Rules and Directions


Rules and Regulations

Collection policy

Collection is allowed by prior permission and with relevant Scientific Collecting Permit only. 

Rules for the San Diego-Scripps Coastal SMCA (applicable to the entire Scripps Coastal Reserve):
It is unlawful to injure, damage, take, or possess any living, geological, or cultural marine resource, EXCEPT:
Recreational take of coastal pelagic species except market squid (northern anchovy, Pacific sardine, Pacific mackerel, and jack mackerel), by hook-and-line only is allowed.


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