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 4 - Ocean Fishing › Article 1 - Ocean and San Francisco Bay District Fin Fish-Minimum Size Limits, Bag and Possession Limits and Seasons › Fin Fish-Minimum Size Limits, Bag and Possession Limits and Seasons › Section 27.90 - White Sturgeon

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
						Open season: All year except as described in Section
						27.95 of these
						regulations.
(b) Daily limit: One
						fish per day. After harvesting a White Sturgeon, anglers shall not continue to
						catch and release White Sturgeon on the same day. Anglers that have retained
						and tagged a fish are permitted to fish catch and release for White Sturgeon
						starting on the day after the tag was used.
(c) Annual bag limit: One fish per calendar
						year statewide.
(d) Daily vessel
						maximum harvest: All persons aboard a vessel may be cited for violation of a
						daily vessel maximum harvest limit. No more than two White Sturgeon may be
						harvested per day on a vessel, regardless of the number of anglers on board.
						Anglers must have in their possession a report card with a valid tag in order
						to retain a White Sturgeon. When the daily vessel maximum harvest is reached,
						only anglers that have not tagged a White Sturgeon that day may continue to
						fish catch and release for White Sturgeon.
(e) Size limit: No fish less than 42 inches
						fork length or greater than 48 inches fork length may be taken or
						possessed.
(f) Methods of take:
						Only one single point, single shank, barbless hook may be used on a line when
						taking sturgeon. The sturgeon must voluntarily take the bait or lure in its
						mouth. No sturgeon may be taken by trolling, snagging or by the use of
						firearms. Sturgeon may not be gaffed, nor shall any person use any type of
						firearm or snare to take any sturgeon.
For the purposes of this section, a snare is a flexible
						  loop made from any material that can be tightened like a noose around any part
						  of the fish.
(g) Removal
						from water. Any sturgeon greater than 68 inches fork length may not be removed
						from the water and shall be released immediately.
(h) Report card required: Any person fishing
						for or taking sturgeon shall have in their possession a nontransferable
						Sturgeon Fishing Report Card issued by the department and shall adhere to all
						reporting and tagging requirements for sturgeon defined in Sections
						1.74 and
						27.92, Title 14, CCR.
(i) For regulations on take and possession of
						sturgeon in inland waters as defined in Section
						1.53, see Section
						5.80 and Section
						5.81.
(j) Boat limits, as defined in Subsection
						27.60(c) and
						Section 195, are not authorized for
						sturgeon fishing and shall not apply to the take, possession or retention of
						White Sturgeon.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 200, 205, 265, 275
							 and 399, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 110, 200 and 205, Fish and
							 Game Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 200,
							 202,
							 205 and
							 220,
							 Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
							 200,
							 205 and
							 206,
							 Fish and Game Code.