California Code
Fish and Game Code - FGC
DIVISION 12 - AQUACULTURE

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 15000. - 15000. (a) The business of aquaculture is governed by this...

Section 15001. - 15001. The cultured progeny of wild plants and animals lawfully...

Section 15002. - 15002. Any person who takes aquaculture products without lawful entitlement...

Section 15003. - 15003. (a) The department may assess a fee on persons...

Section 15004. - 15004. Aquaculturists operating under this division shall pay all costs...

Section 15005. - 15005. (a) When necessary for the protection of native wildlife,...

Section 15006. - 15006. Nothing in this division applies to authorized species of...

Section 15007. - 15007. (a) In the waters of the Pacific Ocean that...

Section 15008. - 15008. (a) The department shall, in consultation with the Aquaculture...

CHAPTER 2 - Aquaculture Development Section

Section 15100. - 15100. There is within the department an aquaculture coordinator who...

Section 15101. - 15101. (a) The owner of each aquaculture facility shall register...

Section 15101. - 15101. (a) The owner of each aquaculture facility shall register...

Section 15102. - 15102. The department may prohibit an aquaculture operation or the...

Section 15103. - 15103. (a) In addition to the fees specified in Section...

Section 15103. - 15103. (a) In addition to the fees specified in Section...

Section 15104. - 15104. (a) If any person engages in the business of...

Section 15104. - 15104. (a) If any person engages in the business of...

Section 15105. - 15105. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13001 or 13002, all moneys collected...

CHAPTER 3 - Stocking Aquatic Organisms

Section 15200. - 15200. The commission may regulate the placing of aquatic plants...

Section 15201. - 15201. A permit is required to place fish on public...

Section 15202. - 15202. The commission may prohibit the placement of specific species...

CHAPTER 4 - Brood Stock Acquisition

Section 15300. - 15300. Aquatic plants or animals may be legally obtained for...

Section 15301. - 15301. (a) The department may sell wild aquatic plants or...

CHAPTER 5 - Leasing of State Water Bottoms

Section 15400. - 15400. (a) Except as prohibited by Section 15007, the commission...

Section 15401. - 15401. Areas used by the public for digging clams shall...

Section 15402. - 15402. A lessee of a state water bottom owns all...

Section 15403. - 15403. Persons wishing to lease a state water bottom shall...

Section 15404. - 15404. (a) If the commission finds that the area applied...

Section 15405. - 15405. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), no initial...

Section 15406. - 15406. (a) Each state water bottom lease shall specify a...

Section 15406.5. - 15406.5. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the commission...

Section 15406.7. - 15406.7. (a) In addition to the rent provided in Section...

Section 15407. - 15407. The annual rent shall be paid to the department...

Section 15408. - 15408. The commission shall promulgate regulations governing the termination of...

Section 15409. - 15409. (a) Upon termination of a lease, for any reason,...

Section 15410. - 15410. All leases shall be subject to the power of...

Section 15411. - 15411. Lessees under a state water bottom lease may not...

Section 15412. - 15412. No water bottom lease may be assigned without the...

Section 15413. - 15413. No person may enter upon any area subject to...

Section 15414. - 15414. A water bottom lease may require periodic reports that...

Section 15415. - 15415. The department shall notify the State Lands Commission of...

CHAPTER 6 - Disease Control

Section 15500. - 15500. Upon the recommendation of the department and after consultation...

Section 15501. - 15501. The department may enter, under an inspection warrant issued...

Section 15502. - 15502. The director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Industry Advisory...

Section 15503. - 15503. The Aquaculture Disease Committee may recommend regulations to the...

Section 15504. - 15504. Regulations recommended under Section 15503 and adopted by the...

Section 15505. - 15505. If any of the diseases or parasites listed pursuant...

Section 15506. - 15506. Except for those diseases in the list compiled pursuant...

Section 15507. - 15507. If the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Disease...

Section 15508. - 15508. Reports of those diseases and parasites compiled pursuant to...

Section 15509. - 15509. No person may move, or allow to be moved,...

Section 15510. - 15510. If the director determines that any disease designated pursuant...

Section 15512. - 15512. (a) If aquatic plants or animals are destroyed pursuant...

Section 15513. - 15513. Claims against the department arising under this chapter may...

Section 15514. - 15514. No claim arising under this chapter shall be paid...

Section 15516. - 15516. The owner of an aquaculture product who does not...

CHAPTER 7 - Importation of Aquatic Plants and Animals

Section 15600. - 15600. (a) No live aquatic plant or animal may be...

Section 15601. - 15601. A written application for the importation submitted in conformance...

Section 15604. - 15604. No facility constructed for the purpose of spawning, incubating,...

Section 15605. - 15605. (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the importation of...

CHAPTER 8 - Aquaculture Development Committee

Section 15700. - 15700. The director shall appoint an Aquaculture Development Committee consisting...

Section 15701. - 15701. (a) The term of membership for members other than...

Section 15702. - 15702. (a) The committee shall be advisory to the director...

Section 15703. - 15703. The committee shall meet on the call of the...