California new fishing regulations: New Recreational Groundfish Regulations for 2021 Multiple changes to the recreational groundfish regulations will take effect in the new year. CDFW...

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Jan 15, 2021 13:35:13 #

Mako Bob Loc: Southern California

New Recreational Groundfish Regulations for 2021
Multiple changes to the recreational groundfish regulations will take effect in the new year. CDFW worked closely with recreational stakeholders to develop the changes, effective January 1, 2021. See CDFW's summary of recreational groundfish regulations for Management Area boundary definitions

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Jan 15, 2021 13:58:50 #

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Mako Bob wrote:

New Recreational Groundfish Regulations for 2021 b... (show quote)

I don't see anything there that relates to regulation changes regarding "ground fish". Am I missing something?

Jan 15, 2021 14:44:09 #

Mako Bob Loc: Southern California

You are so right I sent the wrong link hope this is better
New Recreational Groundfish Regulations for 2021
Multiple changes to the recreational groundfish regulations will take effect in the new year. CDFW worked closely with recreational stakeholders to develop the changes, effective January 1, 2021. See CDFW's summary of recreational groundfish regulations for Management Area boundary definitions.
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Jan 15, 2021 17:50:24 #

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Way better. Thank you.

Jan 16, 2021 10:50:56 #

Fish Dancer Loc: Guntersville, Alabama

Spiritof27 wrote:

I don't see anything there that relates to regulation changes regarding "ground fish". Am I missing something?

I give up. What is a ground fish? I thought you need water to go fishing.

Jan 16, 2021 11:14:00 #

OK John Loc: Oklahoma City,OK

without opening the link, what the heck is aground fish?

Jan 16, 2021 12:12:25 #

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

You know what a pelagic fish is? A ground fish is the opposite. It's a general term for fish that don't live in the open water, they hang around the bottom and rocks and structure. Flounders and halibut. Surf perch.

Jan 16, 2021 12:52:15 #

trickafish

Fish Dancer wrote:

I give up. What is a ground fish? I thought you need water to go fishing.

Groundfish refers to more than 90 different types of roundfish, flatfish, rockfish, sharks, and skates off the West Coast. With a few exceptions, groundfish live on or near the bottom of the ocean. Fishermen from Washington, Oregon, and California catch them year-round using a variety of gear types.

Groundfish generally fall into one of the following categories of fish:

Rockfish: Numerous species, including widow, yellowtail, canary, and vermilion rockfish; bocaccio, chilipepper, cowcod, yelloweye, thornyheads, and Pacific ocean perch.
Flatfish: 12 species including petrale sole, Dover sole, starry flounder, arrowtooth flounder, and Pacific sanddab.
Roundfish: The six species are lingcod, cabezon, kelp greenling, Pacific cod, Pacific whiting (hake), and sablefish.
Sharks and skates: The six species are leopard shark, soupfin shark, spiny dogfish, big skate, California skate, and longnose skate.
Other species: These include ratfish, finescale codling, and Pacific rattail grenadier.

Jan 16, 2021 14:46:53 #

Fish Dancer Loc: Guntersville, Alabama

Spiritof27 wrote:

Thanks spirit. Today is a good day. I learned something new.

Jan 16, 2021 14:47:20 #

Fish Dancer Loc: Guntersville, Alabama

trickafish wrote:

Groundfish refers to more than 90 different types ... (show quote)

Thanks 👍

Jan 16, 2021 16:21:08 #

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Fish Dancer wrote:

Thanks spirit. Today is a good day. I learned something new.

Be careful or that could happen tomorrow too.

Jan 16, 2021 16:22:07 #

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

Is ground fish different from what Fish and Game in Washington and Alaska refer to as Non-Pelagic

Jan 16, 2021 16:23:42 #

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

I'm not sure, but probably. Pelagic fish are the ones that swim around out in the oceans, like tuna and swordfish and such.

Jan 16, 2021 16:36:58 #

Fish Dancer Loc: Guntersville, Alabama

Spiritof27 wrote:

Be careful or that could happen tomorrow too.

I’m a hoping.

Jan 16, 2021 19:04:51 #

trickafish

bapabear wrote:

Is ground fish different from what Fish and Game in Washington and Alaska refer to as Non-Pelagic

Yes as you can have Pelagic rock fish and non-Pelagic rock fish Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) divides rockfish into two categories with separate regulations: pelagic rockfish and demersal shelf rockfish (DSR). Our anglers often ask what the terms mean.

Let’s start with pelagic. The term comes from the Greek pélagos, which means open sea. The zone of the ocean considered pelagic includes everything from the surface to just short of the bottom. The most common catches in the pelagic category are black, yellowtail, and dusky rockfish. The rockfish classified as pelagic in our regulations are more abundant and faster growing than DSR. Most are 7 to 30 years old while DSR range from 15 to at least 75 years old and are less abundant.

As for behavior, the rockfish frequently ignore their designated category. We catch pelagic rockfish on the bottom and we encounter DSR hundreds of feet off bottom. Because rockfish of all types are relatively slow growing and late maturing and are easily overfished.
https://anglingunlimited.com/2017/11/03/what-does-pelagic-mean/

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