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DIVISION 6. FISH 5500-9101›PART 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING 7600-9101›CHAPTER 2. Particular Varieties of Fish 8140-8599.4›ARTICLE 16. Drift Gill Net Shark and Swordfish Fishery 8561-8583.5

§ 8574

California Fish and Game Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Drift gill nets with mesh size less than 14 inches in stretched mesh shall not be used to take shark and swordfish by permittees operating under a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, and the permittee shall not have aboard the vessel or in the water a drift gill net with mesh size less than 14 inches and more than 8 inches in stretched mesh.

(b) No permittee shall deploy a drift gill net of less than 14-inch mesh size at the time that the permittee has a shark or swordfish gill net deployed.

(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1558, Sec. 3. Effective October 2, 1985.)

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