California Cowcod Conservation Areas

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Regulations

Section 27.82(d)

Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) for recreational fisheries means waters which are 20 fathoms in depth and deeper within each of the following two areas. Area 1 is an area south of Point Conception that is bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:

• 33°50' N. lat., 119°30' W. long.;
• 33°50' N. lat., 118°50' W. long.;
• 32°20' N. lat., 118°50' W. long.;
• 32°20' N. lat., 119°37' W. long.;
• 33°00' N. lat., 119°37' W. long.;
• 33°00' N. lat., 119°53' W. long.;
• 33°33' N. lat., 119°53' W. long.;
• 33°33' N. lat., 119°30' W. long.;
• 33°50' N. lat., 119°30' W. long.;

and Area 2 is a smaller area west of San Diego that is bound by straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:

• 32°42' N. lat., 118°02' W. long.;
• 32°42' N. lat., 117°50' W. long.;
• 32°36' 42" N. lat., 117°50' W. long.;
• 32°30' N. lat., 117°53'30" W. long.;
• 32°30' N. lat., 118°02' W. long.;
• 32°42' N. lat., 118°02' W. long.

At no time may rockfish, lingcod, and associated species (limited to cabezon, greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos, California scorpionfish, California sheephead, and ocean whitefish) be taken or possessed while fishing in waters 20 fathoms or greater in depth as described by general depth contour lines in the Cowcod Conservation Areas (see Section 27.83 for restrictions on fishing gear within the Cowcod Conservation Areas).