Section 8692.5.
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. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section, as amended by this act at the 1991–92 Regular Session of the Legislature, is more restrictive on the […]
Section 8681.
8681. (a) Gill nets or trammel nets shall not be used for commercial purposes except under a revocable, nontransferable permit issued by the department. Each permittee shall keep an accurate record of his or her fishing operations in a logbook furnished by the department. The commission may suspend, revoke, or cancel a permit, license, and commercial […]
Section 8681.5.
8681.5. (a) The department shall issue no new gill net or trammel net permits under Section 8681. However, the department may renew an existing, valid permit issued under Section 8681, under regulations adopted pursuant to Section 8682 and upon payment of the fee prescribed under Section 8683. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or Section 8681, any person who […]
Section 8681.7.
8681.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8681.5, any person who possessed a valid permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 and who was denied renewal of that permit, may appeal to the commission where evidence can be presented that illness or the loss of a vessel resulted in the person not meeting the qualifications for renewal or reissuance of […]
Section 8682.
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. In promulgating regulations, the commission shall consider recommendations of the gill net and trammel net advisory committee created pursuant to subdivision (b). The regulations shall include, but […]
Section 8683.
8683. The fee for a permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 701, Sec. 41. Effective September 15, 1992. Operative April 1, 1993, by Sec. 71 of Ch. 701.)
Section 8684.
8684. No incidental catch of swordfish or marlin is authorized by this article. Any swordfish or marlin caught incidentally by a gill or trammel net permittee operating under a permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 shall be delivered to the department. A permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 shall be revoked for conviction of a […]
Section 8685.
8685. In Districts 1, 2, and 3, gill nets may not be possessed on any boat. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
Section 8685.5.
8685.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets may not be used to take salmon, steelhead, or striped bass. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 393, Sec. 1.5. Effective July 11, 1980.)
Section 8685.6.
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. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 393, Sec. 2. Effective July 11, 1980.)