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Commercial Fishing Digest 2021 California Commercial Fishing Regulations Digest For all commercial fishing in California Effective April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE 2 2021 COMMERCIAL FISHING DIGEST Contents STATE OF CALIFORNIA Department of Fish and Wildlife Sales Office Locations ....................................................... 3 Gavin Newsom, Governor Foreword .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Updates for 2021 ...............................................................................................................................6 NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY Fish Ticket Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 7 Wade Crowfoot, Secretary NOAA Fisheries Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program .....................................................8 Prohibited Species ............................................................................................................................8 Department OF FISH AND WILDLIFE It Is Unlawful To: .................................................................................................................................9 Procedure for Opening and Closing Fisheries Charlton H. Bonham, Director Due to Toxins in Finfish or Invertebrates (FGC Section 5523) .............................................9 Federal And Other Regulations .................................................................................................. 10 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) ......................................................................................... 10 Eric Sklar, President - St. Helena Federal Groundfish Permits ......................................................................................................... 10 Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Salmon Regulations ....................................................................................................................... 10 Vice President - Del Mar Commercial Fishing Licenses ..................................................................................................... 10 Member - Vacant 2020-2021 Limited Entry and Restricted Access ..................................................................12 Peter S. Silva, Member - Jamul Commercial Fishing Renewal Application Deadlines ............................................................12 Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Commercial Fishing License Requirements .............................................................................13 Member - McKinleyville Fish Transportation Receipts ........................................................................................................14 Additional License Stamp Requirements for Commercial Fishermen ............................14 Proof of Vessel Ownership ...........................................................................................................15 Melissa Miller-Henson, Commercial Boat Registration Requirements .........................................................................15 Acting Executive Director Fish and Game Vessel Registration Numbers ........................................................................15 Lost, Destroyed, or Sold Vessels ................................................................................................16 P.O. Box 944209, Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel License Requirements ........................................16 Sacramento, CA 94244-2090 Additional Stamp Requirements for Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels ..............17 Non–Restrictive Commercial Fishing Permits ........................................................................17 (916) 653-4899 Other Licenses and Permit Requirements ............................................................................. 20 Email: [email protected] Clams and Other Mollusks .............................................................................................................21 Website: fgc.ca.gov Saltwater and Anadromous Fish ..................................................................................................21 Freshwater Fish ..............................................................................................................................24 Prohibited Uses of Nets in Particular Districts .......................................................................24 Importation and Transportation of Fish and Amphibia ....................................................... 25 NONDISCRIMINATION Brief Description of Districts With Commercial Fisheries ...................................................27 Excerpts From The Fish and Game Code and Any person excluded from participation in, Title 14, California Code of Regulations ................................................................................... 29 denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to Identification Requirements ........................................................................................................ 29 discrimination under any program of the California General Provisions Affecting Commercial Fishing .............................................................. 29 Department of Fish and Wildlife, on the grounds Commercial Fishing Licenses ......................................................................................................35 of age, race, national origin, disability, religious Commercial Boat Registrations ...................................................................................................36 or political affiliation, color, sex, ancestry, marital Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Licenses ..................................................................36 status, or sexual orientation, should contact Fishing Activity Records (Logbooks) .........................................................................................38 the nearest regional office of the Department Commercial Aircraft Registrations ..............................................................................................38 or its headquarters located at 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 653-4711. In addition, Abalone ..............................................................................................................................................39 you may contact the U.S. Equal Employment Op- Anchovy ..............................................................................................................................................39 portunity Commission, Washington, D.C. 20506 or Round–Haul, Bait And Dip Nets ..................................................................................................39 a local EEOC office listed in your phone directory California Halibut ............................................................................................................................ 40 under U.S. Government. Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS).....................................................................................................44 Coonstripe Shrimp ..........................................................................................................................45 Alternate communication format available upon Drift Gill Net Shark/Swordfish .....................................................................................................45 request, call (916) 322-8911. Call the California Swordfish/Thresher Shark Drift Gillnet Regulations..............................................................46 Relay (telephone) Service for the deaf or hear- Dungeness Crab ............................................................................................................................. 50 ing-impaired from TDD phones at 800-735- Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) Zones ..........................................65 2929 or 711. General Fishing Lines: FGC Excerpts ........................................................................................70 General Gill and Trammel Net .....................................................................................................72 Ghost Shrimp ....................................................................................................................................78 Golden, Spot, and Ridgeback Prawn ........................................................................................79 Groundfish ........................................................................................................................................ 82 Hagfish ............................................................................................................................................... 82 Herring ................................................................................................................................................83 Kellet’s Whelk .................................................................................................................................. 90 Kelp ..................................................................................................................................................... 90 Spiny Lobster ..................................................................................................................................102 Marine Aquaria ...............................................................................................................................107
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