(a) Open season: All year except as described
in Section
27.95 of these
regulations.
(b) Daily limit: One
fish per day. After harvesting a White Sturgeon, anglers shall not continue to
catch and release White Sturgeon on the same day. Anglers that have retained
and tagged a fish are permitted to fish catch and release for White Sturgeon
starting on the day after the tag was used.
(c) Annual bag limit: One fish per calendar
year statewide.
(d) Daily vessel
maximum harvest: All persons aboard a vessel may be cited for violation of a
daily vessel maximum harvest limit. No more than two White Sturgeon may be
harvested per day on a vessel, regardless of the number of anglers on board.
Anglers must have in their possession a report card with a valid tag in order
to retain a White Sturgeon. When the daily vessel maximum harvest is reached,
only anglers that have not tagged a White Sturgeon that day may continue to
fish catch and release for White Sturgeon.
(e) Size limit: No fish less than 42 inches
fork length or greater than 48 inches fork length may be taken or
possessed.
(f) Methods of take:
Only one single point, single shank, barbless hook may be used on a line when
taking sturgeon. The sturgeon must voluntarily take the bait or lure in its
mouth. No sturgeon may be taken by trolling, snagging or by the use of
firearms. Sturgeon may not be gaffed, nor shall any person use any type of
firearm or snare to take any sturgeon.
For the purposes of this section, a snare is a flexible
loop made from any material that can be tightened like a noose around any part
of the fish.
(g) Removal
from water. Any sturgeon greater than 68 inches fork length may not be removed
from the water and shall be released immediately.
(h) Report card required: Any person fishing
for or taking sturgeon shall have in their possession a nontransferable
Sturgeon Fishing Report Card issued by the department and shall adhere to all
reporting and tagging requirements for sturgeon defined in Sections
1.74 and
27.92, Title 14, CCR.
(i) For regulations on take and possession of
sturgeon in inland waters as defined in Section
1.53, see Section
5.80 and Section
5.81.
(j) Boat limits, as defined in Subsection
27.60(c) and
Section
195, are not authorized for
sturgeon fishing and shall not apply to the take, possession or retention of
White Sturgeon.
Notes
Cal. Code
Regs. Tit. 14, §
27.90
Note: Authority cited: Sections
200,
205,
265,
275 and
399,
Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
110,
200 and
205,
Fish and Game Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
200,
202,
205 and
220,
Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
200,
205 and
206,
Fish and Game Code.
1. Amendment of
subsections (b)-(d) filed 3-1-90; operative 3-1-90 (Register 90, No.
10).
2. Amendment of subsection (c) and Note filed 3-12-92;
operative 3-12-92 (Register 92, No. 20).
3. Amendment of subsection
(c) filed 12-22-92; operative 12-22-92 pursuant to sections
202 and
215,
Fish and Game Code (Register 92, No. 52).
4. Amendment of section
heading and subsection (c), new subsection (e) and amendment of Note filed
3-20-2006 as an emergency; operative 3-20-2006 (Register 2006, No. 12). A
Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-18-2006 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 3-20-2006 amendment by
operation of Government Code section
11346.1(f)
(Register 2006, No. 33).
6. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c)
and new subsections (e)-(h) filed 2-28-2007; operative 2-28-2007 pursuant to
Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2007, No. 9).
7. Amendment of subsection (h) filed
10-16-2007; operative 11-15-2007 (Register 2007, No. 42).
8.
Amendment of subsection (e), repealer of subsections (e)(1)-(f)(2) and
subsection relettering filed 3-14-2008; operative 4-1-2008 pursuant to
Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2008, No. 11).
9. Amendment of subsections (c)-(d), new
subsection (e) and subsection relettering filed 12-27-2012; operative 1-1-2013
pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(Register
2012, No. 52).
10. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 2-23-2015;
operative 2/23/2015 pursuant
to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(4)(A)
(Register
2015, No. 9).
11. Amendment of section and Note filed
11-16-2023 as an emergency; operative
11/16/2023
(Register
2023, No. 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to
OAL by 5-14-2024 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on
the following day.