Chapter 6 - Fish, Commercial

  1. § 100 - Abalone
  2. § 101 - Possession of Sliced Abalone During Closed Season. [Repealed]
  3. § 102 - Abalone Processors Permit. [Repealed]
  4. § 103 - Common Names for Market Fish
  5. § 104 - White Croaker Closure
  6. § 104.1 - Central California Gillnet Fishery Closure
  7. § 105 - Importation and Sale of Kelp Bass, Sand Bass, and Spotted Bass
  8. § 105.1 - Permits to Land California Caught Fish at Points Outside of California
  9. § 105.5 - Cooperation with State and Federal Fishery Observers
  10. § 106 - Permits to Commercially Take Shark and Swordfish Using Drift Gill Nets
  11. § 106.5 - Drift Gill Net Shark and Swordfish Permit Transition Program
  12. § 107 - Broadbill Swordfish
  13. § 107.1 - Possession of Gill Nets by Swordfish Permittees
  14. § 107.5 - Incidental Take of Swordfish by Gill Nets. [Repealed]
  15. § 108 - Yellowfin Tuna. [Repealed]
  16. § 109 - Importation of Yellowtail and Barracuda from Mexico
  17. § 110 - Pismo Clams Imported into California
  18. § 111 - Designated Forage Fish Species or Species Groups (Federal Shared Ecosystem Component Species)
  19. § 112 - Surfperch
  20. § 115 - Mussels
  21. § 116 - Crayfish
  22. § 119 - Trawl Nets Inside of the Golden Gate Bridge
  23. § 120 - Prawn or Shrimp Trawling-General Provisions
  24. § 120.01 - Pink Shrimp Trawling. [Repealed]
  25. § 120.1 - Pink Shrimp Trawling
  26. § 120.2 - Pink Shrimp Trawl Permits
  27. § 120.3 - Golden Prawn (Penaeus Californiensis), Spot Prawn (Pandalus Platyceros) and Ridgeback Prawn (Sicyonia Ingentis) Trawling
  28. § 120.4 - Restricted Access Fishery
  29. § 120.5 - Brine Shrimp Trawling-Mono Lake, Mono County
  30. § 120.6 - Use of Powered Equipment of the Type, Size and Specifications Hereinafter Noted to Take Crustaceans
  31. § 120.7 - Taking of Sea Urchins for Commercial Purposes
  32. § 121 - Spiny Lobster. Open Season and Possession During Closed Season
  33. § 121.5 - Spiny Lobster. Minimum Size and Verification
  34. § 122 - Spiny Lobster Permits and Restricted Areas
  35. § 122.1 - Spiny Lobster Buoys and Trap Tags
  36. § 122.2 - Pulling Spiny Lobster Traps
  37. § 123 - Tidal Invertebrates
  38. § 124 - Halibut Trawling
  39. § 124.1 - California Halibut Bottom Trawl Vessel Permits
  40. § 125 - Commercial Rock Crab Permits
  41. § 125.1 - Commercial Take of Rock Crab; Size Limit; Use of Rock Crab as Bait; Incidental Take Provisions
  42. § 126 - Commercial Take of Crabs Not in the Genus Cancer in Trap Gear
  43. § 126.1 - Commercial Take of Tanner Crab
  44. § 127 - Commercial Take of Kellet's Whelk
  45. § 128 - Commercial Taking of Sea Cucumber
  46. § 130 - Importation and Inspection of Live Shellfish. [Repealed]
  47. § 131 - Fishery Closures Due to Human Health Risk
  48. § 132 - Importation of Crab
  49. § 132.1 - Dungeness Crab Trap Tags, Biennial Buoy Tags, and Trap and Buoy Tag Allocations
  50. § 132.2 - Retrieval of Commercial Dungeness Crab Traps
  51. § 132.3 - Biennial Dungeness Crab Trap Limit Permit
  52. § 132.4 - Replacement Procedures for Lost Dungeness Crab Buoy Tags
  53. § 132.5 - Appeal of Dungeness Crab Trap and Buoy Tag Allocations and Deadlines
  54. § 132.6 - Dungeness Crab Trap Surface Gear Limitations and Gear Removal Time
  55. § 132.7 - Lost or Abandoned Dungeness Crab Trap Gear Retrieval Program
  56. § 132.8 - Risk Assessment Mitigation Program: Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery
  57. § 133 - Crabmeat, Cooked Crabs or Parts Thereof
  58. § 134 - Sturgeon, Importation of. [Repealed]
  59. § 135 - Transportation, Possession and Sale of Imported Sturgeon, Striped Bass, Steelhead Trout and Shad
  60. § 136 - Commercial Packaging or Tagging of Striped Bass. [Repealed]
  61. § 137 - Importation and Sale of Green SEA Turtle Products. [Repealed]
  62. § 141 - Sardine Canners, Reduction Plants and Packers of Other Sardine Products. [Repealed]
  63. § 142 - Fishermen and Fish Plants
  64. § 143 - Sardine Pack, Acceptable Equivalents for, Other than One-Pound Oval Cans. [Repealed]
  65. § 145 - Anchovy Pack. [Repealed]
  66. § 146 - Sampling Methods
  67. § 147 - Granting and Issuance of Permits to Take and Use Anchovies by a Reduction Process
  68. § 148 - Permits to Commercially Take Pacific Mackerel. [Repealed]
  69. § 149 - Commercial Taking of Market Squid
  70. § 149.1 - Market Squid Fishery Restricted Access Program
  71. § 149.3 - Experimental Market Squid Vessel Permits. [Repealed]
  72. § 150 - Nearshore Fishery Restricted Access Program
  73. § 150.01 - Nearshore Fishery Permit Required
  74. § 150.02 - Deeper Nearshore Fish Species Fishery Permits; Control Date for Other Nearshore Species
  75. § 150.03 - Nearshore Fishery Gear Endorsement Program
  76. § 150.04 - Control Date for Gear Endorsement Program for Other Nearshore Species
  77. § 150.05 - Nearshore Fishery Bycatch Permit Program
  78. § 150.06 - Commercial Groundfish Area Management Defined
  79. § 150.16 - Commercial Take of Nearshore Fishes and Federal Groundfish
  80. § 150.17 - Limitations on Number of Hooks and Area
  81. § 155 - White Seabass, Commercial Take
  82. § 155.01 - White Seabass Commercial Size Limit:
  83. § 155.05 - Use of Purse Seine and Roundhaul Nets and Delivery to California Ports
  84. § 155.10 - Gill Net Mesh Size, Closed Season, Possession of Thresher and Shortfin Mako
  85. § 156 - Sardines, Limit of Catch for Reduction Purposes. [Expired]
  86. § 157 - Importation of Sardines for Bait
  87. § 158 - Sardines
  88. § 159 - Commercial Fishing for Coastal Pelagic Species
  89. § 163 - Pacific Herring Permits
  90. § 163.1 - Harvest of Pacific Herring
  91. § 163.5 - Herring Buyer's Permit
  92. § 163.6 - Commercial Harvesting of Herring. [Repealed]
  93. § 164 - Harvest of Herring Eggs on Kelp
  94. § 165 - Commercial Harvesting of Kelp and Other Aquatic Plants
  95. § 165.5 - Lease of Kelp Beds for Exclusive Harvest of Macrocystis and Nereocystis
  96. § 165.7 - Granting and Issuance of Permits to Control SEA Urchins in Kelp Beds. [Repealed]
  97. § 166 - Salmon: Importation and Sale
  98. § 167 - Penalties in Lieu of Suspension or Revocation-Salmon Permittees
  99. § 167.2 - Domestically Reared Striped Bass. [Repealed]
  100. § 167.3 - Sale of Marine Life Produced Under Mariculture License. [Repealed]
  101. § 168 - Fish, Packaged or Tagged. [Repealed]
  102. § 169 - Permit to Operate Domesticated Anadromous Fishery on Davenport Landing Creek (Santa Cruz County). [Repealed]
  103. § 169.1 - Permits to Operate Domesticated Anadromous Fishery in Elk Creek (Mendocino County). [Repealed]
  104. § 170 - Commercial Packaging of Dead, Domestically-Reared Fish. [Repealed]
  105. § 170.5 - Domesticated Fish Breeders' Signs. [Repealed]
  106. § 171 - Importation of Live Catfish
  107. § 171.1 - Importation of Live Striped Bass. [Repealed]
  108. § 171.5 - Importation of Eggs of Fishes of the Family Salmonidae (Trout, Char, and Salmon). [Repealed]
  109. § 172 - Possession of Trawl or Drag Nets in Districts 4, 19, 19a, 19b, and 21
  110. § 173 - Midwater Trawls. [Repealed]
  111. § 174 - Permit to Use Gill Nets or Trammel Nets for Commercial Purposes
  112. § 174.5 - Gill Nets and Trammel Nets-Areas with Restricted Fishing. [Repealed]
  113. § 174.7 - Gill Nets and Trammel Nets-District 18. [Repealed]
  114. § 175 - Trawl Nets. [Repealed]
  115. § 176 - Trawl Fishing Activity Records
  116. § 180 - Traps
  117. § 180.1 - Spot Prawn (Pandalus Platyceros) Fishing
  118. § 180.2 - Trap Destruction Devices
  119. § 180.3 - Restricted Access Spot Prawn Trap Fishery
  120. § 180.4 - Finfish Trap Construction
  121. § 180.5 - Trap Buoy Identification
  122. § 180.6 - Hagfish Traps
  123. § 180.15 - Coonstripe Shrimp (Pandalus Danae) Fishing
  124. § 181 - Commercial Salmon Fishing. [Repealed]
  125. § 182 - Commercial Salmon Fishing
  126. § 182.1 - Commercial Salmon Fishing
  127. § 183 - Commercial Salmon Vessel Permit
  128. § 185 - Commercial Take, Possession, Purchase, Sale, Transport, Export or Import of Native Reptiles and Amphibians. [Repealed]
  129. § 185.5 - Captive Propagation of Native Reptiles and Amphibians for Commercial Purposes. [Repealed]
  130. § 186 - Commercial Take and Use of Frogs for Human Consumption. [Repealed]
  131. § 187 - Weight in the Round Conversion Factors for Swordfish, Salmon, Angel Shark, Bonito Shark, Thresher Shark, and Tanner Crab
  132. § 188 - Marine Aquaria Receiver's License. [Repealed]
  133. § 189 - Commercial Groundfish Fishing

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