California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles › Chapter 6 - Fish, Commercial › Section 182.1 - Commercial Salmon Fishing

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Under the authority of Sections
					 7652
					 and
					 7652.2
					 of the Fish and Game Code, Section
					 8210.2
					 of said Code and Section
					 182, Title 14, California Code of
					 Regulations are made temporarily inoperative for the period May 1, 1988 through
					 April 30, 1989 and the following provisions are adopted, such provisions to be
					 effective My 1, 1988 through April 30, 1989 and on April 30, 1989 are repealed.
					 Upon expiration of these provisions in any district or portion thereof, Section
					 8210.2 of the Fish and Game Code
					 shall become effective in such districts or portions or districts.
(a) In Districts 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17,
				  18, and 19, no king (chinook) salmon may be possessed that is less than 26
				  inches in length and no silver (coho) salmon less than 22 inches, such lengths
				  to be measured from the tip of the snout to the extreme tip of the tail without
				  resorting to any force other than swinging or fanning the tail. Salmon may be
				  taken only by hook and line and there is no bag limit except as modified in
				  subsections (g), (h), (i) and (n) of these regulations.
(b) In Districts 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17,
				  18, and 19, no person shall engage in commercial salmon fishing using other
				  than single barbless hooks. Single barbless hook means a hook with a single
				  shank and point, with no secondary point or barb curving or projecting in any
				  other direction. Hooks manufactured with barbs can be made "barbless" by
				  forcing the point of the barb flat against the main part of the
				  point.
(c) Except as prohibited
				  under Section
				  8215 of
				  the Fish and Game Code and subsection (j) of these regulations, frozen salmon
				  may be possessed in Districts 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, and landed
				  in a dressed, head-off condition, subject to the following minimum size limits:
				  king salmon, 19 1/2" in dressed, head-off length; silver salmon, 16 1/2" in
				  dressed, head-off length. Dressed, head-off length is the distance between the
				  mid-point of the clavicle arch and the fork of the tail measured along the
				  lateral line.
(d) In Districts 6,
				  7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, commercial salmon fishing vessels shall use
				  no more than six troll lines at any time to drag hooks with bait or
				  lures.
(e) In Districts 7, 10, 11,
				  15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, south of Point Arena (39° 00' 00" N. lat.), under
				  the authority of a commercial fishing license, all salmon species other than
				  silver salmon, which are provided for in subsection (i), may be taken between
				  May 1 and September 30.
(f) In
				  District 7 between Point Arena and Cape Vizcaino (39° 43' 30" N. lat.),
				  under the authority of a commercial fishing license, all salmon species except
				  silver salmon may be taken between May 1 and May 31. In District 7 between
				  Point Arena and Horse Mountain (40° 5' 00" N. lat.), all species other than
				  silver salmon, which are provided for in subsection (i), may be taken from June
				  5 through September 30, except no commercial salmon fishing is permitted in the
				  area on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays from June 9 through July 16.
(g) In District 7 between Cape Vizcaino and
				  Horse Mountain, under the authority of a commercial fishing license, all salmon
				  species except silver salmon may be taken from May 1 through the earlier of May
				  31 or the date that the Director of the California Department of Fish and Game
				  determines that a total of 8,000 king salmon will be taken, with the following
				  exceptions and restrictions:
(1) No commercial
				  salmon fishing is permitted in the area on Thursdays, Fridays or
				  Saturdays.
(2) All salmon taken or
				  possessed in the area must be landed in the area.