Upon receipt of such notice, the owner or operator of such grounds, establishment, or other place shall cease to take crustacea, finfish, or shellfish from such ground, except as is hereinafter provided, and shall cease to prepare for market, or to sell or offer for sale, or to dispose of crustacea, finfish, or shellfish in such establishments or other places until the cause for such notice has been removed or relieved to the satisfaction of the State Health Commissioner.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 28.2-805

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Marine Resources. See Virginia Code 28.2-100
  • Crustacea: means all edible species of crab, lobster and shrimp, whether raw or processed. See Virginia Code 28.2-800
  • Establishment: means any vehicle, vessel, property or premises where crustacea, finfish or shellfish are transported, held, stored, processed, packed, repacked, or pasteurized in preparation for marketing. See Virginia Code 28.2-800
  • Finfish: means any cold-blooded, strictly aquatic, water-breathing craniate vertebrate with fins, including cyclostomes, elasmobranchs and higher-gilled aquatic vertebrates with cartilaginous or bony skeletons or any parts thereof. See Virginia Code 28.2-800
  • Shellfish: means all species within the phylum Mollusca including but not limited to oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, conchs and whelks, whether raw or processed. See Virginia Code 28.2-800
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245

Code 1950, § 28-160; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-176; 1992, c. 836.

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