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Originally Posted by Donfish

I could be wrong and flame away if I am but as we are paid and have a float plan posted on a public board we should be able to keep 1 seabass per day fished in posession per angler. Multiday permits should not be required as we will only be on the water for parts of each of the days.The receipts from ferry passage and camping should suffice as legitimate fishing proof over the course of the trip.I won't be dragging 3 seabass home with me. I know alot can be left for interpetation but if my vessel has 1 wsb per angler when checked and I'm on a multiday camping trip the limit becomes 3 days of limits in posession for the duration of the trip as per dfg regs....please correct me if I am wrong.

One thing the DFG referred me to was section 1:17 page 22
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pdfs/oceanfish2008.pdf
One daily limit in possession weather frozen, preserved yadda yadda.
He flat out said only one daily limit at ANY time. And that technically goes all the way to your freezer. When the limit goes to 3 then you can legally have three in the freezer.
He said you don't want to be showing up at the dock with 3 WSB in your cooler from a 3 day camping trip. And a multiday permit does not jive if you are setting foot on land between days.
What I did not question was how a multiday permit DOES seem to contradict the possession rule. Unless it just overides it completely.
Here's the contact persons info I got after emailing DFG central.

Edgar W. Roberts III
Associate Marine Biologist
Recreational Fishery Data Project
California Department of Fish and Game
619 Second Street
Eureka, CA 95501
707.441.5757 Office
707.445.7883 Fax
707.599.5318 Cell
eroberts@dfg.ca.gov

Visit the Marine Region's Web Site at:
www.dfg.ca.gov/marine