California

Fish and Game Code - FGC

2,297 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 8393 — (a) Except where subdivision (b) has been complied with, marlin meat, whether fresh, smoked, canned, or preserved by any means, shall not be bought or sold, or possessed or transported for the purpose
• § 8394 — Swordfish shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed by a person for commercial purposes except under a valid swordfish permit.
• § 8394.5 — The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330).
• § 8395 — (a) Upon the recommendation of the director regarding management measures for surfperch of the family Embiotocidae, the commission may adopt regulations to manage the commercial surfperch resource and
• § 8398 — (a) It is unlawful to take fish for commercial purposes in that portion of Tomales Bay in District 10 between a line drawn from the most northern tip of Tomales Point northeast, 47° magnetic, to the o
• § 8399 — North of Point Conception, squid may be taken the year around; however, the commission may adopt regulations specifying the days of the week and the times of the day when squid may be taken.
• § 8399.1 — (a) In District 10, it is unlawful to engage in the following activities: (1) Attract squid by a light displayed from any vessel, except a vessel deploying nets for the take, possession, and landing o
• § 8400 — (a) California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis), mudsuckers (Gillichthys mirabilis), and yellowfin gobies (Acanthogobius flavimanus) may only be taken for commercial purposes with baitfish traps in th
• § 8403 — (a) To the extent not in conflict with Section 8607, marine species of fin fish that are classified as groundfish may be taken under the regulations of the commission.
• § 8405 — (a) Sea cucumbers shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed by a person for commercial purposes except under a valid sea cucumber permit issued to that person, which has not been suspende
• § 8405.1 — (a) Applicants for a sea cucumber permit shall specify by gear type, either trawl or dive, the method in which the applicant intends to take sea cucumbers.
• § 8405.2 — (a) A valid sea cucumber permit may be transferred by the permittee if the permittee has previously held a valid sea cucumber permit for any four permit years and landed at least 100 pounds of sea cuc
• § 8405.3 — (a) The commission, upon recommendation of the department or upon its own motion and in consultation with the sea cucumber fishing industry, may adopt regulations, including provisions governing seaso
• § 8405.4 — This article shall become inoperative on April 1, 2030, and as of January 1, 2031, is repealed.
• § 8411 — The department shall manage the Pacific mackerel resource in conformance with the federal fishery regulations as recommended by the Pacific Fishery Management Council and as adopted by the Secretary o
• § 8412 — Pacific mackerel may be taken under a revocable nontransferable permit issued by the department to boat owners or operators under conditions prescribed by the department.
• § 8420 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the fishery for market squid (Loligo opalescens) is the state’s largest fishery by volume, generating millions of dollars of income to the state annually fr
• § 8424 — (a) No person shall purchase squid from a vessel or vessels unless that person holds a license issued pursuant to Section 8032 or 8033, employs a certified weighmaster, and the facilities operated by
• § 8425 — (a) On or before December 31, 2002, the commission, after consideration of the report and recommendations prepared by the department pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8426, and, after public hear
• § 8428 — Commencing April 1, 2003, and annually thereafter, the fees for a commercial market squid vessel permit and for a commercial squid light boat owner’s permit shall be established by the commission.
• § 8429 — (a) Any statement made to the department, orally or in writing, relating to a permit issued under this article, shall be made under penalty of perjury.
• § 8429.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in this article shall prohibit or otherwise limit the authority of the director or the commission under any other law.
• § 8429.7 — Sections 8420.
• § 8430 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, it is unlawful to sell or purchase any species of trout.
• § 8431 — Dolly Varden or steelhead trout from without the State may be possessed and sold within the State when they are inspected and tagged in accordance with regulations prescribed by the commission.
• § 8432 — Steelhead trout from without the State may not be sold or possessed in District 1 1 2 in excess of the daily bag limit on steelhead trout for that district.
• § 8433 — Nothing in this article applies to trout grown pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 15000).
• § 8434 — It is unlawful to sell or purchase any fresh, canned, or cured fish taken in the Klamath River District or in the waters of the Smith River.
• § 8435 — No catfish may be sold, except catfish imported from without the state or catfish grown pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 15000).
• § 8436 — Except as provided in Section 8436.
• § 8436.5 — Notwithstanding Section 8436, the commission shall adopt regulations which authorize the importation and sale of dead fish of the family Centrarchidae if the fish have been lawfully taken outside of C
• § 8437 — The following freshwater fish may be taken for commercial purposes pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission: (a) Threadfin shad (Dorosoma petenense).
• § 8437.1 — The commission may authorize the use of commercial fishing gear and fishing methods to take any fish listed in Section 8437 in those areas of the state otherwise closed to that use pursuant to this co
• § 8438 — Notwithstanding Section 200, the commission shall regulate the taking of freshwater clams for commercial purposes.
• § 8460 — Any person engaged for profit in the taking, transporting, or selling of live fresh-water fish for bait shall first obtain from the department a live fresh-water bait fish license to possess the fish
• § 8461 — The annual license fee for a live freshwater bait fish license is fifty-five dollars ($55) for each person.
• § 8462 — A license issued under Section 8460 shall authorize the taking of only golden shiners, fathead minnows and such other species as the department may designate, under such regulations as the commission
• § 8463 — Traps not over 24 inches in greatest length nor more than 12 inches in greatest depth or width, or seines of not over 1 2 -inch mesh stretched measure and not more than 4 x 30 feet in size, may be use
• § 8490 — The taking of crayfish shall be subject to regulations as prescribed by the commission.
• § 8491 — (a) Any allowance for the commercial taking of crayfish in Lake Tahoe or in the Lake Tahoe Basin shall be for the primary purpose of population reduction and control of the signal crayfish, an invasiv
• § 8492 — The department shall take the steps it determines are necessary to prevent overfishing of crayfish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
• § 8494 — (a) Any vessel using bottom trawl gear in state-managed halibut fisheries, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 8841, shall possess a valid California halibut bottom trawl vessel permit that has
• § 8495 — (a) The following areas are designated as the California halibut trawl grounds: (1) The ocean waters lying between one and three nautical miles from the mainland shore lying south and east of a line r
• § 8496 — (a) Unless otherwise specified by the commission pursuant subdivision (b), within the California halibut trawl grounds the following requirements shall apply to the use of trawl nets: (1) Open season
• § 8497 — If the director determines that the California halibut resource, or existing fishing operations, within the designated California halibut trawl grounds are in danger of irreparable injury, he or she m
• § 850 — The director shall, from time to time, employ or appoint, with or without pay, such deputies, clerks, assistants, and other employees as the department may need to discharge in proper manner the dutie
• § 8500 — Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this chapter, no mollusks, crustaceans, or other invertebrates may be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed for commercial purposes by any person in any
• § 851 — A deputy appointed to enforce the provisions of this code is a peace officer.
• § 8510 — It is unlawful to take or land krill of any species of euphausiid for any purpose except scientific research pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission.
• § 853 — (a) The director may deputize any employee of the department to check persons for licenses required under Section 7145 and to enforce any violation of that section.
• § 854 — Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the minimum age limit for appointment to the position of fish and game warden of the department shall be 18 years.
• § 855 — Regularly employed law enforcement officers of the department may, when authorized by the director, expend such sums as authorized for the purchase of fish, birds, or mammals as evidence, or for expen
• § 8550 — Herring may be taken for commercial purposes only under a permit, subject to regulations adopted by the commission.
• § 8550.5 — (a) A herring net permit granting the privilege to take herring with nets for commercial purposes shall be issued to licensed commercial fishermen, subject to regulations adopted under Section 8550, a
• § 8552 — (a) It is unlawful to take herring for roe on a vessel unless the operator holds a herring permit issued by the department pursuant to commission regulations.
• § 8552.1 — The commission, in consultation with the department and representatives of the commercial roe herring fishery, and after holding at least one public hearing, may adjust the fees charged for permits; i
• § 8552.2 — Notwithstanding Section 1052, a herring permit may be transferred from a herring permitholder to a nonpermitholder having a minimum of 20 or more herring fishery points, as follows: The permitholder s
• § 8552.3 — The commission may, in consultation with representatives of the commercial herring roe fishery, and after holding at least one public hearing, adopt regulations intended to facilitate the transfer of
• § 8552.4 — Herring permits that are revoked or not renewed may be offered by the department for a drawing to persons having 20 or more experience points in the fishery on the first Friday of August of each year.
• § 8552.5 — The commission shall revoke any herring permit if the holder of the herring permit was convicted of failing to report herring landings or underreported herring landings or failed to correctly file wit
• § 8552.6 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 8552, a herring permit may be issued to two individuals if one of the following criteria is met: (1) The individuals are married to each other and file with the department
• § 8552.65 — (a) Upon the death of a herring permittee, the permit shall vest in the permittee’s estate or in the surviving community estate, and may be transferred by the executor, administrator, personal represe
• § 8552.7 — The department shall reissue a herring permit which has been transferred pursuant to Section 8552.
• § 8552.8 — (a) For purposes of this article, the experience points for a person engaged in the herring roe fishery shall be based on the number of years holding a commercial fishing license and the number of yea
• § 8553 — The commission may make and enforce such regulations as may be necessary or convenient for carrying out any power, authority, or jurisdiction conferred under this article.
• § 8554 — The commission, in adopting regulations for the commercial herring fishery, shall provide for the temporary substitution of a permittee to take herring, if the permittee is ill or injured, by a crewme
• § 8555 — The director shall periodically meet and confer with representatives of the commercial herring roe fishery to review regulations and policies of the commission and the department concerning that fishe
• § 8556 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall determine, by regulation, if drift or set gill nets may be used to take herring for commercial purposes.
• § 8557 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall determine if round haul nets may be used to take herring in Districts 12 and 13 and the conditions under which those nets may be used.
• § 8559 — The commission, in determining experience requirements for new entrants into the herring fishery after January 1, 1987, shall require that any person seeking a permit to operate a vessel to take herri
• § 856 — (a) All employees of the department designated by the director as deputized law enforcement officers are peace officers as provided by Section 830.
• § 856.5 — (a) The department may install patrol vehicle mounted video and audio systems, commonly known as dashboard cameras, in patrol vehicles used by peace officers described in Section 856.
• § 8561 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued to that pers
• § 8561.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 may not be transferred.
• § 8562 — Applications delivered to a department office after April 30, or if mailed, postmarked after April 30, shall not be accepted unless approved by the commission pursuant to Section 8569.
• § 8563 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the permittee shall be aboard the vessel and shall be in possession of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit when engaged in operations authorize
• § 8564 — When the permittee applies for a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, the permittee shall specify the vessel he or she will use in operations authorized by the permit.
• § 8567 — The fee for a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall be three hundred thirty dollars ($330).
• § 8568 — Drift gill net shark and swordfish permits shall be issued to any prior permittee who possesses a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued pursuant to this section, but only if the permi
• § 8568.5 — Any person holding a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit on or after January 1, 2000, who did not make, on or after January 1, 2000, the minimum landings required under subdivision (c) of
• § 8569 — The commission may establish conditions for the issuance of a permit if the person’s drift gill net shark and swordfish permit was revoked during a preceding season or if the person possessed a valid
• § 857 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the status of a person as an employee, agent, or licensee of the department does not confer upon that person a special right or privilege to knowingly e
• § 8573 — Drift gill nets may be used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article, subject to Section 8610.
• § 8574 — (a) Drift gill nets with mesh size less than 14 inches in stretched mesh shall not be used to take shark and swordfish by permittees operating under a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, and th
• § 8575 — Drift gill nets used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article shall not be used under the following circumstances: (a) From May 1 through July 31, within six nautical mile
• § 8575.5 — Drift gill nets used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article shall not be used in the following areas: (a) Within 12 nautical miles from the nearest point on the mainland
• § 8576 — (a) Drift gill nets shall not be used to take shark or swordfish from February 1 to April 30, inclusive.
• § 8576.5 — Thresher shark taken with drift gill nets shall not have the pelvic fin severed from the carcass until after the shark is brought ashore.
• § 8577 — Notwithstanding Section 8394, the director may close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery, the swordfish harpoon fishery, or any area where either or both fisheries are conducted, if, after
• § 8579 — (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his or her permit to the department.
• § 858 — (a) The department, in cooperation with landowners and landowner organizations, shall, on or before January 1, 1995, develop a statewide policy and procedure for recording and processing landowner com
• § 8580 — It is unlawful for any permittee to sell swordfish taken by him or her to other than the persons described in Section 8032 or 8033.
• § 8581 — Any license issued pursuant to Sections 8032 to 8036, inclusive, may be revoked or suspended by the commission, when requested by the department, upon a conviction for a violation of Section 8043 for
• § 8582 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the intent of this article is not to permit or encourage the taking of marlin for commercial purposes.
• § 8583 — (a) By March 31, 2020, the department shall establish a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the
• § 8583.5 — This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.
• § 8585 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Nearshore Fisheries Management Act.
• § 8585.5 — The Legislature finds and declares that important commercial and recreational fisheries exist on numerous stocks of rockfish (genus Sebastes), California sheephead (genus Semicossyphus), kelp greenlin
• § 8586 — The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Nearshore fish stocks” means any of the following: rockfish (genus Sebastes) for which size limits are established under this ar
• § 8586.1 — Funding to pay the costs of this article shall be made available from the revenues deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund pursuant to Sections 8587, 8589.
• § 8587 — Any person taking, possessing aboard a boat, or landing any species of nearshore fish stock for commercial purposes shall possess a valid nearshore fishery permit issued to that person that has not be
• § 8587.1 — (a) The commission may adopt regulations as it determines necessary, based on the advice and recommendations of the department, to regulate nearshore fish stocks and fisheries.
• § 8589 — Funding to prepare the plan pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7072 and any planning and scoping meetings shall be derived from moneys deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund pursuant to
• § 8589.5 — The commission shall temporarily suspend and may permanently revoke the nearshore fishing permit of any person convicted of a violation of this article.
• § 8589.7 — (a) Fees received by the department pursuant to Section 8587 shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund to be used by the department to prepare, develop, and implement the nearshore fis
• § 859 — Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the department may seek and accept grants and donations from private and public organizations and agencies for the purpose of administering the Ca
• § 8590 — For the purposes of this article, “prawns” or “shrimp”, or both, include all of the following species: (a) Spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros).
• § 8591 — Prawns or shrimp may be taken for commercial purposes under the regulations of the commission.
• § 8593 — Except as provided in this article, prawns or shrimp may be taken in any waters of the state.
• § 8594 — From Point Conception south to the Mexican border, prawns or shrimp may be taken with prawn or shrimp traps only in waters 50 fathoms or greater in depth.
• § 8595 — (a) Prawns or shrimp may be taken for commercial purposes with a trawl net, subject to Article 10 (commencing with Section 8830) of Chapter 3, or in either a prawn trap or a shrimp trap, subject to Ar
• § 8596 — The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Marine aquaria pet trade” means any activities connected with collecting, holding, selling, and displaying live aquatic marine l
• § 8597 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to take, possess aboard a boat, or land for marine aquaria pet trade purposes any live organisms identified in subdivision (b), unless that person has a valid marine
• § 8598 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 8140 or subdivision (b) of Section 8597, specimens of the following groups or species shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed for commercial purposes.
• § 8598.2 — (a) Marine organisms identified in subdivision (a) of Section 8597 shall not be taken except by the following methods: (1) Hook and line.
• § 8598.3 — (a) The fee for a marine aquaria collector’s permit shall be three hundred thirty dollars ($330).
• § 8598.4 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the director may close any portion of the fishery established under this article or any area in which this fishery is conducted, if, upon written find
• § 8598.6 — Notwithstanding Section 12000, a violation of this article or any regulation adopted thereunder is punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more than five thousand dollar
• § 8599 — (a) It is unlawful to take any white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) for commercial purposes, except under permits issued pursuant to Section 1002 for scientific or educational purposes or pursuant to
• § 8599.3 — The department shall cooperate, to the extent that it determines feasible, with appropriate scientific institutions to facilitate data collection on white sharks taken incidentally by commercial fishi
• § 8599.4 — The commission may adopt regulations to manage basking sharks.
• § 86 — “Take” means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill.
• § 860 — The department may offer for sale a fish and game warden stamp to be designed and produced as the department may determine.
• § 8601 — Any net or line used to take fish that is anchored to the bottom on each end and is not free to drift with the tide or current is a set net or set line.
• § 8601.5 — (a) Set nets and set lines shall be marked at both ends with buoys displaying above their waterlines, in numerals at least 2 inches high, the fisherman’s identification number.
• § 8601.6 — (a) The footrope (leadline) of any set net shall have a breaking strength of at least 50 pounds less than the combined breaking strength of the headrope and corkline.
• § 8602 — The length of the meshes of any net shall be determined by taking at least four meshes and measuring them inside the knots or, in the case of knotless nets, inside the points at which the meshes are j
• § 8603 — It is unlawful to use or operate or assist in using or operating any net, trap, line, spear, or appliance, other than in connection with angling, in taking fish, except as authorized by this code.
• § 8604 — It is unlawful willfully to disturb or injure any net, trap, or other apparatus to take fish which is being legally used in the waters of this state.
• § 8605 — The department or any person authorized by it may use any net or other appliance in any district for the purpose of recovering fish from overflowed areas or landlocked sloughs or ponds where they have
• § 8607 — It is unlawful for any person possessing or operating any type of net, trap, or line that is subject to federal groundfish regulations adopted pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Managem
• § 8608 — Notwithstanding Sections 8660, 8665, 8724, and 8780, the commission may, after a public hearing, when it determines that it is in the best interests of the state’s marine resources and fisheries, adop
• § 8609 — The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The central California nearshore gill and trammel net fisheries for California halibut (Paralichthys californicus) and white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus)
• § 8610.1 — The Marine Resources Protection Act of 1990 (Art.
• § 8610.11 — It is unlawful for any person to take, possess, receive, transport, purchase, sell, barter, or process any fish obtained in violation of this article.
• § 8610.12 — To increase the state’s scientific and biological information on the ocean fisheries of this state, the department shall establish a program whereby it can monitor and evaluate the daily landings of f
• § 8610.13 — The penalty for a violation of Section 8610.
• § 8610.14 — (a) Prior to January 1, 1994, the commission shall establish four new ecological reserves in ocean waters along the mainland coast.
• § 8610.15 — This article does not preempt or supersede any other closures to protect any other wildlife, including sea otters, whales, and shorebirds.
• § 8610.16 — If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can
• § 8610.2 — (a) “District” for the purposes of this article and of Article X B of the California Constitution means a fish and game district as defined in this code on January 1, 1990.
• § 8610.3 — (a) From January 1, 1991, to December 31, 1993, inclusive, gill nets or trammel nets may only be used in the zone pursuant to a nontransferable permit issued by the department pursuant to Section 8610
• § 8610.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets and trammel nets may not be used to take any species of rockfish.
• § 8610.5 — The department shall issue a permit to use a gill net or trammel net in the zone for the period specified in subdivision (a) of Section 8610.
• § 8610.6 — The department shall charge the following fees for permits issued pursuant to Section 8610.
• § 8623 — (a) It is unlawful to use any purse seine or round haul net to take yellowtail, barracuda, or white sea bass.
• § 8625 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh size of not less than 8 1 2 inches may be used to take California halibut.
• § 8626 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 8625, and where consistent with the determination made pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c), the director may reduce the minimum mesh size permitted for gill and trammel ne
• § 8630 — Any net or trap used for taking fish in violation of the provisions of this code is a public nuisance.
• § 8631 — In lieu of a physical seizure pursuant to this article, any person authorized to make an arrest for a violation of any provision of this code, may attach to any net used for taking fish in violation o
• § 8632 — Within three days after the department has been notified in writing that a vessel carrying a seized net has arrived in port, the department may remove the net from the vessel, unless the owner has fur
• § 8633 — When any net is seized pursuant to this article, the owner or any other person otherwise entitled to possession of the net may apply to the superior court of the county or city and county in which the
• § 8634 — When any net is seized pursuant to this article and the owner or any other person otherwise entitled to possession of the net has filed a bond and regained possession of the net, the person in possess
• § 8635 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 8633, any net or trap seized pursuant to Section 8630 as illegal because of its size, manner of construction, materials used in its construction, or configuration of its pa
• § 8660 — Nothing in this chapter authorizing the use of nets in District 19 or 19A shall authorize the use of any net within 750 feet of any pier, wharf, jetty, or breakwater, except that dip nets may be used
• § 8661 — Vessels may carry nets across Districts 19A and 20 to open water outside those districts.
• § 8663 — No gill net, trammel net, or fyke net may be possessed on any boat in the waters of any district lying upstream from a line drawn between Antioch Point and the westerly tip of Kimball Island and from
• § 8664 — Except in Districts 6 and 7, any net found in, or within 500 feet of the Klamath, Smith, Eel, Mad, Van Dusen, or Mattole Rivers, or their tributaries, is prima facie evidence that the owner or person
• § 8664.13 — During the period from December 15 to May 15, inclusive, set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh eight inches or greater and less than 12 inches used in ocean waters 25 fathoms or less in depth betwe
• § 8664.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 8693 and 8724, gill nets and trammel nets shall not be used in those portions of District 17 between a line extending 220° magnetic from the mouth of Waddell Creek in Sant
• § 8664.67 — “Impacted fisherman” for purposes of Sections 8664.
• § 8664.7 — The initial period of effectiveness of an order issued pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8664.
• § 8664.8 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 8685, 8687, 8696, and 8724, and except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), set or drift gill or trammel nets shall not be used in ocean waters between a line extendin
• § 8665 — In District 118.
• § 8666 — The department may issue a revocable permit to take with set gill nets or seines, mullet or carp in the waters of the Salton Sea and in those portions of the New and Alamo Rivers upstream one mile fro
• § 8667 — No fish other than mullet or carp, and no mullet less than 14 inches in length may be taken or possessed by a licensed commercial fisherman while fishing in the Salton Sea or the New and Alamo Rivers.
• § 8668 — No commercial fishing under Section 8666, 8667, or 8669 shall be carried on within the boundaries of any state or federal game refuge.
• § 8669 — It is unlawful to possess gill nets, seines, or other devices capable of being used to take mullet or carp for commercial purposes, within 500 yards of the Salton Sea and those portions of the New and
• § 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
• § 8680 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the people of the state, the commercial fishing industry, and California’s marine resources that fishermen who use gill nets o
• § 8681 — (a) Gill nets or trammel nets shall not be used for commercial purposes except under a revocable, nontransferable permit issued by the department.
• § 8681.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall not issue or renew a gill net or trammel net permit under Section 8681.
• § 8681.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 8681.
• § 8682 — (a) The commission shall establish regulations for the issuance of gill net and trammel net permits as necessary to establish an orderly gill net and trammel net fishery.
• § 8683 — The fee for a permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330).
• § 8684 — No incidental catch of swordfish or marlin is authorized by this article.
• § 8685 — In Districts 1, 2, and 3, gill nets may not be possessed on any boat.
• § 8685.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets may not be used to take salmon, steelhead, or striped bass.
• § 8685.6 — It is unlawful to sell or possess for sale any salmon, steelhead, or striped bass which were taken in California waters by the use of a gill net.
• § 8685.7 — It is unlawful for any person to knowingly purchase any salmon, steelhead, or striped bass which were taken in California waters by the use of a gill net.
• § 8686 — In Districts 1 1 2 , 2 1 2 , and in the Trinity and Klamath River District, it is unlawful to possess any gill or trammel net with meshes over 1 3 4 inches in length, except under regulations which ma
• § 8687 — Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill nets may be used in Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
• § 8688 — In Districts 11, 12, and 13, gill nets may be used to take only herring, subject to Article 15 (commencing with Section 8550) of Chapter 2.
• § 8691 — Set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh smaller than 4 1 8 inches shall not be used or possessed on any boat taking rockfish or lingcod in ocean waters between a line extending 245° magnetic from the
• § 8692 — Notwithstanding Section 8693, it is unlawful to use gill nets to take rockfish or lingcod in the following waters: (a) Between a line running 240° magnetic from Santa Cruz Point and a line running 240
• § 8692.5 — (a) Not more than 1,250 fathoms (7,500 feet) of gill net or trammel net shall be fished in combination each day from any vessel for lingcod in ocean waters.
• § 8693 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill nets and set gill nets may be used in Districts 17, 18, 19, and 20A, except for the taking of salmon.
• § 8694 — In District 19A, gill nets may not be used, nor may they be possessed on any boat.
• § 8696 — Except as otherwise provided, set gill nets may be used south of a line extending 245° magnetic from the western point of the Point Reyes headlands in Marin County except for the taking of salmon.
• § 8700 — Any line used on a gill net which shall tend to cause the webbing of such gill net to bag or hang slack shall cause such net to lose its identity as a gill net and become a trammel net.
• § 8720 — “Trammel net” includes entangling nets constructed of more than one wall of webbing.
• § 8721 — In Districts 1, 2, and 3, trammel nets may not be possessed on any boat.
• § 8724 — (a) Except as otherwise provided, in Districts 10, 17, 18, and 19, drift and set trammel nets may be used if the meshes are at least 8 1 2 inches in length, except that these nets may not be used in D
• § 8725 — In District 19A, trammel nets may not be used, nor may they be possessed on any boat.
• § 875 — The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, appoint a suitable person to serve for a period of two years from the date of his appointment as fish and game warden of the county.
• § 8750 — As used in this article, “round haul nets” are circle seines, and include purse seines and ring or half ring, and lampara nets.
• § 8751 — In Districts 1, 2, and 3, round haul nets may not be possessed on any boat, except in that part of District 3 lying within the boundaries of the Moss Landing Harbor District, where round haul or any o
• § 8752 — In Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, round haul nets may be used.
• § 8754 — (a) In Districts 16, 17, 18, and 19, round haul nets may be used, except that purse seines or ring nets may not be used in that portion of District 19 lying within three miles offshore from the line o
• § 8755 — (a) In Districts 20A and 21, round haul nets may be used.