California Code
DIVISION 6 - FISH
PART 1 - GENERALLY

CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous

Section 5500. - 5500. It is unlawful to use explosives in the waters...

Section 5501. - 5501. The department may take any fish which, in its...

Section 5503. - 5503. It is unlawful to take any fish for the...

Section 5504. - 5504. The department may issue a letter of authorization to...

Section 5505. - 5505. Mollusks, crustaceans, and amphibia may be used for bait...

Section 5507. - 5507. It is unlawful for any person to possess, except...

Section 5508. - 5508. It is unlawful to possess on any boat or...

Section 5509. - 5509. It is unlawful to possess on any boat or...

Section 5510. - 5510. The commission may adopt regulations to prevent deterioration and...

Section 5511. - 5511. Except under permit of the department, it is unlawful...

Section 5514. - 5514. (a) It is unlawful to kill or retain in...

Section 5515. - 5515. (a) (1) Except as provided in this section or...

Section 5516. - 5516. Any river, stream, lake, or other body of water...

Section 5517. - 5517. (a) Except as authorized by a permit issued pursuant...

Section 5520. - 5520. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 5521. - 5521. A moratorium is imposed on the taking, possessing, or...

Section 5521.5. - 5521.5. (a) In addition to the moratorium imposed by Section...

Section 5521.6. - 5521.6. Notwithstanding Sections 5521 and 5521.5, a registered aquaculturist may...

Section 5522. - 5522. (a) On or before January 1, 2003, the department...

Section 5523. - 5523. (a) (1) If the Director of Environmental Health Hazard...

CHAPTER 2 - Pollution

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 5650. - 5650. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), it is...

Section 5650.1. - 5650.1. (a) A person who violates Section 5650 is subject...

Section 5651. - 5651. Whenever it is determined by the department that a...

Section 5652. - 5652. (a) It is unlawful to deposit, permit to pass...

Section 5653. - 5653. (a) The use of vacuum or suction dredge equipment...

Section 5653.1. - 5653.1. (a) The issuance of permits to operate vacuum or...

Section 5653.3. - 5653.3. Any person required to possess a permit pursuant to...

Section 5653.5. - 5653.5. For purposes of Section 5653, “river, stream, or lake”...

Section 5653.7. - 5653.7. In the event of an unanticipated water level change,...

Section 5653.8. - 5653.8. For purposes of Sections 5653 and 5653.3, “person” does...

Section 5653.9. - 5653.9. The department shall adopt regulations to carry out Section...

Section 5654. - 5654. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 5523 and except as provided...

Section 5655. - 5655. (a) In addition to the responsibilities imposed pursuant to...

Section 5656. - 5656. Any recovery or settlement of money damages, including, but...

ARTICLE 2 - Shellfish Area Contamination

Section 5669. - 5669. For purposes of this chapter, “shellfish” means any bivalve...

Section 5670. - 5670. It is unlawful to take shellfish used or intended...

Section 5671. - 5671. The State Department of Health Services may: (a) Examine...

Section 5672. - 5672. Upon the determination by the State Department of Health...

Section 5673. - 5673. The fact of posting the notices shall be published...

Section 5674. - 5674. The State Department of Health Services shall enforce the...

Section 5675. - 5675. If examinations are conducted pursuant to this article for...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Purification of Mollusks

Section 5700. - 5700. Notwithstanding Sections 5670, 5672, 8341, and 9050, native and...

Section 5701. - 5701. The State Department of Health Services may make sanitary...

Section 5701.5. - 5701.5. If examinations are conducted by the State Department of...

Section 5702. - 5702. Any person who moves any native mollusks taken under...

ARTICLE 3 - Trinity and Klamath River Fish and Game District

Section 5800. - 5800. (a) It is unlawful to conduct any mining operations...

Section 5801. - 5801. Section 5800 does not affect any other laws applying...

Section 5802. - 5802. Section 5800 does not apply to the construction, repair,...

Section 5803. - 5803. No provision of this article is a limitation on...

CHAPTER 3 - Dams, Conduits, and Screens

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 5900. - 5900. As used in this chapter: (a) “Dam” includes all...

Section 5901. - 5901. Except as otherwise provided in this code, it is...

Section 5902. - 5902. In including the United States within the scope of...

Section 5903. - 5903. The United States shall file with the commission pursuant...

Section 5904. - 5904. The application of the United States shall give the...

ARTICLE 2 - Dams and Obstructions

Section 5930. - 5930. The department shall, from time to time, examine all...

Section 5931. - 5931. If, in the opinion of the commission, there is...

Section 5932. - 5932. When all of the provisions of this article have...

Section 5933. - 5933. Whenever an application for approval of plans and specifications...

Section 5934. - 5934. The commission or any party may, in any hearing,...

Section 5935. - 5935. The owner of any dam upon which a fishway...

Section 5936. - 5936. It is unlawful to wilfully destroy, injure, or obstruct...

Section 5937. - 5937. The owner of any dam shall allow sufficient water...

Section 5938. - 5938. Whenever in the opinion of the commission it is...

Section 5939. - 5939. The hatchery, traps, and other equipment necessary to operate...

Section 5940. - 5940. If the owner of the dam generates electricity at...

Section 5941. - 5941. The owner shall permit the use of water, without...

Section 5942. - 5942. The commission may, in lieu of a fishway, hatchery,...

Section 5943. - 5943. (a) The owner of a dam shall accord to...

Section 5944. - 5944. The owner of a dam is not liable in...

Section 5945. - 5945. The department may sell, at cost, to the owner...

Section 5946. - 5946. The provisions of Section 5938 shall not be applicable...

Section 5947. - 5947. It is unlawful for the owner of a dam...

Section 5948. - 5948. No person shall cause or having caused, permit to...

ARTICLE 3 - Conduits and Screens: Diversions Over 250 Cubic Feet per Second

Section 5980. - 5980. This article shall apply only to conduits described in...

Section 5981. - 5981. The department shall examine all conduits; and order the...

Section 5982. - 5982. An order to install a screen shall be in...

Section 5983. - 5983. When an order is made to install a screen,...

Section 5984. - 5984. If the expense of constructing or installing a screen...

Section 5985. - 5985. The owner of the conduit shall, within 10 days...

Section 5986. - 5986. All money paid by the department to the owner...

Section 5987. - 5987. The department shall not pay one-half of the expense...

Section 5988. - 5988. When a screen has been installed, the owner may,...

Section 5989. - 5989. After acceptance, should the screen fail to function in...

Section 5990. - 5990. It is unlawful for the owner of a conduit...

Section 5991. - 5991. In lieu of the department’s ordering the owner to...

Section 5992. - 5992. Any screen installed under any of the provisions of...

Section 5993. - 5993. Before the installation of any screen under the provisions...

ARTICLE 4 - Conduits and Screens: Diversions Less Than 250 Cubic Feet per Second

Section 6020. - 6020. This article shall apply only to conduits with a...

Section 6021. - 6021. The department shall examine new or existing conduits, and...

Section 6022. - 6022. Sufficient water for a bypass shall be not to...

Section 6023. - 6023. The department shall serve written notice upon each owner...

Section 6024. - 6024. If the owner fails to sign and return the...

Section 6025. - 6025. It is unlawful for the owner of a conduit...

Section 6026. - 6026. Any screen installed under this article shall be such...

Section 6027. - 6027. This article does not prevent the department from removing...

Section 6028. - 6028. All money paid by the department to the owner...

ARTICLE 5 - Diversion of Water From Streams

Section 6100. - 6100. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Article 3 (commencing with...

CHAPTER 4 - Infected or Diseased Fish

Section 6300. - 6300. This chapter applies to all fish and amphibia, including,...

Section 6301. - 6301. The department may enter at any time any vehicle,...

Section 6302. - 6302. Except as otherwise provided in Division 12 (commencing with...

Section 6303. - 6303. All fish, amphibia, or aquatic plants which the department...

Section 6304. - 6304. If the department finds any infected, diseased, or parasitized...

Section 6305. - 6305. It is unlawful to carry or cause to be...

Section 6306. - 6306. The expense of any examination made necessary by the...

CHAPTER 5 - Fish Planting and Propagation

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 6400. - 6400. It is unlawful to place, plant, or cause to...

Section 6400.5. - 6400.5. In addition to Section 6400, it is unlawful to...

Section 6401. - 6401. Any person may, under the terms of a permit...

Section 6402. - 6402. The department may plant fish in streams passing through,...

Section 6403. - 6403. This chapter does not apply to activities governed by...

ARTICLE 2 - Artificial Reefs

Section 6420. - 6420. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 6421. - 6421. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 6422. - 6422. The department shall administer the California Artificial Reef Program....

Section 6423. - 6423. The program shall include all of the following: (a)...

Section 6424. - 6424. The amount allocated for the administration of the program...

Section 6425. - 6425. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

ARTICLE 4 - Grass Carp

Section 6440. - 6440. The Legislature finds and declares that triploid grass carp...

Section 6450. - 6450. The department shall adopt regulations that provide for the...

Section 6451. - 6451. All providers of triploid grass carp for use under...

Section 6452. - 6452. Prior to receiving a permit from the department to...

Section 6453. - 6453. (a) On or before March 1 of each year...

Section 6454. - 6454. The department shall establish permit and inspection fees sufficient...

Section 6455. - 6455. The department shall impose conditions in the permit to...

Section 6456. - 6456. Nothing in this article shall be construed as restricting...

Section 6457. - 6457. Because of its experience and continuing involvement with hydrilla...

Section 6460. - 6460. If the department obtains documented and verifiable evidence of...

ARTICLE 8 - Ocean Fishery Research

Section 6590. - 6590. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 6591. - 6591. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 6592. - 6592. There is hereby established in state government the California...

Section 6593. - 6593. (a) The program is administered by the director with...

Section 6594. - 6594. (a) To advise the director in establishing policy and...

Section 6594.1. - 6594.1. (a) In order to foster a transparent and collaborative...

Section 6594.3. - 6594.3. The director shall convene an annual public meeting where...

Section 6594.5. - 6594.5. (a) The director shall consider the findings and results...

Section 6595. - 6595. (a) All fees collected by the department pursuant to...

Section 6596.1. - 6596.1. (a) In addition to a valid California sport fishing...

Section 6596.3. - 6596.3. The director shall provide for the solicitation of input...

Section 6597. - 6597. (a) The department may contract with any public or...

Section 6597.5. - 6597.5. It is in the interest of the state to...

Section 6598. - 6598. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

CHAPTER 5.5 - California Marine Resources Legacy Act

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 6600. - 6600. This act shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 6601. - 6601. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 6602. - 6602. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

Section 6603. - 6603. (a) This chapter establishes a program through which an...

Section 6604. - 6604. (a) A proposed project to partially remove an offshore...

Section 6605. - 6605. (a) Nothing in this chapter is intended, and it...

ARTICLE 2 - Partial Removal of Offshore Oil Structures

Section 6610. - 6610. (a) An owner or operator, or other party responsible...

Section 6611. - 6611. (a) The application for partial removal shall include, at...

Section 6612. - 6612. (a) Upon receipt of an application to partially remove...

Section 6613. - 6613. (a) The council shall determine whether the partial removal...

Section 6614. - 6614. (a) Upon certification of the appropriate environmental documents by...

Section 6615. - 6615. Prior to granting conditional approval of an application for...

Section 6616. - 6616. The department may grant conditional approval of an application...

Section 6617. - 6617. Upon a finding that all the requirements of Sections...

Section 6618. - 6618. (a) The cost savings from the partial removal of...

Section 6619. - 6619. Upon a determination by the department that the full...

Section 6620. - 6620. The department shall not take title to a decommissioned...

Section 6621. - 6621. Upon the department’s final approval of the first application...

CHAPTER 6 - Kelp and Other Aquatic Plants

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 6650. - 6650. Every person engaged in harvesting kelp or other aquatic...

Section 6651. - 6651. (a) A license granting the privilege to harvest kelp...

Section 6652. - 6652. Every person engaged in harvesting kelp shall determine the...

Section 6653. - 6653. The commission may make such regulations as may be...

Section 6653.5. - 6653.5. (a) The department may issue permits for the drying...

Section 6654. - 6654. If, at any time, the commission finds that the...

Section 6655. - 6655. Within 10 days after the service of such a...

Section 6656. - 6656. The commission may revoke and prohibit reissuance for a...

Section 6657. - 6657. The commission may, subject to such regulations as it...

ARTICLE 2 - Royalties

Section 6680. - 6680. In addition to the license fee provided for in...

ARTICLE 3 - Exclusive Leases

Section 6700. - 6700. The commission may lease to any person the exclusive...

Section 6701. - 6701. Persons wishing to lease the exclusive privilege to harvest...

Section 6701.5. - 6701.5. A deposit of not less than forty dollars ($40)...

Section 6702. - 6702. (a) If the commission finds that the kelp beds...

Section 6703. - 6703. The initial term of a lease for the exclusive...

Section 6704. - 6704. (a) Each kelp bed lease entered into or renewed,...

Section 6705. - 6705. Notwithstanding Section 6704, with respect to any kelp lease...

Section 6706. - 6706. Notwithstanding Sections 6703 and 6704, at any time during...

Section 6707. - 6707. Each lease entered into, or renewed, on or after...

Section 6708. - 6708. A lease may not be assigned, in whole or...

Section 6709. - 6709. A lease, or any renewal thereof, shall be submitted...

Section 6710. - 6710. When an exclusive privilege to harvest kelp has been...

Section 6711. - 6711. The department shall inform the State Lands Commission of...

ARTICLE 4 - Noncommercial Use of Kelp

Section 6750. - 6750. The commission may regulate the taking, collecting, harvesting, gathering,...

Section 6751. - 6751. The provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6650),...

CHAPTER 7 - Amphibia

ARTICLE 1 - Frogs

Section 6850. - 6850. As used in this article, “frog” means all species...

Section 6851. - 6851. Except as otherwise provided in this code or in...

Section 6852. - 6852. Any person who conducts a place of business where...

Section 6854. - 6854. It is unlawful to take frogs by the use...

Section 6855. - 6855. The department may issue a permit to take and...

ARTICLE 2 - Frog-Jumping Contests

Section 6880. - 6880. As used in this article, “frog-jumping contest” means a...

Section 6881. - 6881. Frogs to be used in frog-jumping contests shall be...

Section 6882. - 6882. If the means used for taking such frogs can,...

Section 6883. - 6883. Any person may possess any number of live frogs...

Section 6884. - 6884. A frog which is not kept in a manner...

Section 6885. - 6885. The commission has no power to modify the provisions...

ARTICLE 3 - Commercial Use of Amphibians Except Frogs

Section 6895. - 6895. “Native amphibians” as used in this article means salamanders,...

Section 6896. - 6896. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the commission...

CHAPTER 8 - Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries Program Act

ARTICLE 1 - Citation and Legislative Findings

Section 6900. - 6900. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 6901. - 6901. The Legislature, for purposes of this chapter, finds as...

Section 6902. - 6902. The Legislature, for purposes of this chapter, declares as...

Section 6903. - 6903. It is the policy of the state and the...

Section 6903.5. - 6903.5. The department shall encourage other nonprofit hatcheries and nonprofit...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 6910. - 6910. Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the...

Section 6911. - 6911. “Production” means the survival of fish to adulthood as...

Section 6912. - 6912. “Program” means the program for protecting and increasing the...

ARTICLE 3 - Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries Program

Section 6920. - 6920. (a) The department shall, with the advice of the...

Section 6921. - 6921. The program shall identify the measures the department will...

Section 6922. - 6922. The program shall include, but is not limited to,...

Section 6923. - 6923. Measures which are the responsibility of other agencies or...

Section 6924. - 6924. The department shall determine the initial elements of the...

ARTICLE 4 - Effect of Reduced Water Flows

Section 6930. - 6930. (a) Subject to the availability of funds for the...