8370. (a) Any striped bass, salmon, or sturgeon, if alive, that is taken in any type of net in any district shall be immediately liberated from the net by the fishermen and immediately returned to the water without further harm. (b) Any striped bass, salmon, or sturgeon that is taken in any type of nets in any […]
8371. Striped bass and salmon may be sold or offered for sale only under the following conditions: (a) If the striped bass is taken or possessed by, and is the cultured progeny of, an aquaculturist who is registered under Section 15101, that striped bass may be sold or purchased subject to regulations of the commission. (b) If […]
8372. Kelp bass, sand bass, or spotted bass, all of the genus Paralabrax, shall not be sold or purchased, or possessed in any place where fish are purchased, possessed for sale, or sold, or where food is offered or processed for sale, or in any truck, vessel, or other conveyance operated by or for a […]
8373. No yellowfin croaker, spotfin croaker, or California corbina may be sold or purchased, or possessed in any place where fish are purchased, possessed for sale, or sold, or where food is offered for sale, or in any truck or other conveyance operated by or for a place so selling or possessing fish. (Amended by […]
8374. Yellowfin tuna and bluefin tuna may be taken at any time. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
8375. No bluefin tuna weighing less than 71/2 pounds may be sold, purchased, or processed. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 850.)
8376. Albacore may be taken at any time. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
8377. (a) Pacific bonito less than 24 inches fork length or five pounds in weight shall not be taken or possessed on any vessel at any time for any commercial purpose, except as follows: (1) A load of bonito taken on a vessel by the use of round haul nets may contain 18 percent or less […]
8377.5. Pacific bonito shall be measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the center of the fork of the tail fin. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 269, Sec. 5.)
8378. Skipjack may be taken at any time. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
8380. (a) Giant seabass (Stereolepis gigas) may not be taken for any purpose, except that not more than one fish per vessel may be possessed or sold if taken incidentally in commercial fishing operations by gill or trammel net. Any fish so taken shall not be transferred to any other vessel. (b) The restrictions specified in this […]
8381. It is unlawful to take grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) except between June 1st and March 31st. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
8382. Barracuda and yellowtail not less than 28 inches in length may be taken with hook and line at any time. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1370, Sec. 22. Effective October 27, 1992.)
8383.5. It is unlawful to take, possess, sell, or purchase any white sea bass less than 28 inches in length, measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the end of the longer lobe of the tail. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1370, Sec. 24. Effective October 27, 1992.)
8384. No barracuda or yellowtail less than 28 inches in length may be sold or purchased, except that not more than five barracuda and five yellowtail per day may be possessed by the holder of a commercial fishing license for noncommercial use if taken incidentally in commercial fishing. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1370, Sec. […]
8385. No person holding a commercial fishing license while on any barge or boat which for hire carries any sport fisherman may take or have in his possession in any one day more than the aggregate number of the following kinds of fish permitted in the case of sport fishing: bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack, […]
8386. Barracuda and yellowtail shall be measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the end of the longer lobe of the tail. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1370, Sec. 26. Effective October 27, 1992.)
8387. From May 1st to August 31st, inclusive, all of the following are unlawful: (a) For any one person to have in his or her possession on any boat, barge, or other vessel more than 500 pounds of yellowtail. (b) For any two or more persons to have in their possession on any boat, barge, or other […]
8388. (a) No female angel shark measuring less than 42 inches in total length or 151/4 inches in alternate length and no male angel shark measuring less than 40 inches in total length or 141/2 inches in alternate length may be possessed, sold, or purchased, except that 10 percent of the angel sharks in any load […]
8388.5. (a) A person shall not take, possess, sell, or purchase for commercial purposes any leopard shark less than 36 inches in total length. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), leopard sharks less than 36 inches in total length possessed by a person for aquarium display on or before January 1, 1994, may be retained by that person if […]
