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 27.50 - Groundfish Exclusion Areas

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 Groundfish Exclusion Areas are
						defined as ocean waters off southern California within each of the following
						eight areas:
(1) Hidden Reef is an area that
						is bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
33°46.14' N lat., 119°10.45' W long.;
33°46.14' N lat., 119°05.96' W long.;
33°41.40' N lat., 119°05.96' W long.;
33°41.40' N lat., 119°10.45' W long.;
						  and
33°46.14' N lat., 119°10.45' W long.
(2) West of Santa Barbara Island
						is an area that is bound by straight lines connecting the following points in
						the order listed:
33°33.64' N lat., 119°18.54' W long.;
33°33.64' N lat., 119°07.57' W long.;
33°27.90' N lat., 119°07.57' W long.;
33°27.90' N lat., 119°18.54' W long.;
						  and
33°33.64' N lat., 119°18.54' W long.
(3) Potato Bank is an area that is
						bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
33°21.00' N lat., 119°53.00' W long.;
33°21.00' N lat., 119°45.67' W long.;
33°11.00' N lat., 119°45.67' W long.;
33°11.00' N lat., 119°53.00' W long; and
33°21.00' N lat., 119°53.00' W long.
(4) 107/118 Bank is an area that
						is bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
33°05.51' N lat., 119°41.29' W long.;
33°08.64' N lat., 119°36.71' W long.;
33°03.50' N lat., 119°31.69' W long.;
33°00.36' N lat., 119°36.27' W long.;
						  and
33°05.51' N lat., 119°41.29' W long.
(5) Cherry Bank is an area that is
						bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
32°50.86' N lat., 119°29.40' W long.;
32°56.96' N lat., 119°19.82' W long.;
32°54.69' N lat., 119°17.78' W long.;
32°48.59' N lat., 119°27.35' W long.;
						  and
32°50.86' N lat., 119°29.40' W long.
(6) Seamount 109 is an area that
						is bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
32°43.75' N lat., 119°37.00' W long.;
32°43.75' N lat., 119°34.29' W long.;
32°31.95' N lat., 119°26.94' W long.;
32°30.47' N lat., 119°29.71' W long.;
32°39.54' N lat., 119°37.00' W long.;
						  and
32°43.75' N lat., 119°37.00' W long.
(7) 43-Fathom Spot is an area that
						is bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
32°42.00' N lat., 118°00.05' W long.;
32°42.00' N lat., 117°50.00' W long.;
32°36.70' N lat., 117°50.00' W long.;
32°36.18' N lat., 117°50.27' W long.;
32°36.18' N lat., 118°00.05' W long.;
						  and
32°42.00' N lat., 118°00.05' W long.
(8) Northeast Bank is an area that
						is bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
32°27.39' N lat., 119°37.00' W long.;
32°27.39' N lat., 119°31.60' W long.;
32°20.00' N lat., 119°31.60' W long.;
32°20.00' N lat., 119°37.00' W long.;
						  and
32°27.39' N lat., 119°37.00' W long.