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General Fishing Tips / Re: you all fishing the ocean. do you see fishing jet-skies out there?
« on: January 26, 2024, 11:11:15 AM »
The SF Bay has some restrictions too.
For areas under the jurisdiction of SFPD (including Alcatraz, parts of Angel Island, and parts of Marin)...
(Pier 52 is the only legal launch for PWCs from San Francisco to transit through the special use zone outlined above)
In Marin county...
For areas under the jurisdiction of SFPD (including Alcatraz, parts of Angel Island, and parts of Marin)...
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Use and operation of personal watercraft ... is prohibited ... within 1,200 feet of the shoreline or the farthest extension of the shoreline of San Francisco, as defined by its landmarks. The San Francisco shoreline shall include, but not be limited to, all of Yerba Buena Island, all of Treasure Island, the east shore of Angel Island, all of Alcatraz Island, between Point Bonita and Yellow Bluff in Marin, and from Candlestick Park around the San Francisco Peninsula down to the extension of the County line below Harding Park.SF Police Code SEC. 4700.6
(Pier 52 is the only legal launch for PWCs from San Francisco to transit through the special use zone outlined above)
In Marin county...
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Use and operation of personal watercraft ... is prohibited ... all waters within the territory of the County of Marin accessible from a shoreline, or the farthest extension of the shoreline of Marin County as defined by its landmarks. The area is to include the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean from the Sonoma County line to the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay shoreline from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Marin/Sonoma County line at the Petaluma River. The special use area includes but is not limited to all estuaries (Estero), rivers and bays within Marin County jurisdiction. This special use area shall also include a distance of seven miles inland from the mouth of the rivers or navigable creeks.Chapter 11.36 of Title 11 of the Marin County Code