| Southern Region Shore and Pier Fishing Regs Index 2005 | |||
| Ocean waters between 34º27' N. latitude (Point Conception) and the U.S.-Mexican Border, excludes marine protected areas, those areas have additional restrictions | |||
| Species | Individual Daily Bag And Possession Limit | Size Limit | Open Season |
| Anchovy, northern | no limit | none | All Year |
| Barracuda, California | 10* | 28" | All Year |
| Bass, giant sea | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Basses: kelp, barred sand and spotted sand | Ten in any combination of species. | 12" | All Year |
| Bass, striped | 2* | none | All Year |
| Bonito, Pacific | 10 | 5 or less, none, over 5 must be 24" FL* | All Year |
| Butterfish, Pacific | no limit | none | All Year |
| Dolphinfish (Dorado) | 10* | none | All Year |
| Flounder, starry | no limit | none | All Year |
| Garibaldi | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Groupers: gulf and broomtail | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Grunion, California | no limit | none | June 1 - March 31 |
| Halibut, California | 5 | 22" | All Year |
| Halibut, Pacific | 1 | 32" | May 1 - Sept 30 |
| Herring, Pacific | no limit | none | All Year |
| Herring, round | no limit | none | All Year |
| Jacksmelt | no limit | none | All Year |
| Lingcod | 2 | 24" | Apr-Nov |
| Mackerel, jack | no limit | none | All Year |
| Mackerel, Pacific | no limit | none | All Year |
| Marlin: black, blue and striped | 1* | none | All Year |
| Mudsucker, longjaw | 10* | none | All Year |
| Prickleback, monkeyface | 10* | none | All Year |
| Queenfish | no limit | none | All Year |
| RCG Complex (Rockfishes, Cabezon and Greenlings) | 10 fish in combination ** | none | All Year |
| Rockfish, bocaccio | 1** | 10" | All Year |
| Cabezon | 1** | 15" | All Year |
| Greenlings: kelp and rock | 1** | 12" | All Year |
| other rockfish (genus Sebastes) | 10 fish in combination ** | none | All Year |
| Rockfish, canary | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Rockfish, cowcod | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Rockfish, yelloweye | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| California scorpionfish (sculpin) (Scorpaena guttata) | 5 | 10" | All Year |
| California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) | 5 | 12" | All Year |
| Salmon: chinook, king, pink, sockeye and chum | 2* | 20" | Apr 2 - Oct 3(?) |
| Salmon (Coho), silver | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sanddabs: Pacific, speckled and longfin | no limit | none | All Year |
| Sardine, Pacific | no limit | none | All Year |
| Sculpin, Pacific staghorn | no limit | none | All Year |
| Seabass, white | 3, except bet. mar 15 - jun 15 limit then is 1 | 28" | See bag limit |
| Shark, blue | 2* | none | All Year |
| Shark, leopard | 3* | 36" | All Year |
| Sharks: sixgill and sevengill | 1ea* | none | All Year |
| Shark, shortfin mako | 2* | none | All Year |
| Shark, soupfin | 1* | none | All Year |
| Shark, thresher | 2* | none | All Year |
| Shark, white | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sheephead, California | 5 | 12" | All Year |
| Smelt, surf | 25#, in combination | none | All Year |
| Sole, Petrale | no limit | none | All Year |
| Squid | no limit | none | All Year |
| Steelhead | prohibited | prohibited | prohibited |
| Sturgeons: green and white | 1 | 46-72" | All Year |
| Surfperches, general | 5, total | none | All Year |
| Surfperch, redtail | see above | 10-1/2" | All Year |
| Surfperch, shiner | 20 | none | All Year |
| Swordfish, broadbill | 2 | none | All Year |
| Topsmelt | no limit | none | All Year |
| Trout (other than steelhead) | 3 | none | All Year |
| Tunas: albacore, bluefin and skipjack | no limit | none | All Year |
| Tunas: bigeye and yellowfin | 10* | none | All Year |
| Whitefish, ocean | 10 | none | All Year |
| Yellowtail | 10 | 5 or less, none, over 5 must be 24" FL* | All Year |
| All flatfish not listed above (eg. diamond turbot, sand sole) | 10* | none | All Year |
| All marine finfish not listed above (including, but not limited to: white croaker, shortfin corvina, California corbina, yellowfin croaker, opaleye, halfmoon, smoothhound shark, spiny dogfish, bat ray, sargo, salema, and California lizardfish) For morays too! | 10* | none | All Year |
| Red Means prohibited, DO NOT TAKE! | |||
| Grey means, part of the 20 finfish in combination regs: | |||
| * No more than 20 finfish in combination with not more than __ of this species, see specific species for their amount | |||
| Yellow means caution there are limits | |||
| Green means, no limit or closure (as listed) | |||
| Orange means part of the RCG Complex: | |||
| ** No more than 10 in combination with not more than __of this species, see specific species for their amount | |||
| Also limited by the 20 fish overall regulation | |||
