California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 5 - Gill and Trammel Nets

• Section 8680.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the people of the state, the commercial fishing industry, and California’s marine...
• Section 8681.
  (a) Gill nets or trammel nets shall not be used for commercial purposes except under a revocable, nontransferable permit issued by the department. Each permittee shall...
• Section 8681.5.
  (a) The department shall issue no new gill net or trammel net permits under Section 8681. However, the department may renew an existing, valid permit issued...
• Section 8681.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 8681.5, any person who possessed a valid permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 and who was denied renewal of that permit, may appeal...
• Section 8682.
  (a) The commission shall establish regulations for the issuance of gill net and trammel net permits as necessary to establish an orderly gill net and trammel...
• Section 8683.
  The fee for a permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330).(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 701, Sec. 41. Effective September...
• Section 8684.
  No incidental catch of swordfish or marlin is authorized by this article. Any swordfish or marlin caught incidentally by a gill or trammel net permittee...
• Section 8685.
  In Districts 1, 2, and 3, gill nets may not be possessed on any boat.(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
• Section 8685.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets may not be used to take salmon, steelhead, or striped bass.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 393, Sec....
• Section 8685.6.
  It is unlawful to sell or possess for sale any salmon, steelhead, or striped bass which were taken in California waters by the use of...
• Section 8685.7.
  It is unlawful for any person to knowingly purchase any salmon, steelhead, or striped bass which were taken in California waters by the use of...
• Section 8686.
  In Districts 11/2, 21/2, and in the Trinity and Klamath River District, it is unlawful to possess any gill or trammel net with meshes over...
• Section 8687.
  Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill nets may be used in Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch....
• Section 8688.
  In Districts 11, 12, and 13, gill nets may be used to take only herring, subject to Article 15 (commencing with Section 8550) of Chapter...
• Section 8691.
  Set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh smaller than 41/8 inches shall not be used or possessed on any boat taking rockfish or lingcod...
• Section 8692.
  Notwithstanding Section 8693, it is unlawful to use gill nets to take rockfish or lingcod in the following waters:(a) Between a line running 240° magnetic from...
• Section 8692.5.
  (a) Not more than 1,250 fathoms (7,500 feet) of gill net or trammel net shall be fished in combination each day from any vessel for lingcod...
• Section 8693.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill nets and set gill nets may be used in Districts 17, 18, 19, and 20A, except...
• Section 8694.
  In District 19A, gill nets may not be used, nor may they be possessed on any boat.(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
• Section 8696.
  Except as otherwise provided, set gill nets may be used south of a line extending 245° magnetic from the western point of the Point Reyes...
• Section 8700.
  Any line used on a gill net which shall tend to cause the webbing of such gill net to bag or hang slack shall cause...

Last modified: October 22, 2018