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DIVISION 6. FISH 5500-9101›PART 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING 7600-9101›CHAPTER 3. Nets 8601-8890›ARTICLE 11. Dip Nets 8870-8870

§ 8870

California Fish and Game Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Dip nets may be used subject to the following restrictions:

(a) In Districts 1, 112, 2, 3, and 4, dip nets may not be baited, and may not measure more than six feet in greatest breadth.

(b) In District 19, hand-held dip nets 30 feet or less in greatest breadth may be used. In that district dip nets may not be used within 750 feet of any pier, wharf, jetty, or breakwater, except to take anchovies, squids, and sardines for bait, and to take smelt.

(c) In District 20, hand-held dip nets 30 feet or less in greatest breadth may be used.

(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 763, Sec. 7. Effective September 15, 1986.)

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