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 150.16 - Commercial Take of Nearshore Fishes and Federal Groundfish

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Notwithstanding Section
				  8588(b)
				  of the Fish and Game Code, minimum size limits (total length) are as follows:
(1)
..........................black-and-yellow rockfish
							 (
Sebastes chrysomelas
)
..........................10 in.
(2)
..........................cabezon
							 (
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
)
..........................15 in.
(3)
..........................California scorpionfish or
							 sculpin (
Scorpaena guttata
)
..........................10 in.
(4)
..........................California sheephead
							 (
Bodianus pulcher
)
..........................13 in.
(5)
..........................China rockfish
							 (
Sebastes nebulosus
)
..........................12 in.
(6)
..........................gopher rockfish
							 (
Sebastes carnatus
)
..........................10 in.
(7)
..........................grass rockfish
							 (
Sebastes rastrelliger
)
..........................12 in.
(8)
..........................greenlings of the genus
							 Hexagrammos (
Hexagrammos
spp.)
..........................12 in.
(9)
..........................kelp rockfish
							 (
Sebastes atrovirens
)
..........................10 in.
(b) Species of nearshore fish stocks as
				  defined in Section
				  1.90, Title 14, CCR, must be
				  sorted by species prior to weighing and the weight reported separately on the
				  electronic fish ticket.
(c) Any
				  nearshore fish listed under this section that are taken in a nearshore fishery
				  shall be measured immediately upon being brought aboard the vessel and released
				  immediately if not in compliance with the size limits specified.
(d) Regulations adopted to modify the minimum
				  size limits or to specify maximum size limits shall be based on the best
				  available scientific information and adopted pursuant to the Administrative
				  Procedure Act following public notice and not less than one public
				  hearing.
(e) Cumulative trip limits
				  for California sheephead, greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos, or federal
				  groundfish.
(1) A cumulative trip limit is
				  the total number of pounds of a species or a species group that may be taken
				  and retained, possessed, or landed in a defined cumulative trip limit period
				  without a limit on the number of landings or trips.
(2) Cumulative trip limit periods start at
				  0001 hours local time, end at 2400 hours local time, and are in two month
				  periods as follows:
(A) January 1 through the
				  last day of February,
(B) March
				  1-April 30,
(C) May 1-June
				  30,
(D) July 1-August 31,
(E) September 1-October 31,
(F) November 1-December 31.
(3) Landings toward a cumulative
				  trip limit value for a defined cumulative trip limit period provided in this
				  subsection are summed as follows:
(A)
				  Cumulative trip limit values per fishing period for shallow nearshore rockfish,
				  deeper nearshore rockfish, cabezon, and California scorpionfish apply to each
				  individual nearshore permittee's California commercial licensee in addition to
				  vessel-based limits. Landings are summed by an individual nearshore permittee's
				  California commercial license number and vessel registration number which shall
				  be listed on the electronic fish ticket submitted to the department pursuant to
				  Section
				  8043,
				  Fish and Game Code.
(B) For all
				  other federal groundfish not specified in subsection (e)(3)(A) of this section,
				  landings toward a cumulative trip limit value for a defined cumulative trip
				  limit period are summed by the federally defined vessel-based limits, pursuant
				  to section
				  189, Title 14
				  CCR.
(4) Any person
				  landing species for which there is a cumulative trip limit established pursuant
				  to this Section shall keep in their immediate possession copies of any and all
				  reports of landings required by state laws or regulations throughout the
				  cumulative limit period during which a landing occurred and for 15 days
				  thereafter.
(5) Cumulative trip
				  limit tables for federal groundfish, California sheephead, cabezon and
				  greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos in state waters.
(A) Between 42° N latitude and 36° N
				  latitude, the cumulative trip limit per two-month limit period when and where
				  fishing is allowed pursuant to Section
				  150.06, Title 14, CCR, is as
				  follows:
Jan-Feb
Mar-Apr
May-Jun
Jul-Aug
Sep-Oct
Nov-Dec
Take and possession is only allowed
							 shoreward of the 20-fm boundary line pursuant to section
							 150.06, Title 14, CCR
1
Cabezon
1,000 lbs / 2 mo
2
California scorpionfish 
							 1
3,500 lbs / 2 mo
3
California sheephead
2,000 lbs / 2 mo
2,400 lbs / 2 mo
4
Greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos
500 lbs / 2 mo
5
Quillback rockfish
Closed
6
All other federal groundfish 
							 2
Closed except as provided in subsection
							 (f)(1) of this section
7
42° N lat. -- 40° 10' N lat.
8
Black rockfish
7,000 lbs / 2 mo
9
Nearshore rockfish excluding black rockfish
2,000 lbs / 2 mo, of which no more than 75
							 lbs may be copper rockfish
10
40° 10' N lat. -- 36° N lat.
11
Shallow nearshore rockfish
2,000 lbs / 2 mo
12
Deeper nearshore rockfish
2,000 lbs / 2 mo, of which no more than 75
							 lbs may be copper rockfish
1 The trip limit for this
					 species is specified in federal regulation at
					 50 CFR
					 660 Subpart F, which does not grant an
					 additive federal and state trip limit for the species.
2 As defined in section
					 1.91, Title 14,
					 CCR.
(B) South of 36° N
				  latitude, the cumulative trip limit per two-month limit period is as follows:
Jan-Feb
Mar-Apr
May-Jun
Jul-Aug
Sep-Oct
Nov-Dec
1
Cabezon
1,000 lbs / 2 mo
2
California scorpionfish
3,500 lbs / 2 mo
3
California sheephead
2,000 lbs / 2 mo
2,400 lbs / 2 mo
4
Greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos
500 lbs / 2 mo
5
Quillback rockfish
Closed
6
Shallow nearshore rockfish
2,000 lbs / 2 mo
7
Deeper nearshore rockfish
2,000 lbs / 2 mo, of which no more than 75
							 lbs may be copper rockfish
8
All other federal groundfish 
							 2
See subsection (f)(2) of this section
1 Trip limits for these species
					 or species groups are specified in federal regulation at
					 50 CFR
					 660 Subpart F, which does not grant an
					 additive federal and state trip limit for these species or species
					 groups.
2 As defined in section
					 1.91, Title 14,
					 CCR.
(C) The department will
				  evaluate year-to-date catch levels against total allowable catch limits defined
				  in Section
				  52.10 for California sheephead,
				  cabezon and greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos or, for nearshore rockfish as
				  defined in
				  14 CCR
				  1.91(a)(1) and California
				  scorpionfish, annual harvest limit or harvest specifications established in
				  regulation by the NOAA Fisheries (National Marine Fisheries Service) in 50 CFR
				  subpart C. Based on these data, when the department determines that cumulative
				  trip limits defined in this Section need significant adjustment upward or
				  downward (by 50 percent or more) in order to spread the allowable catches
				  through the open season to the extent possible and prevent early attainment of
				  the annual total allowable commercial catch, the cumulative trip limits defined
				  in this Section may become inoperative and may be replaced with alternative
				  limits as determined by the department. The department may perform these
				  in-season analyses between May and September of each year; and provide
				  notification of changes by October 15 of each year, as described in subsection
				  (e)(6)(C).
(D) The department shall
				  give nearshore fishery permittees no less than 10 days notice of any cumulative
				  trip limit change pursuant to this Section via a notification letter sent to
				  the permittee's address on file with the department.
(E) When allocations, total allowable catches
				  or other catch limits defined in Section
				  52.09 or
				  52.10 are reached, and action to
				  close the fishery is taken pursuant to Section
				  52.09 subsection (d) or Section
				  52.10 subsection (b), cumulative
				  trip limits defined in this Section become
				  inoperative.