California Fish and Game Code 8399.1 – (a) In District 10, it is unlawful to engage in the following …
(a) In District 10, it is unlawful to engage in the following activities:
(1) Attract squid by a light displayed from any vessel, except a vessel deploying nets for the take, possession, and landing of squid or from the seine skiff of the vessel deploying nets for the take, possession, and landing of squid.
Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 8399.1
- Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife. See California Fish and Game Code 37
- District: means fish and game district. See California Fish and Game Code 41
- Fish: means a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of any of those animals. See California Fish and Game Code 45
- Take: means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill. See California Fish and Game Code 86
(2) Attract squid by a light displayed from any vessel whose primary purpose is not the deployment, or assisting in the deployment, of nets for the take, possession, and landing of squid.
(3) Encircle any vessel. This paragraph does not apply to a seine skiff of a vessel that is deploying nets for the take, possession, and landing of squid, while that vessel is engaged in the taking of squid.
(b) For purposes of this section, “seine skiff” means a vessel that meets all the following requirements:
(1) It is not licensed by the federal government or registered by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(2) It is used to assist a larger federally-licensed or state-registered fishing vessel by assisting in the deployment and retrieval of nets and the landing of fish.
(3) It travels with that larger fishing vessel at all times.
(4) It is used solely at the direction of the operator of the larger fishing vessel.
(5) It is owned by the owner of the larger fishing vessel.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 157. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)