50 CFR Appendix Table 3b (South) to Subpart F of Part 660 - Trip Limits for Open Access South of 40°10′ N. lat.

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Table 3b (South) to Part 660, Subpart F—Trip Limits for Open Access South of 40°10′ N. lat.

Table 3b (South) to Part 660, Subpart F—Trip Limits for Open Access South of 40°10′ N. lat.

Species Trip limit
Big skate Unlimited.
Bocaccio 6,000 lb/2 months.
Bronzespotted rockfish CLOSED.
Cabezon Unlimited.
California scorpionfish 3,500 lb/2 months.
Canary rockfish 1,500 lb/2 months.
Chilipepper rockfish (40°10′ N lat.-34° 27′ N lat.) 6,000 lb/2 months.
Chilipepper rockfish (south of 34° 27′ N lat.) 4,000 lb/2 months.
Cowcod CLOSED.
Flatfish (includes Dover sole, arrowtooth flounder, petrale sole, English sole, starry flounder) 10,000 lb/2 months.
Lingcod (south of 40°10′ N lat.) 1,400 lb/2 months.
Longnose skate Unlimited.
Longspine thornyhead (40° 10′ to 34° 27′ N lat.) 100 lb/2 months.
Nearshore rockfish complexes:
Shallow nearshore rockfish (south of 40°10′ N lat.) 2,000 lb/2 months.
Deeper nearshore rockfish (south of 40°10′ N lat.) 2,000 lb/2 months, of which no more than 75 lb may be copper rockfish.
Other fish (defined at § 660.11) Unlimited.
Other flatfish complex (defined at § 660.11) 10,000 lb/2 months.
Pacific cod 1,000 lb/2 months.
Pacific Spiny Dogfish Periods 1-2: 200,000 lb/2 months.
Period 3: 150,000 lb/2 months.
Periods 4-6: 100,000 lb/2 months.
Pacific whiting 600 lb/2 months.
Quillback rockfish CLOSED.
Sablefish (40°10′ N lat.-36° N lat.) 4,000 lb/week not to exceed 8,000 lb/2 months.
Sablefish (south of 36° N lat.) 2,500 lb/week not to exceed 7,500 lb/2 months.
Shelf rockfish complex (40°10′ N lat.-34°27′ N lat.); excludes bronzespotted rockfish 4,000 lb per 2 months, of which no more than 300 lb may be vermilion/sunset rockfish.
Shelf rockfish complex (south of 34° 27′ N lat.); excludes bronzespotted rockfish 3,000 lb per 2 months, of which no more than 900 lb may be vermilion/sunset rockfish.
Shortspine thornyhead (40° 10′ N. lat.-34° 27′ N. lat.) 100 lb/2 months.
Shortspine thornyhead and longspine thornyhead (south of 34° 27′ N. lat.) 100 lb/day, no more than 1,000 lb/2 months for all periods.
Slope rockfish complex & darkblotched rockfish 10,000 lb/2 months, of which no more than 2,500 lb may be blackgill rockfish.
Splitnose rockfish 400 lb/2 months.
Widow rockfish (40°10′ N lat.-34° 27′ N lat.) 6,000 lb/2 months.
Widow rockfish (south of 34° 27′ N lat.) 4,000 lb/2 months.
Yelloweye rockfish CLOSED.
Salmon Troll See § 660.334(b)(2).
Ridgeback Prawn, California halibut, and sea cucumber See § 660.333(e) and (f).
Pink Shrimp See § 660.333(g) and (i).

Note 1 to table 3b (South): Trip limits apply in the EEZ only; see appropriate state regulations for state trip limits. Trip limits are effective year-round unless otherwise specified for different cumulative periods (defined at § 660.11 under “Trip limits”). Trip limits are effective from 40°10′ N lat. to the U.S.-Mexico border unless otherwise specified via latitudinal or state subdivisions in this table. Stock complexes are defined at § 660.11 under “Groundfish”. Trip limits may be revised via inseason action; therefore, users should refer back to this table throughout the year. To convert pounds to kilograms, divide the weight in pounds by 2.20462. The resulting quotient is the weight in kilograms.

[89 FR 101539, Dec. 16, 2024, as amended at 90 FR 15415, Apr. 11, 2025; 90 FR 34189, July 21, 2025; 90 FR 45005, Sept. 18, 2025]