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 › Ocean Waters with Restricted Fishing › Section 27.40 - Central Groundfish Management Area

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Section applies to take or possession of federal
						  groundfish species and all greenlings of the genus
Hexagrammos
. For specific definitions, applicability, and
						  procedures, see sections
						  1.91 and
						  27.20. For size limits, bag and
						  possession limits, and other regulations that apply to individual species, see
						  specific sections beginning with Section
						  27.60.
(a) The Central Groundfish Management Area
						means ocean waters between 37° 11' N. lat. (at Pigeon Point, San Mateo
						County) and 34° 27' N. lat. (at Point Conception, Santa Barbara County).
						Within the Central Groundfish Management Area, seasons and depth restrictions
						may differ north and south of a line extending west of 36° N. lat. (near
						Point Lopez, Monterey County). The areas north and south of this line are
						referred to as the Central Groundfish Management Area -- North of 36° N.
						lat. and the Central Groundfish Management Area -- South of 36° N.
						lat.
(b) Central Groundfish
						Management Area -- North of 36° N. lat. Seasons and depth restrictions
						effective for all species of rockfish (except as specified in subsection
						28.55(b)(1)),
						lingcod, cabezon, and all greenlings of the genus
Hexagrammos
:
(1) January 1 through March 31:
						Closed.
(2) April 1 through April
						30, October 1 through October 31 and December 1 through December 31:
(A) Take or possession of species and species
						groups listed in subsections 1. through 3. is authorized seaward of a line
						approximating the the 50-fathom boundary line as defined by federal waypoints
						along the mainland coast and along islands and offshore seamounts. Take or
						possession of these species is prohibited shoreward of this line, except as
						provided in subsection
						27.20(b). The
						50-fathom boundary line is defined by straight lines connecting the set of
						50-fathom waypoints as adopted in Federal Regulations ( 50 CFR Part 660,
						Subpart G).
1. Shelf rockfish, as defined in
						subsection
						1.91(a)(3),
						except bronzespotted rockfish, cowcod, and yelloweye rockfish which may not be
						taken or possessed
2. Slope
						rockfish, as defined in subsection
						1.91(a)(4)
3. Lingcod
(B) Nearshore species closure:
						Notwithstanding subsection
						27.20(b)(1)(A),
						take or possession of nearshore rockfish as defined in subsection
						1.91(a)(1),
						cabezon, and greenlings of the genus
Hexagrammos
is prohibited
						in all waters of the Central Groundfish Management Area -- North of 36° N.
						lat.
(3) May 1 through
						September 30 and November 1 through November 30: Take or possession of all
						species of rockfish (except as specified in subsection
						28.55(b)(1)),
						lingcod, cabezon, and all greenlings of the genus
Hexagrammos
is authorized shoreward of the 20-fathom boundary line as defined in Section
						35.00. Take or possession of all
						species of rockfish, lingcod, cabezon, and all greenlings of the genus
Hexagrammos
is prohibited seaward of this line, except as
						provided in subsection
						27.20(b).