§ 306. Duties of Attorney General
If at any time any question of law or any litigation arises, and the Attorney General is otherwise occupied, and cannot give the time and attention necessary to such question of law or litigation as the occasion demands, the several Assistant Attorneys General shall attend to any such question of law or litigation arising within […]
§ 307. Injunctions
Courts of the territory shall have jurisdiction to enforce the fisheries of the territory by injunction.
§ 308. Bond of employees
The Commissioner may require, as he determines, that bond be given by any employee of the Department, payable to the Governor of the territory for the use and benefit of those whom it may concern, in such penal sums with good and sufficient surety or sureties approved by the Commissioner conditioned for the faithful performance […]
§ 309. Ownership of navigable waters
(a) Subject to the provisions of federal laws pertaining to the proprietary rights of the Government of the United States, all beds and bottoms of navigable rivers, streams, lagoons, lakes, sounds, inlets, bays, roadsteads, harbors, oceans, seas or other bodies of water within the jurisdiction of the territory shall be the property of the territory […]
§ 304. Administration; rules and regulations
(a) The Commissioner shall prescribe all rules and regulations necessary or desirable for carrying out the duties, obligations, powers and responsibilities conferred upon him under this chapter, which, after being approved in accordance with chapter 25 of Title 3 of the Code and published as required in subsection (c) of this section shall have the […]
§ 301. Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to preserve, manage and protect the fishery resources, to regulate fishing and to secure its increase and development in all marine, estuarine and freshwaters within the jurisdiction of the United States Virgin Islands.
§ 302. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) “Alien” means a person who is not a United States citizen by birth or naturalization. (2) “Angling” means fishing with hand line or rod with naturally or artificially baited hook. (3) “Closed season” means the […]
§ 303. Duties of the Commissioner
(a) The Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To preserve, manage and protect the fishery resources of the territory in the inland and jurisdictional coastal waters thereof. (2) To regulate the operations of all fishermen vessels of this territory engaged in the taking of fishery resources within or without the boundaries of […]