Bottom fishing regulation changes coming for 2017:
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December 2, 2016
SALEM -- ...The Commission also set 2017 groundfish regulations. For the recreational angler, the new regulations will require all groundfish anglers to have a descending device on board the vessel, and will require its use for all rockfish released outside of 30 fathoms. Anglers can find more information about descending devices and how to use them
here.
The seven fish marine bag limit will remain in place, with these adjustments for 2017:
- Create a sub-bag limit of six black rockfish.
- Remove the sub-bag limit for canary rockfish.
- Add China/quillback/copper rockfishes to the sub-bag limit with blue/Deacon rockfish and change the limit from three to four fish.
- Remove the 10-inch minimum size for kelp greenling.