State Managed Commercial Fisheries: Cabezon, Greenlings and Sheephead

Total Allowable Catches, Allocations and Trip Limits

This page last updated on January 19, 2021.

Section 52.10 of Title 14, California Code of Regulations establishes annual total allowable catches (TAC) for these species, and also allocates portions of these TACs to the recreational and commercial fisheries.

  TAC Commercial Allocation Recreational Allocation
Sheephead 205,500 75,200 130,300

TACs and Allocations are in pounds.

Current Year Commercial State CGS Groundfish Trip Limits

  Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec
Cabezon 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Greenlings 500 500 500 500 500 500
Sheephead 2,000 2,000 2,400 2,400 2,400 2,400

Trip limits are in pounds.

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