California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Fish and Game Code - FGC |
Division 6. FISH |
Part 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING |
Chapter 2. Particular Varieties of Fish |
ARTICLE 16. Drift Gill Net Shark and Swordfish Fishery |
Section 8574.
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(a) Drift gill nets with mesh size less than 14 inches in stretched mesh shall not be used to take shark and swordfish by permittees operating under a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, and the permittee shall not have aboard the vessel or in the water a drift gill net with mesh size less than 14 inches and more than 8 inches in stretched mesh.
(b) No permittee shall deploy a drift gill net of less than 14-inch mesh size at the time that the permittee has a shark or swordfish gill net deployed.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1558, Sec. 3. Effective October 2, 1985.)