{"data":{"id":"us/50-cfr-660.506","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"50 CFR 660.506","heading":"Gear restrictions.","body":"The only fishing gear authorized for use in the reduction fishery for northern anchovy off California are round haul nets that have a minimum wet-stretch mesh size of 10/16 of an inch (1.59 cm) excluding the bag portion of a purse seine. The bag portion must be constructed as a single unit and must not exceed a rectangular area, adjacent to 20 percent of the total corkline of the purse seine. Minimum mesh size requirements are met if a stainless steel wedge can be passed with only thumb pressure through 16 of 20 sets of 2 meshes each of wet mesh. The wedges used to measure trawl mesh size are made of 20 gauge stainless steel and will be no wider than 10/16 of an inch (1.59 cm) less one thickness of the metal at the widest part.","path":["Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries","CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES","Subpart I—Coastal Pelagics Fisheries"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-50.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:39Z","sha256":"fa4fbbc51e9f67028fb08bd4a364a642765ee1863a91a48d7e184d09f6e691b9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/50-cfr-660.505","next":"us/50-cfr-660.507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}