Shellfish Leases for Sale

Any persons seeking to sell or purchase an oyster planting ground lease are responsible for their own terms and conditions. The VMRC will not participate in any negotiations between the two parties. 

The physical transfer of any lease must be approved by the Marine Resources Commission by means of submittal of an application for transfer oyster planting ground that can be obtained from VMRC or directly from the internet at http://www.mrc.virginia.gov/forms/index.shtm#Oyster Ground Leasing. The current year lease rent must be paid in order to transfer an oyster planting ground lease. The administrative cost to transfer leases is provided on the transfer form.

If you are an existing oyster planting ground leaseholder or if you are seeking to obtain an oyster planting ground lease and wish to be added to this list, E-mail the information you wish to post to web.info@mrc.virginia.gov Please indicate in your request how long you would like your information posted. Information more than one year old will be removed; if you would like your information removed from the list earlier please send an email to the address above.

Other shellfish lease related links:

Oyster Ground Leasing
Shellfish Aquaculture
Pending Oyster Lease Applications

Information is posted in reverse chronological order.

Wish to sell leases

 
FOR SALE:
Wish to sell lease 21791, 21792 149.81 acres total . Call 804-654-9718
Added 2023-08-30
FOR SALE:
$200 per acre OBO. (excl transfer fee)

lease # 12576, plat 15109
   2.41 acres, Isle of Wight
lease # 12577, plat 3428
   3.71 acres, James River Middle
lease # 12578, plat 3429
   4.92 acres, James River Middle
lease # 12580, plat 12192
   5.7 acres, Nansemond River
lease # 12581, plat 13466
   24.76 acres, Battens Bay
lease # 12582, plat 12478
   25.65 acres, Chuckatuck Creek
lease # 12583, plat 7832
   86.8 acres, James River Middle
lease # 12584, plat 15556
   3.61 acres, Nansemond River
lease # 12585, plat 15555
   100.28 acres, Nansemond River

call 757-478-6228 or
email nitabagnell@gmail.com

Added 2023-08-21
FOR SALE:
9.67 ac. oyster planting ground for sale. Plat #20347, Cloverdale Creek. Just south of Great Wicomico River below Dameron's Marsh.
$2,000.
Contact Greg Swift: (804) 436-7043
Added 2020-09-23


Leases Wanted


WANTED:
We are interested in purchasing oyster ground leases.
Please contact angel@runningtide.com
Added 2021-06-03
WANTED:
We are interested in purchasing oyster ground lease.

Contact Gary Garbaccio at bgarbaccio@gmail.com or bgarbaccio@icloud.com
Added 2020-05-20


Page updated: 02:08 PM Monday, May 22, 2023

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