Public Notice: POUND NET NOTICES

REGULATION 4 VAC 20-25-10 ET SEQ., PERTAINING TO POUND NET SITING PUBLIC INTEREST REVIEW" requires that there be an opportunity for public comment on new pound net locations that are requested for licensing by commercial fishermen. The following notices are posted by date; the comment period for each specific notice ends approximately 30 days from the date posted on this web site. Please check with The Fisheries Division at (757) 247-2248 to determine when a specific comment period ends. Send comments/inquiries within 30 days of the date a notice is posted to: Marine Resources Commission, Fisheries Management Division, 2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor, Newport News, Virginia 23607.

Note: There is a regulatory cap on the number of pound nets that are allowed in Chesapeake Bay and parts of Virginia's tidal rivers (REGULATION 4 VAC 20-600-10 ET SEQ, "LIMITS THE SALE OF POUND NET LICENSES"). The cap in the affected area is 161 pound nets. Click on the pound net cap report to see if any nets are likely available; nets available under cap is dependent on licenses sold, licenses authorized for sale, and net locations advertised for public review and will change with time. Use the pound net cap report as a guideline and consult with the Marine Police District Officer in your geographical area to decide whether to submit an application for a pound net license.

Note: notices below this point are beyond the 30 day comment period and are provided only as a reference of new pound net licensing activity. Comments will not be accepted on the notices below.

January 20, 2012: Notice is hereby given that William R. Davenport, III of White Stone, Virginia has applied to the Marine Resources Commission to license and locate a pound net in the Chesapeake Bay. The net is to be located, approximately 2,600 feet South-Southwest of #4 red buoy at the entrance to Dividing Creek in Northumberland County and approximately 2,000 feet due east of the shoreline and approximately 3,700 feet southeast of Jarvis Point. The offshore end of this net is to be located at Latitude 37° 42.772’N and Longitude 76° 18.0500005’W. The inshore end of this net is to be located at Latitude 37° 42.6582347’N and Longitude 76° 18.2535743’W. The net shall be 1200 feet in length.

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