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 › Fin Fish-Gear Restrictions › Section 28.65 - General

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Except as provided in this article, fin fish may be
						  taken only on hook and line or by hand. Any number of hooks and lines may be
						  used in all ocean waters and bays except:
(a) San Francisco Bay, as described in
						Section 27.00, where only one line with
						not more than three hooks may be used.
(b) On public piers, no person shall use more
						than two rods and lines, two hand lines, or two nets, traps or other appliances
						used to take crabs.
(c) When
						rockfish (genus Sebastes), California scorpionfish (
Scorpaena
						guttata
), lingcod (
Ophiodon elongatus
), cabezon
						(
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
), kelp or rock greenlings
						(
Hexagrammos decagrammus
and
Hexagrammos
						lagocephalus
), or species listed in Section
						28.49 are aboard or in possession,
						only one line with not more than two hooks may be used pursuant to sections
						28.55,
						28.54,
						28.27,
						28.28 28.29, or 28.49,
						respectively.
(d) No gaff hook
						shall be used to take or assist in landing any fin fish shorter than the
						minimum size limit. For the purpose of this section a gaff hook is any hook
						with or without a handle used to assist in landing fish or to take fish in such
						a manner that the fish does not take the hook voluntarily in its mouth. No
						person shall take fin fish from any boat or other floating device in ocean
						waters without having a landing net in possession or available for immediate
						use to assist in landing undersize fish of species having minimum size limits;
						the opening of any such landing net shall be not less than eighteen inches in
						diameter.
(e) North of Point
						Conception (34°27'00" N. lat.), where only one rod and line may be used by
						each angler fishing for salmon, or fishing from any boat or floating device
						with salmon on board.
(f) Mousetrap
						gear prohibited: It is unlawful to use, assist in using, or to possess aboard
						any vessel, hook-and-line gear commonly termed "mouse traps" constructed of a
						hook(s) or lure(s), attached to one end of a line that is attached to a float,
						or floats at the other end, and that when fished, is not attached directly to a
						person or vessel. Possession of such gear aboard a vessel shall be prima facie
						evidence that the gear is being used in violation of this regulation.
(g) North of Point Conception to
						40°10'00" N. lat. (near Cape Mendocino), subsection
						27.80(a)(3)
						applies to each angler fishing for salmon or fishing from any boat or floating
						device with salmon on board.
1. New
						  subsection (d) filed 6-28-96; operative 6-28-96 pursuant to Fish and Game Code
						  sections
						  202 and
						  215
						  (Register 96, No. 26).
2. Editorial correction of subsection (d)
						  (Register 97, No. 19).
3. Amendment of subsection (d) and NOTE filed
						  5-9-97 as an emergency; operative 5-9-97 (Register 97, No. 19). A Certificate
						  of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-8-97 or emergency language will
						  be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate
						  of Compliance as to 5-9-97 order transmitted to OAL 9-3-97 and filed 10-15-97
						  (Register 97, No. 42).
5. New subsection (e) and amendment of NOTE
						  filed 2-5-98; operative 3-1-98 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
						  202 and
						  215
						  (Register 98, No. 6).
6. New subsection (f) filed 5-14-98 as an
						  emergency; operative 5-14-98 (Register 98, No. 20). A Certificate of Compliance
						  must be transmitted to OAL by 9-11-98 or emergency language will be repealed by
						  operation of law on the following day.
7. Certificate of Compliance
						  as to 5-14-98 order transmitted to OAL 9-9-98 and filed 10-20-98 (Register 98,
						  No. 43).
8. Amendment of subsection (c) and subsection relettering
						  filed 12-30-99; operative 12-30-99 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
						  202 and
						  215
						  (Register 99, No. 53).
9. Amendment of subsection (b) filed
						  2-18-2000; operative 3-1-2000 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
						  202 and
						  215
						  (Register 2000, No. 7).
10. Amendment of subsection (c) and NOTE
						  filed 3-5-2001; operative 3-5-2001 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
						  202 and
						  215
						  (Register 2001, No. 10).
11. Amendment of subsection (c) filed
						  6-9-2011; operative 6-9-2011 pursuant to Government Code section
						  11343.4
						  (Register 2011, No. 23).
12. Amendment of subsection (a) filed
						  11-2-2016; operative 1-1-2017 (Register 2016, No. 45).
13. Change
						  without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 8-8-2019 pursuant to section
						  100, title 1, California Code of
						  Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).
14. Amendment of subsection (c)
						  and NOTE filed 12-28-2020; operative 1-1-2021 pursuant to Government Code
						  section
						  11343.4(b)(4)(A)-(B)
						  (Register 2021, No. 1).
15. Amendment of subsection (g) and NOTE
						  filed 7-1-2021; operative 5-16-2021. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing
						  only pursuant to
						  14 CCR
						  section 1.95(c) (Register
						  2021, No. 27).
16. Amendment of subsections (c) and (g) filed
						  12-30-2022; operative 1-1-2023 pursuant to Government Code section
						  11343.4(b)(4)(B)
						  (Register 2022, No. 52).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 200,
							 205,
							 265,
							 270,
							 275,
							 7071
							 and
							 7110,
							 Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
							 200,
							 205,
							 265,
							 270,
							 275,
							 7110
							 and
							 8585.5,
							 Fish and Game Code.