the Display of Licenses to Catch Finfish or Crabs
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
1/10/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-70 Pertaining to the Harvesting of Clams
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-80 Pertaining to the Setting of Fishing Devices Proximate to Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-100 Pertaining to the Taking of Clams on Seaside of Eastern Shore
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-110 Pertaining to Lobsters
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-120 Pertaining to Public Notice of Applications for Permits for Certain Uses of State-Owned Bottomlands
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-130 Pertaining to Prohibited Areas for Use of Patent Tongs
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-140 Pertaining to Identification of Crab Pots, Peeler Pots, Eel Pots, and Fish Pots
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-150 Pertaining to the Dredging of Conchs (Also Known As Whelks)
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-170 Pertaining to the Removal of Nets
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-190 Pertaining to Measuring Mesh Size of Menhaden Nets
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-220 Pertaining to the Taking of Finfish by Gill Nets
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-230 Pertaining to the Harvesting of Surf Clams
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-240 Pertaining to the Tangier Island Crab Scrape Sanctuary
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-252 Pertaining to the Taking of Striped Bass
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-260 Pertaining to Designation of Seed Areas and Clean Cull Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-270 Pertaining to Blue Crab Fishery
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-280 Pertaining to Speckled Trout
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-290 Marking of Leased Oyster Planting Ground
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-310 Pertaining to the Relaying of Shellfish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-320 Pertaining to the Taking of Black Drum
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-330 Pertaining to the Taking of Shellfish from Condemned Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-333 Virginia General Permit #1 (VGP#1) for Projects Undertaken by the Virginia Department of Transportation in, on or over State-Owned Subaqueous Lands Anywhere Within the Commonwealth
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-335 Pertaining to on-Bottom Shellfish Aquaculture Activities
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-336 General Permit No. 3 Pertaining to Noncommercial Riparian Shellfish Growing Activities
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-337 Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (Sav) Transplantation Guidelines
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-340 Public Participation Guidelines
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-345 General Wetlands Permit for Emergency Situations
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-350 Pertaining to Prohibiting the Sale of Billfish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-360 Criteria for the Siting of Marinas or Community Facilities for Boat Mooring
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-370 Pertaining to the Culling of Crabs
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-380 Pertaining to Grey Trout (Weakfish)
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-390 Wetlands Mitigation -- Compensation Policy
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-395 General Permit for Emergency Situations and Water Quality Improvement Projects
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-398 Ballast Water Discharge Reporting
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-400 Criteria for the Placement of Sandy Dredged Material Along Beaches in the Commonwealth
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-410 Pertaining to the Use of Patent Tongs
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-430 Pertaining to the Marking and Minimum Mesh Size of Gill Nets
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-440 Coastal Primary Sand Dune/Beaches Guidelines: Barrier Island Policy
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-450 Pertaining to the Taking of Bluefish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-460 Pertaining to the Use of Crab Traps and Pounds
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-470 Pertaining to Hampton Roads Management Area
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-480 Pertaining to Eastern Shore Bayside Management Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-490 Pertaining to Sharks
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-500 Pertaining to the Catching of Eels
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-510 Pertaining to Amberjack and Cobia
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-520 Pertaining to the Use of Patent Tongs
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-530 Pertaining to American Shad
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-540 Pertaining to Spanish and King Mackerel
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-550 Pertaining to the Removal of Gill Nets and Other Nonfixed Finfishing Gear
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-560 Pertaining to Shellfish Management Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-561 Pertaining to the Hampton Flats Hard Clam Harvest Area
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-566 Pertaining to the Hampton Roads Shellfish Relay Area
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-570 Pertaining to the Use of Firearms to Take Fish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-580 Pertaining to the Alteration of Finfish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-590 Pertaining to the Taking of Hard Clams
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-600 Pertaining to Pound Net License Sales
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-610 Pertaining to Commercial Fishing and Mandatory Harvest Reporting
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-620 Pertaining to Summer Flounder
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-650 Establishment of Oyster Sanctuary Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-670 Pertaining to Recreational Gear Licenses
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-680 Pertaining to Gill Nets
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-700 Pertaining to Crab Pots
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-720 Pertaining to Restrictions on Oyster Harvest
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-730 Pertaining to Nonresident Harvesters License Fee
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-740 Pertaining to the Snagging or Towing of Fish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-751 Pertaining to the Setting and Mesh Size of Gill Nets
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-752 Pertaining to Blue Crab Sanctuaries
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-754 Pertaining to Importation of Fish, Shellfish or Crustacea into Virginia's Waters
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-755 Pertaining to Artificial Reefs
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-770 Piankatank River Management Area
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-780 Patent Tong Restrictions
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-790 Open Public Oyster Rocks, Pocomoke Sound
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-810 Opening of John East Turn and Poynter Rocks and Closing Beaseley Bay Rock and Deep Creek Channel, Buoy No. 7
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-830 A Change in the Oyster Cull Size for Oysters Harvested from Russ Rock, Rappahannock River
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-850 Expansion of the Jail Island Clean Cull Area
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-860 A Change in the Oyster Cull Size for Oysters Harvested from Little Carters Rock, Rappahannock River
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-880 Pertaining to Hard Crab Pot Limits
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-890 Pertaining to Channeled Whelk
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-900 Pertaining to Horseshoe Crab
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-910 Pertaining to Scup (Porgy)
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-920 Pertaining to Landing Licenses
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-950 Pertaining to Black Sea Bass
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-960 Pertaining to Tautog
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-970 Pertaining to Spadefish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-980 Pertaining to on-Shore Loading and Unloading of Shellfish from Condemned Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-995 Pertaining to Commercial Hook-And-Line Fishing
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1000 Pertaining to Dredging in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1020 Pertaining to Bay Scallops
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1030 Management Plan for the Ungranted State Lands in Accomack and Northampton Counties
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1040 Pertaining to Commercial Crab Fishery Licenses
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
11/29/2022 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1045 Pertaining to Establishment of Restricted Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-1050 Pertaining to Establishment of Restricted Area -- Huntington Ingalls Industries/Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-1060 Pertaining to Enlargement of Established Restricted Area -- Dominion Power/Nuclear Power Station
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-1065 Pertaining to Establishment of Restricted Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-1070 Pertaining to Haul Seines
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1080 Pertaining to Monkfish (Goosefish)
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1090 Pertaining to Licensing Requirements and License Fees
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1100 Pertaining to Shellfish Handling
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1110 Pertaining to Sheepshead
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1120 Pertaining to Tilefish and Grouper
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1130 General Permit No. 4 for Temporary Protective Enclosures for Shellfish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1140 Prohibition of Crab Dredging in Virginia Waters
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1170 Requirements Related to the Purchase of Fish from the Catcher
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-1180 Pertaining to Fishing Guides, Charter Boat, and Head Boat Fisheries
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1190 Pertaining to Gill Net Control Date
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/16/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1200 Pertaining to the Special Oyster Relay Season in the Rappahannock River
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1220 Pertaining to Separation Between Nets
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1230 Pertaining to Restrictions on Shellfish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1240 Fisherman Identification Program
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-1250 Pertaining to the Tagging of Shellfish
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1260 Pertaining to River Herring
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1270 Pertaining to Atlantic Menhaden
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1280 Pertaining to Fishing License and Privilege Revocation
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-1290 Pertaining to Restrictions on the Harvest of Shellfish and in Condemned Shellfish Areas
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1300 Living Shoreline Group 1 General Permit for Certain Living Shoreline Treatments Involving Tidal Wetlands
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1310 Pertaining to Jonah Crab
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1320 Pertaining to Establishment of Restricted Area - Maritime Administration James River Reserve Fleet
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
2/7/2023 10/12/2026
4 VAC 20-1330 Living Shoreline Group 2 General Permit for Certain Living Shoreline Treatments Involving Submerged Lands, Tidal Wetlands, or Coastal Primary Sand Dunes and Beaches
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
3/14/2023 11/23/2026
4 VAC 20-1340 Fast-Track Permitting Program for Disposal of Dredged Material
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
6/1/2023
4 VAC 20-1350 Pertaining to General Oyster Planting Ground Lease Renewal Fee
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
10/1/2023
4 VAC 20-1360 Pertaining to Commercial Electrofishing
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
1/1/2024
4 VAC 20-1370 Pertaining to Atlantic Croaker
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
4/15/2025
4 VAC 20-1380 Pertaining to Spot
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
4/15/2025
4 VAC 20-1390 Pertaining to Shrimp
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
8/1/2025
4 VAC 20-1400 Pertaining to Red Drum
Chapter is Exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act
9/1/2025