Without going to my "Ichy" book we have pile perch which are fairly large and a basic silver color and up to 17 inches. Then there are striped perch which are a bit smaller at 15 inches and have - yes - blue lines. Pictures of those two species are on page 113 of the 2012/2013 regs. Shiner perch (AKA poggies) are fairly small (4-5 inches) as adults and have gold bars on their sides and are commonly found schooled up under docks. Then on the coast there are red tailed surf perch. Others????

So, to answer your question, I am not sure. If they only referred to surf perch in ocean MAs it would be fairly clear but since they refer to them in all MAs maybe all other perch (besides shiner) are covered by that generic term of surf perch. I looked under "Definitions" in the old regs and there was nothing on surf perch or perch. Seems the only issue is whether all perch (except shiner) are limited to an aggregate of 10 as part of the daily bottom fish limit of 15 which is how I would approach it until someone in authority says differently.

FYI, the limit for shiner perch was on the verge of being reduced to just a few a couple of years ago when fishermen became aware of the proposed change and made an issue out of it because of the loss of live bait and the fact that there was no evidence of a conservation issue. They settled on 15. In short, the Commission was being led down the garden path.....kind of like the current cab issue.

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Here is a link to a dive site with pictures: http://emeralddiving.com/id_perch.html