{"code":"FGC","codeName":"Fish and Game Code","section":"8574","citation":"Fish & G. Code, § 8574","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 6. FISH [5500. - 9101.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6"},{"name":"PART 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING [7600. - 9101.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Particular Varieties of Fish [8140. - 8599.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6/part-3/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 16. Drift Gill Net Shark and Swordfish Fishery [8561. - 8583.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6/part-3/chapter-2/article-16"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1558, Sec. 3.   Effective October 2, 1985.","effective":"1985-10-02","html":"<p>(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 the permittee shall not have aboard the vessel or in the water a drift gill net with mesh size less than 14 inches and more than 8 inches in stretched mesh.</p><p>(b) No permittee shall deploy a drift gill net of less than 14-inch mesh size at the time that the permittee has a shark or swordfish gill net deployed.</p>","text":"(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 the permittee shall not have aboard the vessel or in the water a drift gill net with mesh size less than 14 inches and more than 8 inches in stretched mesh. (b) No permittee shall deploy a drift gill net of less than 14-inch mesh size at the time that the permittee has a shark or swordfish gill net deployed.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/drift-gill-net-shark-and-swordfish-fishery-8574","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}