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 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 1.91 - Federal Groundfish and Rockfish, Cabezon and Greenling (RCG) Complex

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The species or
				  species groups listed in subsections
				  1.91(a)(1)
				  through 1.91(a)(12)
				  constitute "federal groundfish" and are managed under the Federal Pacific Coast
				  Groundfish Fishery Management Plan:
(1)
				  "Nearshore Rockfish," which means the following species of rockfish: black
				  rockfish (
Sebastes melanops
), black and yellow rockfish
				  (
S. chrysomelas
), blue rockfish (
S.
				  mystinus
), brown rockfish (
S. auriculatus
), calico
				  rockfish (
S. dallii
), China rockfish (
S.
				  nebulosus
), copper rockfish (
S. caurinus
), gopher
				  rockfish (
S. carnatus
), grass rockfish (
S.
				  rastrelliger
), kelp rockfish (
S. atrovirens
), olive
				  rockfish (
S. serranoides
), quillback rockfish (
S.
				  maliger
), treefish (
S. serriceps
)
(2) "California Scorpionfish"
				  (
Scorpaena guttata
)
(3) "Shelf Rockfish" which means the
				  following species of rockfish: bocaccio (
Sebastes
				  paucispinis
), bronzespotted rockfish (
S. gilli
),
				  canary rockfish (
S. pinniger
), chilipepper (
S.
				  goodei
), cowcod (
S. levis
), dusky rockfish
				  (
S. ciliatus
), flag rockfish (
S.
				  rubrivinctus
), greenblotched rockfish (
S.
				  rosenblatti
), greenspotted rockfish (
S.
				  chlorostictus
), greenstriped rockfish (
S. elongatus
),
				  harlequin rockfish (
S. variegatus
), honeycomb rockfish
				  (
S. umbrosus
), Mexican rockfish (
S.
				  macdonaldi
), pink rockfish (
S. eos
), redstripe
				  rockfish (
S. proriger
), rosethorn rockfish (
S.
				  helvomaculatus
), rosy rockfish (
S. rosaceus
),
				  shortbelly rockfish (
S. jordani
), silvergray rockfish
				  (
S. brevispinis
), speckled rockfish (
S.
				  ovalis
), squarespot rockfish (
S. hopkinsi
), starry
				  rockfish (
S. constellatus
), stripetail rockfish (
S.
				  saxicola
), tiger rockfish (
S. nigrocinctus
),
				  vermilion rockfish (
S. miniatus
), widow rockfish (
S.
				  entomelas
), yelloweye rockfish (
S. ruberrimus
),
				  yellowtail rockfish (
S. flavidus
)
(4) "Slope Rockfish" which means the
				  following species of rockfish: aurora rockfish (
Sebastes
				  aurora
), bank rockfish (
S. rufus
), blackgill rockfish
				  (
S. melanostomus
), darkblotched rockfish (
S.
				  crameri
), Pacific ocean perch (
S. alutus
), redbanded
				  rockfish (
S. babcocki
), rougheye rockfish (
S.
				  aleutianus
), sharpchin rockfish (
S. zacentrus
),
				  shortraker rockfish (
S. borealis
), splitnose rockfish
				  (
S. diploproa
), yellowmouth rockfish (
S.
				  reedi
)
(5) "Sharks",
				  including only leopard shark (
Triakis semifasciata
), soupfin
				  shark (
Galeorhinus galeus
), and spiny dogfish (
Squalus
				  suckleyi
)
(6) "Skates",
				  which means big skate (
Raja binoculata
), California skate
				  (
R. inornata
), longnose skate (
R. rhina
),
				  Roughtail/black skate (
Bathyraja trachura
), Aleutian skate
				  (
B. aleutica
), Bering/sandpaper skate (
R.
				  interrupta
) and all other genera and species of skates in the families
				  Arhynchobatidae and Rajidae that occur off California.
(7) "Roundfish", including only cabezon
				  (
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
), kelp greenling
				  (
Hexagrammos decagrammus
), lingcod (
Ophiodon
				  elongatus
), Pacific cod (
Gadus macrocephalus
),
				  Pacific whiting (
Merluccius productus
), and sablefish
				  (
Anoplopoma fimbria
)
(8) "Thornyheads", which means longspine
				  thornyhead (
Sebastolobus altivelis
), and shortspine thornyhead
				  (
Sebastolobus alascanus
)
(9) "Federally Managed Flatfish", including
				  only arrowtooth flounder (arrowtooth turbot) (
Atheresthes
				  stomias
), Dover sole (
Microstomus pacificus
), English
				  sole (
Parophrys vetulus
), petrale sole (
Eopsetta
				  jordani
), and starry flounder (
Platichthys
				  stellatus
).
(10) "Other
				  Flatfish", including only butter sole (
Isopsetta isolepis
),
				  curlfin sole (
Pleuronichthys decurrens
), flathead sole
				  (
Hippoglossoides elassodon
), Pacific sanddab
				  (
Citharichthys sordidus
), rex sole (
Glyptocephalus
				  zachirus
), rock sole (
Lepidopsetta bilineata
), and
				  sand sole (
Psettichthys melanostictus
).
(11) "Other fish", including only ratfish
				  (
Hydrolagus colliei
), finescale codling (
Antimora
				  microlepis
), Pacific grenadier (rattail) (
Coryphaenoides
				  acrolepis
) and all other genera and species of grenadiers in the
				  family Macrouridae that occur off California
(12) All genera and species of the family
				  Scorpaenidae that occur off California and not specifically listed in (a)(1)
				  through (a)(4) or (a)(8) above.