Originally Posted By: Larry B
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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.

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See the "Bottomfish" definition in the regs. The definition identifies "surfperch" as excluding "shinerperch" .