HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-05 Ordinance 2016-05
Ordinance Setting Minimum Size and Daily Creel Limit
For Channel Catfish at Gatewood Reservoir
WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) is implementing
a size limit of 18" in length for channel catfish and reducing the daily creel limit from 20 per
day to 5 per day at all small lakes statewide, including Gatewood Reservoir; and,
WHEREAS, this size limit measure is being implemented to allow channel catfish in small
lakes to grow to a larger size before harvest and the creel limit measure is being adjusted to
limit harvest of this species; and,
WHEREAS, finding that Council has in the past approved fishing regulations and has
authorized Conservation Police Officers to enforce those regulations, the Virginia Department
of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) has requested that the Town approve a size limit of
18" in length and reduce the creel limit to five (5) per day for channel catfish taken from
Gatewood Reservoir; and,
WHEREAS, Town Council received the report of the department and considered its request
at its regular meeting on February 16, 2016;
NOW, THEREFORE be it ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia,
sitting in regular session this 1st day of March 2016, that Chapter 14 of the Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended as shown in Attachment A affixed hereto and expressly made
part of this ordinance, to incorporate the size and creel limits for channel catfish taken from
Gatewood Reservoir, as requested by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
and to provide for the enforcement thereof.
This ordinance is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 1st day of March 2016
by the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as follows:
Heather L. Steele -Aye H.M. Kidd -Aye
Gregory C. East -Aye James A. Radcliffe -Aye
David L. Clark -Aye Lane R. Penn -Aye
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
BY: 77/ „,„/
,f•i/ . Worrell, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
Attachment A
Ordinance 2016-05
Chapter 14
Article IV. Limitations on Harvesting Channel Catfish from Gatewood Reservoir
Sec. 14-45. Harvesting Limitations
(1) As of March 1, 2016, the minimum size limit for channel catfish taken at
Gatewood Reservoir shall be eighteen (18) inches in length.
(2) As of March 1, 2016 the daily creel limit for channel catfish taken at Gatewood
Reservoir shall be five (5) per calendar day.
Sec. 14-46. Enforcement.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, through their Conservation
Police Officers or other such authority as designated by the department, are
authorized to enforce these regulations at Gatewood Reservoir.