Section 29.1-574 - ProhibitionsA. No person shall knowingly import, possess, transport, sell, purchase, give, receive, or introduce into the Commonwealth any member of a species designated as a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species without a permit from the Director issued pursuant to § 29.1-575.B. Subsection A shall not apply to any person who (i) lawfully catches a snakehead fish of the family Channidae, (ii) subsequently kills such fish, and (iii) notifies the Department, as soon as practicable, of his actions.C. Subsection A shall not apply to any Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan ( 21 C.F.R. 120 et seq.) certified restaurant or retail market that purchases from an HACCP certified dealer or sells processed snakehead fish of the family Channidae. 2003, c. 446; 2005, c. 916; 2018, c. 559.Amended by Acts 2018 c. 559, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.