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DIVISION 6. FISH 5500-9101›PART 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING 7600-9101›CHAPTER 3. Nets 8601-8890›ARTICLE 1. Generally 8601-8609

§ 8601

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

Any net or line used to take fish that is anchored to the bottom on each end and is not free to drift with the tide or current is a set net or set line. Any net so placed that it will catch or impound fish within a bight, bay, or estuary, or against the shore upon the receding of the tide is a set net. Fyke nets, shrimp nets, or crab nets are not set nets.

(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 655, Sec. 1.)

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