Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 180.6 - Hagfish Traps
(a)
All openings in traps used to take hagfish, excluding the entrance funnel,
shall have a minimum diameter of
9/16 inch in
any dimension.
(b) Hagfish may be
taken in barrel traps, if attached to a ground line. No more than a total of 25
barrel traps per vessel may be possessed aboard the vessel or in the water or
combination thereof. Each barrel trap shall be no greater than 45 inches in
total length and have an outside diameter no greater than 25 inches at its
widest point. Barrels may be attached to a maximum of three ground lines. If
using barrel traps, no other hagfish trap type may be used or possessed aboard
the vessel. When barrel traps are used or possessed aboard a vessel, no species
of finfish other than hagfish shall be taken, possessed, or sold. Popups shall
not be used on buoy lines attached to barrel traps.
(c) Every hagfish trap, or string of traps,
shall be marked with a buoy that identifies the operator's commercial fishing
license identification number, as well as the vessel's California commercial
boat registration number.
Notes
2. Designation of existing section as subsection (a), new subsection (b) and amendment of NOTE filed 12-30-2015; operative 1-1-2016 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2016, No. 1).
3. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 10-26-2016; operative 1-1-2017 (Register 2016, No. 44).
4. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c) and amendment of NOTE filed 8-27-2019; operative 10-1-2019 (Register 2019, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 8403 and 9022, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 8403, 9001.6, 9001.7, 9006 and 9022, Fish and Game Code.
2. Designation of existing section as subsection (a), new subsection (b) and amendment of Note filed 12-30-2015; operative
3. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 10-26-2016; operative
4. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c) and amendment of Note filed 8-27-2019; operative
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