Fish and Game Code - FGC
DIVISION 6. FISH [5500 - 9101]
( Division 6 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456. ) PART 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING [7600 - 9101]
( Part 3 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456. ) CHAPTER 2. Particular Varieties of Fish [8140 - 8599.4]
( Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456. ) ARTICLE 16. Drift Gill Net Shark and Swordfish Fishery [8561 - 8583.5]
( Article 16 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1078, Sec. 3. ) 8574.
(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.)