ARTICLE 5. Gill and Trammel Nets [8680. - 8700.]
Heading of Article 5 amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1300, Sec. 12.
§§ 8680–8700 · 21 sections
- § 8680 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the people of the state, the commercial fishing industry, and California’s marine…
- § 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…
- § 8681.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall not issue or renew a gill net or trammel net permit under Section 8681. (b) The department may…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 8683 The fee for a permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330).
- § 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…
- § 8685 In Districts 1, 2, and 3, gill nets may not be possessed on any boat.
- § 8685.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets may not be used to take salmon, steelhead, or striped bass.
- § 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.
- § 8685.7 It is unlawful for any person to knowingly purchase any salmon, steelhead, or striped bass which were taken in California waters by the use of a gill net. For…
- § 8686 In Districts 11/2, 21/2, and in the Trinity and Klamath River District, it is unlawful to possess any gill or trammel net with meshes over 13/4 inches in…
- § 8687 Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill nets may be used in Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
- § 8688 In Districts 11, 12, and 13, gill nets may be used to take only herring, subject to Article 15 (commencing with Section 8550) of Chapter 2. No gill net may be…
- § 8691 Set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh smaller than 41/8 inches shall not be used or possessed on any boat taking rockfish or lingcod in ocean waters between…
- § 8692 Notwithstanding Section 8693, it is unlawful to use gill nets to take rockfish or lingcod in the following waters: (a) Between a line running 240° magnetic…
- § 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.…
- § 8693 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill nets and set gill nets may be used in Districts 17, 18, 19, and 20A, except for the taking of salmon.…
- § 8694 In District 19A, gill nets may not be used, nor may they be possessed on any boat.
- § 8696 Except as otherwise provided, set gill nets may be used south of a line extending 245° magnetic from the western point of the Point Reyes headlands in Marin…
- § 8700 Any line used on a gill net which shall tend to cause the webbing of such gill net to bag or hang slack shall cause such net to lose its identity as a gill net…