The operator of a commercially operated fishing pond shall be required to furnish a receipt to each fisherman taking trout therein a bill of sale, which shall include the name of the fisherman, date, species and number of trout creeled from the pond. The fisherman shall retain this bill of sale receipt as long as the fish are in his possession and a duplicate of that shall remain with the operator of the commercially operated fishing pond and be made available for inspection by all authorized department personnel.

A. Permit required. It shall be lawful to sell artificially raised brown trout, brook trout, or rainbow trout. Commercial aquaculture operations in Virginia that artificially raise and sell brown, brook, and rainbow trout must obtain a permit from the department.

B. Records. Any person who shall artificially raise brown trout, brook trout or rainbow trout for sale shall keep a record of the number and species, the number raised or, if imported, from whom purchased.

C. Inspection of premises or establishments. Any establishment raising trout or ordering, importing or possessing trout, as provided for in subsection A of this section, shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours to any representative of the department.

D. B. Trout as bait. Artificially raised rainbow trout may be sold as bait for use in the James River and the New River, and in impoundments (ponds, lakes, and reservoirs), except impoundments listed as designated stocked trout waters, Lake Moomaw, and Philpott Reservoir. Persons possessing purchased rainbow trout for bait must have a valid invoice or bill of sale, specifying date of purchase, the number of trout purchased, and the name of an individual or business permitted to sell trout.