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 27.45 - Southern 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 Southern Groundfish Management Area
						means ocean waters between 34° 27' N. lat. (at Point Conception, Santa
						Barbara County) and the U.S./Mexico border. The Groundfish Exclusion Areas are
						special closure areas within the Southern Groundfish Management Area, where
						take or possession of all federal groundfish is prohibited year-round. See
						Section 27.50.
(b) 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 June
						30: Open for all species (except as specified in subsection
						28.55(b)(1)) with
						no depth constraints.
(3) July 1
						through September 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 50-fathom boundary line as defined by federal
						waypoints along the mainland coast and along islands and offshore seamounts.
						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). 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).
(4) October 1 through December 31:
(A) Take or possession of species and species
						groups listed in 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 Southern Groundfish Management
						Area.