California · Fish and Game Code - FGC

FGC §8670: It is unlawful for any person to use, operate, or assist in using or operating any net to take salmon, steelhead, striped bass, sturgeon, or shad for commercial purposes in any of the tidal waters lyi

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is illegal to use nets to commercially catch certain fish species in specific tidal waters upstream from the Carquinez Bridge, or to possess such nets on boats in those waters.

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It is unlawful for any person to use, operate, or assist in using or operating any net to take salmon, steelhead, striped bass, sturgeon, or shad for commercial purposes in any of the tidal waters lying upstream from the Carquinez Bridge, or to possess on any boat in these waters any net the use of which is illegal in such waters.

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