{"code":"FGC","codeName":"Fish and Game Code","section":"8601","citation":"Fish & G. Code, § 8601","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 3. Nets [8601. - 8890.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6/part-3/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Generally [8601. - 8609.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6/part-3/chapter-3/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 655, Sec. 1.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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. Any net so placed that it will catch or impound fish within a bight, bay, or estuary, or against the shore upon the receding of the tide is a set net. Fyke nets, shrimp nets, or crab nets are not set nets.</p>","text":"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. Any net so placed that it will catch or impound fish within a bight, bay, or estuary, or against the shore upon the receding of the tide is a set net. Fyke nets, shrimp nets, or crab nets are not set nets.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/generally-8601","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}