California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 10 - Trawl Nets

• Section 8830.
  “Trawl net” means a cone or funnel-shaped net which is towed or drawn through the water by a fishing vessel and includes any gear appurtenant...
• Section 8831.
  It is unlawful for any person to use any trawl net with meshes which are less than 41/2 inches in length except as provided in...
• Section 8832.
  Trawl nets and Chinese shrimp nets may be used in marine and brackish waters inside of the Golden Gate Bridge to take shrimp, oriental gobies,...
• Section 8833.
  (a) In Districts 4, 19, 19A, 20, 20A, and 21, trawl nets or dragnets may not be possessed.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section,...
• Section 8834.
  It is unlawful to take or possess more than 500 pounds of crabs on any boat on which any type of trawl or drag net...
• Section 8834.1.
  It is unlawful for any person to possess salmon on board, or to land salmon from, a vessel on which exists any type of trawl...
• Section 8834.5.
  South of a line extending due west, true, from Point Reyes, it is unlawful for any person on a vessel on which any type of...
• Section 8835.
  In Districts 6, 7, and 10, trawl nets may be used in waters not less than three nautical miles from the nearest point of land...
• Section 8836.
  In Districts 17, 18, and 118.5, trawl nets may be used in waters not less than three nautical miles from the nearest point of land...
• Section 8837.
  It is unlawful to use or possess any trawl net that includes any bag or cod-end or modification thereof, other than a bag or cod-end...
• Section 8840.
  Chafing gear may be used or possessed but shall not be connected directly to the terminal, or closed, end of the cod-end. Except for chafing...
• Section 8841.
  (a) The commission is hereby granted authority over all state-managed bottom trawl fisheries not managed under a federal fishery management plan pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery...
• Section 8842.
  (a) Trawl nets of a design prescribed by the commission may be used or possessed to take shrimps or prawns under a permit issued by the...
• Section 8843.
  It is unlawful to use any trawl net with cod-end mesh less than 71/2 inches in length and with a cod end less than 29...

Last modified: October 22, 2018