Fish & G. Code, § 8399.1 · Article 9. Salt-water and Anadromous Fish Generally
Fish & G. Code, § 8399.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) In District 10, it is unlawful to engage in the following activities:
(1) Attract squid by a light displayed from any vessel, except a vessel deploying nets for the take, possession, and landing of squid or from the seine skiff of the vessel deploying nets for the take, possession, and landing of squid.
(2) Attract squid by a light displayed from any vessel whose primary purpose is not the deployment, or assisting in the deployment, of nets for the take, possession, and landing of squid.
(3) Encircle any vessel. This paragraph does not apply to a seine skiff of a vessel that is deploying nets for the take, possession, and landing of squid, while that vessel is engaged in the taking of squid.
(b) For purposes of this section, “seine skiff” means a vessel that meets all the following requirements:
(1) It is not licensed by the federal government or registered by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(2) It is used to assist a larger federally-licensed or state-registered fishing vessel by assisting in the deployment and retrieval of nets and the landing of fish.
(3) It travels with that larger fishing vessel at all times.
(4) It is used solely at the direction of the operator of the larger fishing vessel.
(5) It is owned by the owner of the larger fishing vessel.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 157. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.
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