California Fish and Game Code

§ 8495

FGC § 8495 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 6 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 13

Statute text

(a)The following areas are designated as the California halibut trawl grounds:

(1)The ocean waters lying between one and three nautical miles from the mainland shore lying south and east of a line running due west (270° true) from Point Arguello and north and west of a line running due south (180° true) from Point Mugu.

(2)The ocean waters of Monterey Bay delineated by straight lines connecting the following points in the following order and excluding federal waters as defined by the order entered by the United States Supreme Court in the case of United States of America v. State of California, 135 S.Ct. 563 (2014): LatitudeLongitude36° 54.146′ N122° 4.244′ W36° 52.910′ N122° 4.225′ W36° 52.024′ N122° 2.117′ W36° 51.680′ N121° 59.321′ W36° 52.230′ N121° 57.810′ W36° 48.974′ N121° 52.474′ W36° 49.835′ N121° 51.840′ W36° 54.250′ N121° 54.883′ W36° 54.287′ N121° 58.062′ W36° 53.956′ N122° 2.117′ WLongitudeLatitude-121° 52.00320096′36° 49.732266378′-121° 52.44333966′36° 48.980946096′-121° 57.77850834′36° 52.23946824′-121° 59.32425072′36° 51.680657442′-122° 2.12078646′36° 52.009891824′-122° 4.18901964′36° 52.816435086′-122° 4.51162806′36° 53.907575316′(3) The ocean waters offshore of Port San Luis lying between one and three nautical miles from the mainland shore, as described by an area circumscribed by a line connecting the following points in clockwise order, with the line connecting the last two points approximately parallel to the lines connecting the preceding points: LatitudeLongitude35° 08′ N120° 46′ W35° 08′ N120° 40.1′ W35° 06.6′ N120° 39.2′ W35° 02.2′ N120° 39.3′ W34° 57′ N120° 40.7′ W34° 57′ N120° 43.5′ W35° 06.4′ N120° 46′ WLongitudeLatitude-121° 52.00320096′36° 49.732266378′-121° 52.44333966′36° 48.980946096′-121° 57.77850834′36° 52.23946824′-121° 59.32425072′36° 51.680657442′-122° 2.12078646′36° 52.009891824′-122° 4.18901964′36° 52.816435086′-122° 4.51162806′36° 53.907575316′(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the use of trawl gear for the take of fish is prohibited in the following areas of the California halibut trawl grounds:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 985, Sec. 8. (SB 1309) Effective January 1, 2019.