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Home » US Law » 2022 California Code » Fish and Game Code - FGC » DIVISION 6 - FISH » PART 3 - COMMERCIAL FISHING » CHAPTER 3 - Nets » ARTICLE 2 - Nets for Particular Varieties of Fish

Section 8623.

8623. (a) It is unlawful to use any purse seine or round haul net to take yellowtail, barracuda, or white sea bass. (b) It is unlawful to possess any yellowtail, barracuda, or white sea bass, except those taken south of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico, and imported into the state under regulations of […]

Section 8625.

8625. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh size of not less than 81/2 inches may be used to take California halibut. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), not more than 1,500 fathoms (9,000 feet) of gill net or trammel net shall be fished in combination each […]

Section 8626.

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 nets used to take California halibut from 81/2 inches to not less than 8 inches in any or all areas south of a line extending […]