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 Info (PDF)
Pending Oyster Lease Applications