76973. If the council program is submitted to a referendum as provided in this article, the secretary shall find that commercial salmon vessel operators and, if applicable, handlers subject to this chapter statewide have approved the council program if the secretary finds either of the following:
(a) Sixty-five percent or more of the total number of commercial salmon vessel operators and handlers, who voted in the referendum and who harvested 51 percent or more of the total amount of salmon landed during the previous fiscal year by all commercial salmon vessel operators and handlers who voted in the referendum, approve the program.
(b) Fifty-one percent or more of the total number of commercial salmon vessel operators and handlers, who voted in the review referendum and who harvested 65 percent or more of the total amount of salmon landed during the previous fiscal year by all commercial salmon vessel operators and handlers who voted in the review referendum, approve the program.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 307, Sec. 57. (AB 958) Effective January 1, 2016.)