California Code
DIVISION 6 - FISH
PART 3 - COMMERCIAL FISHING

CHAPTER 1 - Generally

ARTICLE 1 - Application of Part

Section 7600. - 7600. The provisions of this part apply to the taking...

Section 7601. - 7601. “Owner” or “vessel owner” means the person or persons...

ARTICLE 1.3 - Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Program

Section 7630. - 7630. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Federal Regulation

Section 7650. - 7650. As used in this article: (a) “Act” means the...

Section 7652. - 7652. Upon the preparation by the council, and the recommendation...

Section 7652.1. - 7652.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other section of this article or...

Section 7652.2. - 7652.2. (a) The director may repeal or amend any regulation...

Section 7652.3. - 7652.3. (a) The director shall not adopt, amend, or repeal...

Section 7653. - 7653. Upon the adoption of any regulations pursuant to Section...

Section 7654. - 7654. The Legislature finds and declares: (a) That the actions...

Section 7655. - 7655. (a) It is the policy of the State of...

ARTICLE 1.6 - Salmon Management

Section 7660. - 7660. As used in this article: (a) “Advisory committee” means...

Section 7662. - 7662. The department shall consult with the advisory committee and...

ARTICLE 1.7 - Vessel, Hull, and Machinery Loss Pooling

Section 7690. - 7690. (a) Any person engaged in the business of licensed...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 7700. - 7700. As used in this chapter: (a) “Reduction plant” means...

Section 7701. - 7701. The commission may regulate and control fishing boats, barges,...

Section 7702. - 7702. The department may enter and examine any canning, packing,...

Section 7702.1. - 7702.1. No sardines, anchovies, mackerel, or squid intended for or...

Section 7703. - 7703. The commission may establish grades for different varieties of...

Section 7704. - 7704. (a) It is unlawful to cause or permit deterioration...

Section 7705. - 7705. All chutes or conveyors used to convey fish or...

Section 7706. - 7706. A written complaint may be made to the commission...

Section 7707. - 7707. Any reduction plant in which any fish or any...

Section 7708. - 7708. The commission may make and enforce such regulations as...

Section 7709. - 7709. The commission may establish rules and regulations for the...

Section 7710. - 7710. (a) If the director determines, based on the best...

Section 7710.1. - 7710.1. A closure or restriction under Section 7710, or the...

Section 7710.5. - 7710.5. If, during the period that regulations adopted pursuant to...

Section 7711. - 7711. (a) A person shall, upon request by an authorized...

Section 7712. - 7712. Where a fishery is closed or restricted due to...

ARTICLE 3 - Commercial Fishing Licenses

Section 7850. - 7850. (a) Excepting persons expressly exempted under this code, no...

Section 7850.5. - 7850.5. Section 7850 does not apply to any person who...

Section 7851. - 7851. The application for a commercial fishing license shall contain...

Section 7852. - 7852. (a) The department shall issue a commercial fishing license...

Section 7852.1. - 7852.1. The department may refund the fees paid for a...

Section 7852.2. - 7852.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a commercial fishing...

Section 7852.25. - 7852.25. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may...

Section 7852.27. - 7852.27. At all times when engaged in any activity described...

Section 7852.4. - 7852.4. The owner of a vessel upon which a person...

Section 7853. - 7853. The commission may suspend or revoke the commercial fishing...

Section 7854. - 7854. No license shall be suspended or revoked pursuant to...

Section 7855. - 7855. The proceedings to revoke or suspend a commercial fishing...

Section 7856. - 7856. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, except as...

Section 7857. - 7857. Unless otherwise specified, the following conditions apply to each...

Section 7858. - 7858. In addition to the conditions specified in Section 7857,...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Commercial Salmon Trollers Enhancement and Restoration Program

Section 7860. - 7860. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f) or (g),...

Section 7861. - 7861. (a) After deducting the administrative costs for issuing the...

Section 7861.1. - 7861.1. Not more than 15 percent of the funds expended...

Section 7861.2. - 7861.2. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may receive on...

Section 7861.3. - 7861.3. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 7861.4. - 7861.4. A priority for funding shall be given to programs...

Section 7861.5. - 7861.5. In consultation with the Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee,...

Section 7862. - 7862. A Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee shall be established...

Section 7862.5. - 7862.5. (a) The Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee established under...

Section 7863. - 7863. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

ARTICLE 4 - Vessel Registration

Section 7880. - 7880. (a) A person owning or operating a vessel used...

Section 7881. - 7881. (a) Every person who owns or operates a vessel...

Section 7891. - 7891. The law relating to the subject of control of...

Section 7892. - 7892. The department shall issue to any person owning or...

ARTICLE 5 - Commercial Passenger Fishing Boat Licenses

Section 7920. - 7920. The owner of any boat or vessel who, for...

Section 7921. - 7921. The base fee for a commercial passenger fishing boat...

Section 7923. - 7923. The holder of a license shall keep a true...

Section 7924. - 7924. Licenses issued under this article are subject to forfeiture,...

Section 7925. - 7925. (a) If a vessel is licensed under this article...

ARTICLE 6 - Commercial Fishing Reports

Section 8010. - 8010. The department shall: (a) Gather and prepare data of...

Section 8022. - 8022. (a) The receipts, reports, or other records filed with...

Section 8025. - 8025. (a) The commission, upon recommendation of the department, may...

Section 8026. - 8026. (a) The commission may require the owner and operator...

ARTICLE 7 - Commercial Fish Business Licenses

Section 8030. - 8030. Any person who engages in any business for profit...

Section 8031. - 8031. (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this...

Section 8032. - 8032. (a) A commercial fish business license shall be issued...

Section 8032.5. - 8032.5. Unless otherwise specified, all of the following conditions apply...

Section 8033. - 8033. (a) Except as provided in Section 8033.1 or 8033.5,...

Section 8033.1. - 8033.1. (a) Any person engaged in any of the following...

Section 8033.2. - 8033.2. The annual fee for the marine aquaria receiver’s license...

Section 8033.5. - 8033.5. (a) Any commercial fisherman who sells fish for other...

Section 8034. - 8034. (a) Any person who processes fish for profit shall...

Section 8035. - 8035. (a) Except for a person exempt under Section 8030,...

Section 8036. - 8036. (a) Any person who purchases or receives fish that...

Section 8037. - 8037. (a) A person who engages in business involving fish...

Section 8038. - 8038. A license issued under this article is valid from...

Section 8039. - 8039. The fees specified in this article are applicable to...

ARTICLE 7.5 - Landing Fees

Section 8040. - 8040. The following definitions govern the construction of this article....

Section 8041. - 8041. (a) The following persons shall pay the landing fee...

Section 8042. - 8042. The amount of the landing fee under this article...

Section 8043. - 8043. (a) Every commercial fisherman who sells or delivers fish...

Section 8043.1. - 8043.1. (a) A person required to be licensed as a...

Section 8043.2. - 8043.2. (a) A commercial fisherman licensed pursuant to Section 8033.5...

Section 8045. - 8045. The names used in the landing receipt and transportation...

Section 8046. - 8046. (a) The original signed copy of the paper landing...

Section 8046.1. - 8046.1. In addition to the requirements of Section 8046, any...

Section 8047. - 8047. (a) (1) A person licensed under Article 7 (commencing...

Section 8050. - 8050. (a) In addition to the receipt required in Section...

Section 8051. - 8051. (a) The landing fee imposed pursuant to Section 8041...

Section 8051.4. - 8051.4. (a) The landing fee collected pursuant to former Section...

Section 8052. - 8052. Landing fees shall be used only for the administration...

Section 8053. - 8053. (a) Landing fees imposed by this article shall be...

Section 8056. - 8056. Except as otherwise provided in this article, all moneys...

Section 8057. - 8057. If the department determines that any fee or penalty...

Section 8058. - 8058. In the event of overpayment of any of the...

Section 8059. - 8059. Every claim for refund or credit for overpayment of...

Section 8060. - 8060. Failure to file a claim for refund or credit...

Section 8061. - 8061. Within 30 days after disallowing any claim for refund...

Section 8062. - 8062. Interest shall be paid upon any overpayment of a...

Section 8063. - 8063. If the department determines that any overpayment of a...

Section 8064. - 8064. No injunction or writ of mandate or other legal...

Section 8065. - 8065. No suit or proceeding shall be maintained in any...

Section 8066. - 8066. Within 90 days after the mailing of the notice...

Section 8067. - 8067. If the department fails to mail notice of action...

Section 8068. - 8068. If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, the amount...

Section 8069. - 8069. In any judgment, interest shall be allowed at the...

Section 8070. - 8070. A judgment shall not be rendered in favor of...

ARTICLE 8 - Reduction Permits

Section 8075. - 8075. The commission may grant a permit, subject to such...

Section 8076. - 8076. No reduction of fish shall be permitted which may...

Section 8077. - 8077. No permit shall be issued except after a public...

Section 8078. - 8078. A hearing pursuant to this article shall be held...

Section 8079. - 8079. The commission shall, whenever necessary to prevent overexpansion, to...

Section 8079.1. - 8079.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or regulation...

Section 8080. - 8080. Nothing in this article restricts the power of any...

ARTICLE 9 - Limited Entry Fisheries

Section 8100. - 8100. “Limited entry fishery” means a fishery in which the...

Section 8101. - 8101. (a) Any licensed fisherman shall be eligible for inclusion...

Section 8102. - 8102. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, in some...

Section 8103. - 8103. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 8104. - 8104. Upon the death of a limited entry permittee, the...

ARTICLE 10 - Far Offshore Fishing

Section 8110. - 8110. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that dramatic changes...

Section 8111. - 8111. “Far offshore fishery” means a fishery that lies outside...

Section 8112. - 8112. Notwithstanding any other section of this code, fish taken...

Section 8113. - 8113. (a) Prior to departure from any port in the...

Section 8114. - 8114. It is unlawful for the operator of any vessel...

ARTICLE 11 - High Seas Interception of Salmon

Section 8120. - 8120. The definitions in this section govern the construction of...

Section 8121. - 8121. It is unlawful for any person to do any...

Section 8122. - 8122. It is unlawful for any person to create, circulate,...

Section 8123. - 8123. (a) If any person knows that a vessel contains...

ARTICLE 12 - Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Program

Section 8125. - 8125. There is hereby established the Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction...

Section 8126. - 8126. The commission shall establish a capacity reduction fee on...

CHAPTER 2 - Particular Varieties of Fish

ARTICLE 1 - General Season

Section 8140. - 8140. All fish, the taking of which is not otherwise...

ARTICLE 2 - Sardines

Section 8150.5. - 8150.5. (a) Sardines may not be taken or possessed on...

Section 8150.7. - 8150.7. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 8154. - 8154. No person shall receive, possess, or sell sardines for...

ARTICLE 3 - Anchovies

Section 8180. - 8180. In any district or part of a district lying...

Section 8181. - 8181. Anchovies taken south of that line in waters not...

Section 8182. - 8182. The operator of a boat engaged in taking anchovies...

Section 8183. - 8183. (a) No anchovies may be taken for any purpose...

Section 8190. - 8190. (a) It is the policy of the State of...

ARTICLE 4 - Salmon

Section 8210.2. - 8210.2. Except as modified by the director pursuant to Section...

Section 8213. - 8213. During the period when salmon may not be taken...

Section 8214. - 8214. It is unlawful to take salmon for commercial purposes...

Section 8215. - 8215. Silver salmon may not be sold or possessed in,...

Section 8217. - 8217. Salmon may be sold subject to the exceptions and...

Section 8218. - 8218. It is unlawful to gaff, club, otherwise injure, or...

Section 8219. - 8219. Salmon may not be taken for commercial purposes in...

Section 8226. - 8226. (a) Notwithstanding any measurement requirements under this code, and...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Commercial Salmon Vessel Permits

Section 8230. - 8230. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that commercial salmon...

Section 8231. - 8231. The following definitions govern the construction of this article:...

Section 8232. - 8232. It is unlawful to take or possess salmon for...

Section 8232.5. - 8232.5. (a) Except as provided in this section, it is...

Section 8233. - 8233. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a permit...

Section 8233.3. - 8233.3. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department...

Section 8233.4. - 8233.4. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department...

Section 8233.5. - 8233.5. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department...

Section 8233.8. - 8233.8. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department...

Section 8233.9. - 8233.9. Section 8101 does not apply to this article. (Added...

Section 8234. - 8234. (a) The department shall not issue a permit under...

Section 8235. - 8235. (a) The owner of a permitted vessel, or that...

Section 8236. - 8236. (a) The department shall send a written notice of...

Section 8237. - 8237. (a) The department shall change the designation of the...

Section 8238. - 8238. (a) On or before January 1, 1991, the department,...

Section 8238.1. - 8238.1. The vessel classification system shall be used by the...

Section 8239. - 8239. A transfer may be approved and a permit issued...

Section 8239.1. - 8239.1. Unless otherwise prohibited, the department shall accept a transfer...

Section 8239.6. - 8239.6. A permit issued for the use of a replacement...

Section 8240. - 8240. (a) The department shall not issue a permit for...

Section 8241. - 8241. The department shall issue the permit for use of...

Section 8242. - 8242. A person seeking to gain entry into the commercial...

Section 8243. - 8243. (a) If the department determines that the number of...

Section 8244. - 8244. (a) An applicant may apply for a new, original...

Section 8245. - 8245. (a) The department shall conduct a drawing from the...

Section 8246. - 8246. (a) At any time after notice of an order...

Section 8246.2. - 8246.2. (a) The commission, in consultation with the department, shall...

Section 8246.4. - 8246.4. The commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, shall...

Section 8246.6. - 8246.6. A person whose commercial salmon fishing vessel permit is...

Section 8246.7. - 8246.7. (a) The commission shall reverse an order of revocation,...

Section 8246.8. - 8246.8. The commission and the department may make and enforce...

Section 8248. - 8248. If any provision of this article or the application...

ARTICLE 5 - Lobster

Section 8250. - 8250. As used in this code, “spiny lobster” refers to...

Section 8250.5. - 8250.5. (a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing...

Section 8251. - 8251. Spiny lobsters may be taken only between the first...

Section 8252. - 8252. No spiny lobster less than three and one-quarter inches...

Section 8253. - 8253. It is unlawful to pickle, can, or otherwise preserve...

Section 8254. - 8254. (a) Lobsters shall not be taken for commercial purposes...

Section 8254.7. - 8254.7. When a complaint has been filed in a court...

Section 8257. - 8257. The permit number of the person owning or in...

Section 8258. - 8258. Lobster traps may be used to take spiny lobster...

Section 8259. - 8259. Whenever it is necessary to prevent overutilization or to...

ARTICLE 6 - Crab

Section 8275. - 8275. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 8276. - 8276. Except as provided in Section 8276.2 or 8277: (a)...

Section 8276.1. - 8276.1. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 8276.2. - 8276.2. (a) The director may order a delay in the...

Section 8276.3. - 8276.3. (a) If there is any delay ordered by the...

Section 8276.4. - 8276.4. (a) The Ocean Protection Council shall make a grant,...

Section 8276.5. - 8276.5. (a) In consultation with the Dungeness crab task force,...

Section 8277. - 8277. (a) The director may extend the Dungeness crab season...

Section 8278. - 8278. (a) Except as otherwise provided, no Dungeness crab less...

Section 8279. - 8279. It is unlawful to sell any Dungeness crab taken...

Section 8279.1. - 8279.1. (a) A person shall not take, possess onboard, or...

Section 8280. - 8280. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Dungeness...

Section 8280.1. - 8280.1. (a) A person shall not use a vessel to...

Section 8280.2. - 8280.2. (a) The owner of a Dungeness crab vessel, for...

Section 8280.3. - 8280.3. (a) For purposes of this section, the term “length...

Section 8280.4. - 8280.4. (a) The commission may revoke the commercial fishing license...

Section 8280.6. - 8280.6. (a) The department shall charge a fee for each...

Section 8280.7. - 8280.7. Notwithstanding Section 8280.1, the owner of a vessel, who...

Section 8280.9. - 8280.9. Dungeness crab vessel permits are valid only in state...

Section 8281. - 8281. Crab meat and frozen crab taken during the open...

Section 8282. - 8282. (a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing...

Section 8283. - 8283. Crab traps may be set and baited 64 hours...

Section 8284. - 8284. (a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing...

Section 8285. - 8285. (a) The director may open waters that are otherwise...

ARTICLE 8 - Clams and Other Mollusks

Section 8340. - 8340. Except as otherwise provided in this article, in Districts...

Section 8341. - 8341. All of the species of clams commonly known as...

Section 8342. - 8342. In Districts 11/2, 8, and 9 the bag limit...

Section 8343. - 8343. No northern razor clams (Siliqua patula) may be sold;...

Section 8344. - 8344. Mussels (Mytilus californianus) may be taken only in accordance...

Section 8345. - 8345. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...

Section 8346. - 8346. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...

ARTICLE 9 - Salt-water and Anadromous Fish Generally

Section 8370. - 8370. (a) Any striped bass, salmon, or sturgeon, if alive,...

Section 8371. - 8371. Striped bass and salmon may be sold or offered...

Section 8372. - 8372. Kelp bass, sand bass, or spotted bass, all of...

Section 8373. - 8373. No yellowfin croaker, spotfin croaker, or California corbina may...

Section 8374. - 8374. Yellowfin tuna and bluefin tuna may be taken at...

Section 8375. - 8375. No bluefin tuna weighing less than 71/2 pounds may...

Section 8376. - 8376. Albacore may be taken at any time. (Enacted by...

Section 8377. - 8377. (a) Pacific bonito less than 24 inches fork length...

Section 8377.5. - 8377.5. Pacific bonito shall be measured from the tip of...

Section 8378. - 8378. Skipjack may be taken at any time. (Enacted by...

Section 8380. - 8380. (a) Giant seabass (Stereolepis gigas) may not be taken...

Section 8381. - 8381. It is unlawful to take grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) except...

Section 8382. - 8382. Barracuda and yellowtail not less than 28 inches in...

Section 8383.5. - 8383.5. It is unlawful to take, possess, sell, or purchase...

Section 8384. - 8384. No barracuda or yellowtail less than 28 inches in...

Section 8385. - 8385. No person holding a commercial fishing license while on...

Section 8386. - 8386. Barracuda and yellowtail shall be measured from the tip...

Section 8387. - 8387. From May 1st to August 31st, inclusive, all of...

Section 8388. - 8388. (a) No female angel shark measuring less than 42...

Section 8388.5. - 8388.5. (a) A person shall not take, possess, sell, or...

Section 8389. - 8389. (a) Herring eggs may only be taken for commercial...

Section 8391. - 8391. California halibut (Paralichthys californicus) may be taken at any...

Section 8392. - 8392. No California halibut may be taken, possessed, or sold...

Section 8393. - 8393. (a) Except where subdivision (b) has been complied with,...

Section 8394. - 8394. Swordfish shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat,...

Section 8394.5. - 8394.5. The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section...

Section 8395. - 8395. (a) Upon the recommendation of the director regarding management...

Section 8398. - 8398. It is unlawful to take fish for commercial purposes...

Section 8399. - 8399. North of Point Conception, squid may be taken the...

Section 8399.1. - 8399.1. (a) In District 10, it is unlawful to engage...

Section 8400. - 8400. (a) California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis), mudsuckers (Gillichthys mirabilis), and...

Section 8403. - 8403. (a) To the extent not in conflict with Section...

ARTICLE 9.1 - Sea Cucumbers

Section 8405. - 8405. (a) Sea cucumbers shall not be taken, possessed aboard...

Section 8405.1. - 8405.1. (a) Applicants for a sea cucumber permit shall specify...

Section 8405.2. - 8405.2. (a) A valid sea cucumber permit may be transferred...

Section 8405.3. - 8405.3. (a) The commission, upon recommendation of the department or...

Section 8405.4. - 8405.4. This article shall become inoperative on April 1, 2030,...

ARTICLE 9.5 - Pacific Mackerel

Section 8411. - 8411. The department shall manage the Pacific mackerel resource in...

Section 8412. - 8412. Pacific mackerel may be taken under a revocable nontransferable...

ARTICLE 9.7 - Market Squid

Section 8420. - 8420. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the fishery...

Section 8424. - 8424. (a) No person shall purchase squid from a vessel...

Section 8425. - 8425. (a) On or before December 31, 2002, the commission,...

Section 8428. - 8428. Commencing April 1, 2003, and annually thereafter, the fees...

Section 8429. - 8429. Any statement made to the department, orally or in...

Section 8429.5. - 8429.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in this...

Section 8429.7. - 8429.7. Sections 8420.5 to 8423.5, inclusive, and Sections 8426 and...

ARTICLE 10 - Fresh-water Fish Generally

Section 8430. - 8430. Except as otherwise provided in this article, it is...

Section 8431. - 8431. Dolly Varden or steelhead trout from without the State...

Section 8432. - 8432. Steelhead trout from without the State may not be...

Section 8433. - 8433. Nothing in this article applies to trout grown pursuant...

Section 8434. - 8434. It is unlawful to sell or purchase any fresh,...

Section 8435. - 8435. No catfish may be sold, except catfish imported from...

Section 8436. - 8436. Except as provided in Section 8436.5, fish of the...

Section 8436.5. - 8436.5. Notwithstanding Section 8436, the commission shall adopt regulations which...

Section 8437. - 8437. The following freshwater fish may be taken for commercial...

Section 8437.1. - 8437.1. The commission may authorize the use of commercial fishing...

ARTICLE 11 - Fresh-water Fish for Bait

Section 8460. - 8460. Any person engaged for profit in the taking, transporting,...

Section 8461. - 8461. The annual license fee for a live freshwater bait...

Section 8462. - 8462. A license issued under Section 8460 shall authorize the...

Section 8463. - 8463. Traps not over 24 inches in greatest length nor...

Section 8475. - 8475. Notwithstanding Section 200, the commission shall regulate the taking...

ARTICLE 12 - Crayfish

Section 8490. - 8490. The taking of crayfish shall be subject to regulations...

Section 8491. - 8491. (a) Any allowance for the commercial taking of crayfish...

Section 8492. - 8492. The department shall take the steps it determines are...

ARTICLE 13 - Halibut Trawl Grounds

Section 8494. - 8494. (a) Any vessel using bottom trawl gear in state-managed...

Section 8495. - 8495. (a) The following areas are designated as the California...

Section 8496. - 8496. (a) Unless otherwise specified by the commission pursuant subdivision...

Section 8497. - 8497. If the director determines that the California halibut resource,...

ARTICLE 14 - Tidal Invertebrates

Section 8500. - 8500. Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this chapter, no...

ARTICLE 14.5 - Krill

Section 8510. - 8510. It is unlawful to take or land krill of...

ARTICLE 15 - Herring

Section 8550. - 8550. Herring may be taken for commercial purposes only under...

Section 8550.5. - 8550.5. (a) A herring net permit granting the privilege to...

Section 8552. - 8552. (a) It is unlawful to take herring for roe...

Section 8552.1. - 8552.1. The commission, in consultation with the department and representatives...

Section 8552.2. - 8552.2. Notwithstanding Section 1052, a herring permit may be transferred...

Section 8552.3. - 8552.3. The commission may, in consultation with representatives of the...

Section 8552.4. - 8552.4. Herring permits that are revoked or not renewed may...

Section 8552.5. - 8552.5. The commission shall revoke any herring permit if the...

Section 8552.6. - 8552.6. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8552, a herring permit may be...

Section 8552.7. - 8552.7. The department shall reissue a herring permit which has...

Section 8552.8. - 8552.8. (a) For purposes of this article, the experience points...

Section 8553. - 8553. The commission may make and enforce such regulations as...

Section 8554. - 8554. The commission, in adopting regulations for the commercial herring...

Section 8555. - 8555. The director shall periodically meet and confer with representatives...

Section 8556. - 8556. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall...

Section 8557. - 8557. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall...

Section 8558. - 8558. (a) There is established a herring research and management...

Section 8558.1. - 8558.1. (a) No person shall purchase or renew any permit...

Section 8558.2. - 8558.2. The amount of the difference between fees for nonresidents...

Section 8558.3. - 8558.3. One-half of all royalties collected by the department from...

Section 8559. - 8559. The commission, in determining experience requirements for new entrants...

ARTICLE 16 - Drift Gill Net Shark and Swordfish Fishery

Section 8561. - 8561. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not...

Section 8561.5. - 8561.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a...

Section 8562. - 8562. Applications delivered to a department office after April 30,...

Section 8563. - 8563. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the permittee...

Section 8564. - 8564. When the permittee applies for a drift gill net...

Section 8567. - 8567. The fee for a drift gill net shark and...

Section 8568. - 8568. Drift gill net shark and swordfish permits shall be...

Section 8568.5. - 8568.5. Any person holding a valid drift gill net shark...

Section 8569. - 8569. The commission may establish conditions for the issuance of...

Section 8573. - 8573. Drift gill nets may be used to take shark...

Section 8574. - 8574. (a) Drift gill nets with mesh size less than...

Section 8575. - 8575. Drift gill nets used to take shark and swordfish...

Section 8575.5. - 8575.5. Drift gill nets used to take shark and swordfish...

Section 8576. - 8576. (a) Drift gill nets shall not be used to...

Section 8576.5. - 8576.5. Thresher shark taken with drift gill nets shall not...

Section 8577. - 8577. Notwithstanding Section 8394, the director may close the drift...

Section 8579. - 8579. (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions...

Section 8580. - 8580. It is unlawful for any permittee to sell swordfish...

Section 8581. - 8581. Any license issued pursuant to Sections 8032 to 8036,...

Section 8582. - 8582. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the intent...

Section 8583. - 8583. (a) By March 31, 2020, the department shall establish...

Section 8583.5. - 8583.5. This article does not create or recognize a property...

ARTICLE 17 - Nearshore Fisheries Management Act

Section 8585. - 8585. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 8585.5. - 8585.5. The Legislature finds and declares that important commercial and...

Section 8586. - 8586. The following definitions govern the construction of this article:...

Section 8586.1. - 8586.1. Funding to pay the costs of this article shall...

Section 8587. - 8587. Any person taking, possessing aboard a boat, or landing...

Section 8587.1. - 8587.1. (a) The commission may adopt regulations as it determines...

Section 8589. - 8589. Funding to prepare the plan pursuant to subdivision (d)...

Section 8589.5. - 8589.5. The commission shall temporarily suspend and may permanently revoke...

Section 8589.7. - 8589.7. (a) Fees received by the department pursuant to Section...

ARTICLE 18 - Prawns and Shrimp

Section 8590. - 8590. For the purposes of this article, “prawns” or “shrimp”,...

Section 8591. - 8591. Prawns or shrimp may be taken for commercial purposes...

Section 8593. - 8593. Except as provided in this article, prawns or shrimp...

Section 8594. - 8594. From Point Conception south to the Mexican border, prawns...

Section 8595. - 8595. (a) Prawns or shrimp may be taken for commercial...

ARTICLE 19 - Marine Aquaria Pets

Section 8596. - 8596. The following definitions govern the construction of this article:...

Section 8597. - 8597. (a) It is unlawful for any person to take,...

Section 8598. - 8598. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8140 or subdivision (b) of Section...

Section 8598.2. - 8598.2. (a) Marine organisms identified in subdivision (a) of Section...

Section 8598.3. - 8598.3. (a) The fee for a marine aquaria collector’s permit...

Section 8598.4. - 8598.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the director...

Section 8598.6. - 8598.6. Notwithstanding Section 12000, a violation of this article or...

ARTICLE 20 - White Sharks and Basking Sharks

Section 8599. - 8599. (a) It is unlawful to take any white shark...

Section 8599.3. - 8599.3. The department shall cooperate, to the extent that it...

Section 8599.4. - 8599.4. The commission may adopt regulations to manage basking sharks....

CHAPTER 3 - Nets

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 8601. - 8601. Any net or line used to take fish that...

Section 8601.5. - 8601.5. (a) Set nets and set lines shall be marked...

Section 8601.6. - 8601.6. (a) The footrope (leadline) of any set net shall...

Section 8602. - 8602. The length of the meshes of any net shall...

Section 8603. - 8603. It is unlawful to use or operate or assist...

Section 8604. - 8604. It is unlawful willfully to disturb or injure any...

Section 8605. - 8605. The department or any person authorized by it may...

Section 8606.1. - 8606.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the use...

Section 8607. - 8607. It is unlawful for any person possessing or operating...

Section 8608. - 8608. Notwithstanding Sections 8660, 8665, 8724, and 8780, the commission...

Section 8609. - 8609. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The central...

ARTICLE 1.4 - Marine Resources Protection Act of 1990

Section 8610.1. - 8610.1. The Marine Resources Protection Act of 1990 (Art. X...

Section 8610.2. - 8610.2. (a) “District” for the purposes of this article and...

Section 8610.3. - 8610.3. (a) From January 1, 1991, to December 31, 1993,...

Section 8610.4. - 8610.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets...

Section 8610.5. - 8610.5. The department shall issue a permit to use a...

Section 8610.6. - 8610.6. The department shall charge the following fees for permits...

Section 8610.9. - 8610.9. Any funds remaining in the Marine Resources Protection Account...

Section 8610.11. - 8610.11. It is unlawful for any person to take, possess,...

Section 8610.12. - 8610.12. To increase the state’s scientific and biological information on...

Section 8610.13. - 8610.13. The penalty for a violation of Section 8610.3 or...

Section 8610.14. - 8610.14. (a) Prior to January 1, 1994, the commission shall...

Section 8610.15. - 8610.15. This article does not preempt or supersede any other...

Section 8610.16. - 8610.16. If any provision of this article or the application...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Development of Alternative Fishing Gear

Section 8614. - 8614. (a) If an experimental permit is revoked or not...

Section 8615. - 8615. (a) (1) Within the first six months of operation...

ARTICLE 2 - Nets for Particular Varieties of Fish

Section 8623. - 8623. (a) It is unlawful to use any purse seine...

Section 8625. - 8625. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, set...

Section 8626. - 8626. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8625, and where consistent with the...

ARTICLE 3 - Seizure

Section 8630. - 8630. Any net or trap used for taking fish in...

Section 8631. - 8631. In lieu of a physical seizure pursuant to this...

Section 8632. - 8632. Within three days after the department has been notified...

Section 8633. - 8633. When any net is seized pursuant to this article,...

Section 8634. - 8634. When any net is seized pursuant to this article...

Section 8635. - 8635. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8633, any net or trap seized...

ARTICLE 4 - Nets Generally in Particular Districts

Section 8660. - 8660. Nothing in this chapter authorizing the use of nets...

Section 8661. - 8661. Vessels may carry nets across Districts 19A and 20...

Section 8663. - 8663. No gill net, trammel net, or fyke net may...

Section 8664. - 8664. Except in Districts 6 and 7, any net found...

Section 8664.5. - 8664.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 8693 and 8724, gill nets and...

Section 8664.67. - 8664.67. “Impacted fisherman” for purposes of Sections 8664.5 and 8664.65,...

Section 8664.7. - 8664.7. The initial period of effectiveness of an order issued...

Section 8664.8. - 8664.8. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 8685, 8687, 8696, and 8724, and...

Section 8664.13. - 8664.13. During the period from December 15 to May 15,...

Section 8665. - 8665. In District 118.5, nets may not be used within...

Section 8666. - 8666. The department may issue a revocable permit to take...

Section 8667. - 8667. No fish other than mullet or carp, and no...

Section 8668. - 8668. No commercial fishing under Section 8666, 8667, or 8669...

Section 8669. - 8669. It is unlawful to possess gill nets, seines, or...

Section 8670. - 8670. It is unlawful for any person to use, operate,...

ARTICLE 5 - Gill and Trammel Nets

Section 8680. - 8680. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...

Section 8681. - 8681. (a) Gill nets or trammel nets shall not be...

Section 8681.5. - 8681.5. (a) The department shall issue no new gill net...

Section 8681.7. - 8681.7. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8681.5, any person who possessed a...

Section 8682. - 8682. (a) The commission shall establish regulations for the issuance...

Section 8683. - 8683. The fee for a permit issued pursuant to Section...

Section 8684. - 8684. No incidental catch of swordfish or marlin is authorized...

Section 8685. - 8685. In Districts 1, 2, and 3, gill nets may...

Section 8685.5. - 8685.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets may...

Section 8685.6. - 8685.6. It is unlawful to sell or possess for sale...

Section 8685.7. - 8685.7. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly purchase...

Section 8686. - 8686. In Districts 11/2, 21/2, and in the Trinity and...

Section 8687. - 8687. Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill...

Section 8688. - 8688. In Districts 11, 12, and 13, gill nets may...

Section 8691. - 8691. Set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh smaller...

Section 8692. - 8692. Notwithstanding Section 8693, it is unlawful to use gill...

Section 8692.5. - 8692.5. (a) Not more than 1,250 fathoms (7,500 feet) of...

Section 8693. - 8693. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift...

Section 8694. - 8694. In District 19A, gill nets may not be used,...

Section 8696. - 8696. Except as otherwise provided, set gill nets may be...

Section 8700. - 8700. Any line used on a gill net which shall...

ARTICLE 6 - Trammel Nets

Section 8720. - 8720. “Trammel net” includes entangling nets constructed of more than...

Section 8721. - 8721. In Districts 1, 2, and 3, trammel nets may...

Section 8724. - 8724. (a) Except as otherwise provided, in Districts 10, 17,...

Section 8725. - 8725. In District 19A, trammel nets may not be used,...

ARTICLE 7 - Round Haul Nets

Section 8750. - 8750. As used in this article, “round haul nets” are...

Section 8751. - 8751. In Districts 1, 2, and 3, round haul nets...

Section 8752. - 8752. In Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11,...

Section 8754. - 8754. In Districts 16, 17, 18, and 19, purse and...

Section 8755. - 8755. In Districts 20A and 21, purse and round haul...

Section 8756. - 8756. Salmon, steelhead, striped bass, or shad may not be...

Section 8757. - 8757. Notwithstanding Section 8661, and in addition to Sections 8754,...

ARTICLE 8 - Bait Nets

Section 8780. - 8780. (a) As used in this chapter, the term “bait...

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