California Code
Fish and Game Code - FGC
DIVISION 0.5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

CHAPTER 1 - General Definitions

Section 1. - 1. This code shall be known as the Fish and...

Section 2. - 2. Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires, the...

Section 3. - 3. The provisions of this code, insofar as they are...

Section 4. - 4. Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not...

Section 5. - 5. Whenever reference is made to any portion of this...

Section 6. - 6. Whenever a power is granted to, or duty is...

Section 7. - 7. Whenever a statement or report is required to be...

Section 8. - 8. The present tense includes the past and future tenses,...

Section 9. - 9. The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter....

Section 9.2. - 9.2. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section...

Section 10. - 10. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural,...

Section 11. - 11. Whenever in this code the doing of an act...

Section 12. - 12. Wherever the term “Fish Commission Fund” or “Game Preservation...

Section 13. - 13. Unless otherwise specified by statute, any notice or other...

Section 13.5. - 13.5. “Adaptive management,” unless otherwise specified in this code, means...

Section 14. - 14. “Anadromous fish” means fish which spawn in fresh water...

Section 15. - 15. “Angling” means the taking of, or attempting to take,...

Section 16. - 16. “Affix” means physically attached to or imprinting an electronic...

Section 17. - 17. “Aquaculture” means that form of agriculture devoted to the...

Section 18. - 18. “Bag limit” means the maximum limit, in number or...

Section 19. - 19. “Possession limit” means the maximum, in number or amount,...

Section 22. - 22. “Bird” means a wild bird or part of a...

Section 24. - 24. “Buy” includes an offer to buy, purchase, barter, exchange,...

Section 27. - 27. “Chumming” means the placing in the water of fish,...

Section 29. - 29. “Closed season” means that period of time during which...

Section 30. - 30. “Commission” means the Fish and Game Commission, and “commissioner”...

Section 32. - 32. “County” includes city and county. (Enacted by Stats. 1957,...

Section 33. - 33. “Credible science” means the best available scientific information that...

Section 35. - 35. “Day” means calendar day, and “week” means calendar week....

Section 37. - 37. “Department” means the Department of Fish and Wildlife. (Amended...

Section 39. - 39. “Director” means the Director of Fish and Wildlife. (Amended...

Section 41. - 41. “District” means fish and game district. (Enacted by Stats....

Section 43. - 43. “Ecosystem-based management” means an environmental management approach relying on...

Section 45. - 45. “Fish” means a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian,...

Section 46. - 46. “Guide boat” means a boat or vessel under 25...

Section 48. - 48. “Hook” or “fishhook” means an implement to catch or...

Section 51. - 51. “Kelp” means kelp or other marine aquatic plants and...

Section 54. - 54. “Mammal” means a wild or feral mammal or part...

Section 54.5. - 54.5. “Marine finfish aquaculture” means the propagation, cultivation, or maintenance...

Section 55. - 55. “Mile” means either a statute mile (5,280 feet) or...

Section 56. - 56. “Net” means any gear made of any kind of...

Section 57. - 57. “Nonresident” means a person who is not a resident...

Section 60. - 60. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Section 61. - 61. “Ocean ranching” means aquaculture where juvenile anadromous fish are...

Section 62. - 62. “Open season” means that period of time during which...

Section 64. - 64. “Order,” “rule,” and “regulation” are used interchangeably and each...

Section 67. - 67. “Person” means any natural person or any partnership, corporation,...

Section 68. - 68. “Purchase” means “buy” as defined in Section 24. (Added...

Section 70. - 70. “Resident” means any person who has resided continuously in...

Section 73. - 73. “Section” means a section of this code unless some...

Section 75. - 75. “Sell” includes offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange,...

Section 79. - 79. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by...

Section 80. - 80. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, a provision...

Section 81. - 81. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or...

Section 82. - 82. “Slurp gun” means a self-contained, hand-held device used to...

Section 83. - 83. “State” means the State of California, unless applied to...

Section 86. - 86. “Take” means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or...

Section 88. - 88. “Transport” includes offer or receive for transportation. (Enacted by...

Section 89. - 89. For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or...

Section 89.1. - 89.1. “Waters of the state,” “waters of this state,” and...

Section 89.5. - 89.5. “Wildlife” means and includes all wild animals, birds, plants,...

CHAPTER 2 - Marine Life Definitions

Section 90. - 90. The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of...

Section 90.1. - 90.1. “Adaptive management,” in regard to a marine fishery, means...

Section 90.5. - 90.5. “Bycatch” means fish or other marine life that are...

Section 90.7. - 90.7. “Depressed,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the...

Section 91. - 91. “Discards” means fish that are taken in a fishery...

Section 93. - 93. “Essential fishery information,” with regard to a marine fishery,...

Section 94. - 94. “Fishery” means both of the following: (a) One or...

Section 96. - 96. “Marine living resources” includes all wild mammals, birds, reptiles,...

Section 96.5. - 96.5. “Maximum sustainable yield” in a marine fishery means the...

Section 97. - 97. “Optimum yield,” with regard to a marine fishery, means...

Section 97.5. - 97.5. “Overfished,” with regard to a marine fishery, means both...

Section 98. - 98. “Overfishing” means a rate or level of taking that...

Section 98.2. - 98.2. “Participants” in regard to a fishery means the sportfishing,...

Section 98.5. - 98.5. “Population” or “stock” means a species, subspecies, geographical grouping,...

Section 99. - 99. “Restricted access,” with regard to a marine fishery, means...

Section 99.5. - 99.5. “Sustainable,” “sustainable use,” and “sustainability,” with regard to a...