Public Comment Period: September 8 – October 7, 2025
On August 21, 2025, the Virginia Board of Wildlife Resources, pursuant to §§ 29.1-103, 29.1-501, and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia, proposed amendments to the Commonwealth’s regulations governing turkey, blue catfish, and regulatory reform. Comments on the proposals are solicited during a public comment period that closes October 7, 2025. This online comment system is the most efficient and effective way to submit your views and have them seen the fastest.
Comments also may be: made during the October 22, 2025 Wildlife & Boat Committee meeting or the October 23, 2025 meeting of the Board; postal-mailed to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Attn: Policy Analyst and Regulatory Coordinator, P.O. Box 90778, Henrico, Virginia 23228; or emailed to RegComments@dwr.virginia.gov. Comments must be in writing and accompanied by the name, address and telephone number of the party offering them. Comments submitted other than at the October 23, 2025 Board meeting must be received no later than October 7, 2025.
After hearing public comment on the proposed amendments at the October 7, 2025 Board meeting, the Board will deliberate and, as desired, vote to adopt regulation amendments.
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Turkey | |
| VAC | Title |
|---|---|
| 4VAC15-240-70 | Bag limit. |
Blue Catfish | |
| VAC | Title |
| 4VAC15-320-25 | Creel and length limits. |
Regulatory Reform | |
| VAC | Title |
| 4VAC15-20-100 | Prohibited use of vehicles on department-owned lands. |
| 4VAC15-20-110 | Refusal to surrender licenses, permits, stamps, or records to department representatives. |
| 4VAC15-20-155 | Camping on Wildlife Management Areas and other department-owned or department-managed lands. |
| 4VAC15-20-160 | Nuisance species designated. |
| 4VAC15-20-210 | Definitions; nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species. |
| 4VAC15-30-10 | Possession, importation, sale, etc., of wild animals. |
| 4VAC15-30-40 | Importation requirements, possession, and sale of nonnative (exotic) animals. |
| 4VAC15-35-80 | Permit procedures. |
| 4VAC15-40-200 | Restricted use of above ground body-gripping traps in excess of five inches. |
| 4VAC15-40-260 | Sunday hunting on controlled shooting areas. |
| 4VAC15-40-280 | Department-owned, controlled, or managed lands; annual permit for hunting on lands managed by the department. |
| 4VAC15-90-280 | Sale of cervid parts and cervid mounts. |
| 4VAC15-200-60 | Disposal of wild rabbit parts. |
| 4VAC15-275-10 | Application. |
| 4VAC15-275-20 | Definitions. |
| 4VAC15-275-30 | Provisions for compliance and minimum standards for hunter education course competency. |
| 4VAC15-275-40 | Hunter education course provider requirements. |
| 4VAC15-275-60 | Hunter education course certificates, record keeping, and student records. |
| 4VAC15-275-70 | Recordkeeping and student records. (REPEALED) |
| 4VAC15-275-80 | Instructor certification. |
| 4VAC15-275-90 | Virginia Hunter Education Card. (REPEALED) |
| 4VAC15-275-100 | Fees. (REPEALED) |
| 4VAC15-290-80 | Stuffing or mounting birds and animals – records; inspections. |
| 4VAC15-290-140 | Possession and display of a harvest information program authorization to hunt migratory game birds. |
| 4VAC15-330-180 | Bills of sale for trout creeled in commercially operated fishing ponds. |
| 4VAC15-330-190 | Trout artificially raised for sale. |
| 4VAC15-340-20 | Haul seines to take fish for personal use. |
| 4VAC15-340-40 | Dip nets; generally. |
| 4VAC15-360-20 | Taking minnows and chubs for sale. |