California
Fish and Game Code
2,297 entries
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This code shall be known as the Fish and Game Code.
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Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the …
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The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provis…
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Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meanin…
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Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, the refere…
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Whenever a power is granted to, or duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercise…
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Whenever a statement or report is required to be made, it shall be made in the English language. Not…
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The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.
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The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter.
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“Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
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The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
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Whenever in this code the doing of an act between certain dates or from one date to another is allow…
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Wherever the term “Fish Commission Fund” or “Game Preservation Fund” appears in any law, it means “F…
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Unless otherwise specified by statute, any notice or other written communication required to be sent…
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“Adaptive management,” unless otherwise specified in this code, means management that improves the m…
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“Anadromous fish” means fish which spawn in fresh water and spend a portion of their lives in the oc…
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“Angling” means the taking of, or attempting to take, fish by hook and line with the line held in th…
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“Affix” means physically attached to or imprinting an electronic validation to a license document.
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“Aquaculture” means that form of agriculture devoted to the propagation, cultivation, maintenance, a…
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“Bag limit” means the maximum limit, in number or amount, of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amph…
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“Possession limit” means the maximum, in number or amount, of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amp…
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“Bird” means a wild bird or part of a wild bird.
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“Buy” includes an offer to buy, purchase, barter, exchange, or trade.
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“Chumming” means the placing in the water of fish, or other material upon which fish feed, for the p…
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“Closed season” means that period of time during which the taking of birds, mammals, fish, amphibian…
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“Commission” means the Fish and Game Commission, and “commissioner” means a member of the Fish and G…
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“County” includes city and county.
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“Credible science” means the best available scientific information that is not overly prescriptive d…
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“Day” means calendar day, and “week” means calendar week.
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“Department” means the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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“Director” means the Director of Fish and Wildlife.
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“District” means fish and game district.
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“Ecosystem-based management” means an environmental management approach relying on credible science,…
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“Fish” means a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of a…
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“Guide boat” means a boat or vessel under 25 feet in length, which is used by a guide, who is licens…
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“Hook” or “fishhook” means an implement to catch or hold fish or amphibia. “Single hook” means any h…
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“Kelp” means kelp or other marine aquatic plants and the seeds thereof.
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“Mammal” means a wild or feral mammal or part of a wild or feral animal, but not a wild, feral, or u…
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“Marine finfish aquaculture” means the propagation, cultivation, or maintenance of finfish species i…
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“Mile” means either a statute mile (5,280 feet) or a nautical mile (6,077 feet) depending on the app…
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“Net” means any gear made of any kind of twine, thread, string, rope, wire, wood, or other materials…
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“Nonresident” means a person who is not a resident as defined in Section 70.
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“Oath” includes affirmation.
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“Ocean ranching” means aquaculture where juvenile anadromous fish are reared and released into state…
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“Open season” means that period of time during which the taking of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, o…
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“Order,” “rule,” and “regulation” are used interchangeably and each includes the others.
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“Person” means any natural person or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust,…
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“Purchase” means “buy” as defined in Section 24.
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“Resident” means any person who has resided continuously in the State of California for six months o…
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“Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. “Subdivi…
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“Sell” includes offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange, or trade.
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“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, a provision of this code that applies to a whole…
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“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’…
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“Slurp gun” means a self-contained, hand-held device used to capture fish by rapidly drawing water c…
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“State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. I…
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“Take” means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or k…
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“Transport” includes offer or receive for transportation.
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For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycle…
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“Waters of the state,” “waters of this state,” and “state waters” have the same meaning as “waters o…
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“Wildlife” means and includes all wild animals, birds, plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and relat…
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The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of Section 1022, Chapter 7 (commencing with …
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“Adaptive management,” in regard to a marine fishery, means a scientific policy that seeks to improv…
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“Bycatch” means fish or other marine life that are taken in a fishery but which are not the target o…
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“Depressed,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the condition of a fishery for which the best av…
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“Discards” means fish that are taken in a fishery but are not retained because they are of an undesi…
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“Essential fishery information,” with regard to a marine fishery, means information about fish life …
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“Fishery” means both of the following: (a) One or more populations of marine fish or marine plants t…
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“Marine living resources” includes all wild mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and plants that normally…
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“Maximum sustainable yield” in a marine fishery means the highest average yield over time that does …
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“Optimum yield,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the amount of fish taken in a fishery that d…
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“Overfished,” with regard to a marine fishery, means both of the following: (a) A depressed fishery.…
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“Overfishing” means a rate or level of taking that the best available scientific information, and ot…
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“Participants” in regard to a fishery means the sportfishing, commercial fishing, and fish receiving…
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“Population” or “stock” means a species, subspecies, geographical grouping, or other category of fis…
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“Restricted access,” with regard to a marine fishery, means a fishery in which the number of persons…
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“Sustainable,” “sustainable use,” and “sustainability,” with regard to a marine fishery, mean both o…
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There is in the Resources Agency the Fish and Game Commission created by Section 20 of Article IV of…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the scope and responsibilities of the commission have si…
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(a) The commissioners shall annually elect one of their number as president and one as vice presiden…
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(a) Each of the commissioners shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of actual servic…
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The commission may employ a staff, including an executive director, to assist the commission in cond…
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The commission shall form a marine resources committee from its membership consisting of at least on…
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The commission shall form a wildlife resources committee from its membership consisting of at least …
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The commission shall form a tribal committee from its membership consisting of at least one commissi…
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The commission shall adopt a code of conduct that requires, at a minimum, that a commissioner adhere…
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By July 1, 2013, the commission shall adopt rules to govern the business practices and processes of …
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(a) The commission shall hold no fewer than eight regular meetings per calendar year, if the commiss…
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(a) There is hereby delegated to the commission the power to regulate the taking or possession of bi…
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Nothing in this article confers upon the commission any power to regulate any natural resources or c…
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Any regulation of the commission pursuant to this article relating to resident game birds, game mamm…
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When adopting regulations pursuant to Section 203, the commission shall consider populations, habita…
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Any regulation of the commission pursuant to this article which relates to fish, amphibia, and repti…
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Any regulation adopted pursuant to this article may supersede any section of this code designated by…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this article applies to a commission regulation that gove…
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(a) When adopting, amending, or repealing a regulation governed by this article, the commission shal…
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(a) The commission and the department may do anything that is deemed necessary and proper to publici…
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A regulation governed by this article is not subject to the time periods for the adoption, amendment…
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The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation governed by this article shall become effective a…
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A regulation governed by this article shall remain in effect for the period specified in the regulat…
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The commission may adopt regulations that it deems necessary for the disposition of birds or mammals…
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When adopting regulations pursuant to any authority otherwise vested in the commission by this code,…
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Prior to adopting a regulation authorizing a special hunting season for black bears for the purpose …
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Whenever, because of extreme fire hazard, any area is closed to entry by the public by any order or …
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(a) Whenever after due investigation the commission finds that game fish, resident or migratory bird…
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, in District 22 the taking of birds, mammals, fish…
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For the preservation, protection and restoration of mountain sheep and other birds and mammals in ar…
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(a) The commission or any person appointed by it to conduct a hearing may, in any investigation or h…
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The commission may designate salmon spawning areas. It is unlawful to take salmon in any such spawni…
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(a) The commission may issue a permit authorizing any member of the armed forces of the United State…
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The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of tuna in the same manner as taking or possess…
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The commission at any time may close to the taking of any species or subspecies of bird or mammal an…
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The commission may at any time close any stream, lake, or other inland waters, or portions thereof, …
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The commission may open any stream, lake, or other inland waters, or any part of any stream, lake, o…
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The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus) in the same m…
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The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of salmon in the same manner as the taking or p…
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Any organization conducting a special hunt for servicemen or veterans residing in or assigned to a U…
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Whenever after due investigation the commission finds that game mammals, other than deer, and fur-be…
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Before adopting a regulation pursuant to Section 325, the commission at an open meeting shall public…
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Notice of the hearing shall be published at least once, and at least 10 days prior to the hearing, i…
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Such employees of the department as may be necessary or are requested by any interested group of per…
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The regulation may fix a license fee for special hunting and designate the number of special license…
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Cooperative hunting areas, as described in Section 1575, may be established in connection with any a…
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(a) The commission may determine and fix the area or areas, the seasons and hours, the bag and posse…
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(a) The commission may determine and fix the area or areas, the seasons and hours, the bag and posse…
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(a) The commission may annually adopt regulations pertaining to migratory birds to conform with or t…
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(a) Migratory game birds may be taken in conformity with federal laws and regulations and the regula…
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The president of the commission may be a member ex officio of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commis…
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The commission may negotiate the terms of a compact between the States of Arizona and California wit…
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The commission, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, may enter into reciprocal agreement…
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The department may exchange or release to any appropriate federal, state, or local agency or agencie…
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(a) The director, or a designated representative, may enter into reciprocal operational agreements w…
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(a) A regularly employed law enforcement officer of an Oregon, Nevada, or Arizona state law enforcem…
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(a) The commission may adopt regulations for the possession or training, and the capture, importatio…
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(a) The falconry license shall be valid for a license year beginning on July 1 and ending on the las…
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(a) On or before three years after the date the Legislature makes an appropriation for purposes of t…
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The base year for determining the inflationary index applied to the fee established by Section 396 s…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the commission, when adopting, amending, or repeal…
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The State of California hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act to …
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The State of California hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act to …
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature to encourage the conservation, restoration…
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As used in this chapter “general deer hunting season” means the annual season for the area in questi…
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The department shall designate deer herd management units and designate the manager for the units. S…
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The department shall develop plans for such deer herd management units. The objectives of such plans…
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Such management plans shall contain the following program elements: (a) Document existing informatio…
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Deer herd management unit plans shall be reviewed annually and shall be the basis for department rec…
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The department shall biennially report to the Legislature and to the commission on the progress that…
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(a) Not later than December 15 of each year, the department shall determine its proposed recommendat…
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(a) Not later than December 15 of each year, the department shall provide notice of the details of i…
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(a) Not later than the February 1 next following the department’s notice, the board of supervisors o…
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(a) Prior to each meeting of the commission at which the commission considers the regulation of deer…
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(a) The commission shall, by regulation, adopt guidelines to assist the director and the department …
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(a) There is in the Natural Resources Agency a Department of Fish and Wildlife administered through …
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The director shall be appointed by the Governor, and receive the annual salary provided for by Chapt…
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There shall be one deputy director of the department who shall be a civil executive officer and shal…
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The director or one or more of his designees may accept the office of director or alternate director…
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This code shall be administered and enforced through regulations adopted only by the department, exc…
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(a) The department, on or before January 1, 2016, shall prepare and submit to the relevant policy an…
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(a) General policies for the conduct of the department shall be formulated by the commission. The di…
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It is the policy of the state that the department and commission use ecosystem-based management info…
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It is the policy of the state as follows: (a) That the department and the commission seek to create,…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director is the appointing power of all employee…
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(a) For purposes of this section, “eligible renewable energy resources” has the same meaning as in t…
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The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing at Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the …
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It is the duty of the attorney for the department to act as counsel in defense of any officer or dep…
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A nonprofit organization designated by the department to assist in the sale of deer, elk, antelope, …
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The Legislature finds and declares that the department has in the past not been adequately funded to…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the department continues to be inadequately funded to me…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The department continues to face se…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure adequate funding from appropriate sources for the …
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(a) The expenditure of all federal grant moneys made available to the state pursuant to the Federal …
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(a) For purposes of this code, unless the context otherwise requires, “project” has the same meaning…
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(a) The department shall impose and collect a filing fee in the amount prescribed in subdivision (d)…
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(a) The fish and wildlife resources are held in trust for the people of the state by and through the…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Finance shall include in the Governor’s B…
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(a) (1) The department’s mission is to manage California’s diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resourc…
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(a) The changes in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and…
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(a) The director, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, shall establish a formal progra…
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The Wildlife Violator Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other participati…
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It is the policy of this state in entering into the compact to do all of the following: (a) Promote …
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The purposes of this chapter include both of the following: (a) To provide a means by which particip…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when issuing a citation for a wildlife violation for…
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(a) Upon receipt of a report from the licensing authority of the issuing state reporting the failure…
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(a) As a participating member of the wildlife violator compact, the licensing authority of this stat…
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Except as expressly required by this chapter, this chapter shall not be construed to affect the righ…
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(a) (1) A board of compact administrators is hereby established to serve as a governing body for the…
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(a) This chapter shall become effective at such time as it is adopted in substantially similar form …
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(a) This compact may be amended periodically. Amendments shall be presented in resolution form to th…
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This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
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The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is…
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The director shall, from time to time, employ or appoint, with or without pay, such deputies, clerks…
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A deputy appointed to enforce the provisions of this code is a peace officer. The deputy has all the…
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(a) The director may deputize any employee of the department to check persons for licenses required …
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Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the minimum age limit for appointment to the p…
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Regularly employed law enforcement officers of the department may, when authorized by the director, …
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(a) All employees of the department designated by the director as deputized law enforcement officers…
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(a) The department may install patrol vehicle mounted video and audio systems, commonly known as das…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the status of a person as an employee, agent, or lic…
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(a) The department, in cooperation with landowners and landowner organizations, shall, on or before …
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Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the department may seek and accept grants and …
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The department may offer for sale a fish and game warden stamp to be designed and produced as the de…
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The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, appoint a suitable person to serve f…
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The board of supervisors shall fix the salary to be paid and the expenses to be allowed the county f…
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The board may by a majority vote of its members remove the warden at any time.
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The county fish and game warden shall enforce the state laws relating to the protection of fish and …
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The county fish and game warden shall report quarterly to the board of supervisors, giving a detaile…
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The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, appoint a deputy fish and game warde…
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The deputy shall have such powers, perform such duties, and receive such salary and be entitled to s…
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The salary and expenses of a deputy county fish and game warden shall be paid from the county treasu…
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The department shall expend funds necessary for biological research and field investigation and for …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The commercial fishing industry of …
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Nothing in this code or any other law shall prohibit the department from taking, for scientific, pro…
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(a) The department may issue permits, subject to restrictions and regulations that the department de…
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(a) The department may issue a permit pursuant to Section 1002 to an appropriate public, private, or…
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Mammals, birds and their nests and eggs, fish and their eggs, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, crusta…
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The department may capture and sell birds and mammals, at prices to be fixed by the commission, to p…
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For the purpose of exhibiting fish and game educational material at fairs or sportsmen’s shows and m…
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Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the department may accept gifts of personal pr…
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The department may inspect the following: (a) All boats, markets, stores and other buildings, except…
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The department may import, propagate, and distribute birds, mammals, or fish.
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The department shall investigate all diseases of, and problems relating to, birds, mammals, or fish,…
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The department may obtain for the State rights of way over private lands for the purpose of furnishi…
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The department, by and with the approval of the Department of General Services, may sell grazing per…
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(a) The department may procure insurance for any of the following purposes: (1) For itself and lando…
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The department may procure insurance for its employees for injury or death against the liability of …
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In any lease, easement, or right-of-way entered into whereby the department leases real property or …
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If the Department of Parks and Recreation contracts with the federal government pursuant to Public L…
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Whenever the department is required, or provided an opportunity, to assess the adequacy of a project…
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(a) Whenever the department determines that an oil sump, as defined by Section 3780 of the Public Re…
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(a) It is the policy of the state to anticipate and resolve potential conflicts between the manageme…
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The director shall use the department’s resources, to the fullest extent feasible, to coordinate wit…
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(a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for that purpose, for parcels wholly wit…
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(a) The department and the commission shall develop a strategic plan to implement proposals arising …
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(a) The department may take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies and the unique habitats…
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(a) The commission may authorize, for research, educational, limited testing, data collection, compe…
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(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department may develop a pilot program to collect and…
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(a) The department shall conduct a study to create a framework for cannabis site restoration project…
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(a) (1) (A) The department shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, an…
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(a) All licenses, permits, tags, reservations, and other entitlements authorized by this code shall …
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Any license, permit, tag, stamp, or other entitlement authorized pursuant to this code is not valid …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the department may issue a temporary document that…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2023, the department may provide an option to display a sport fishing li…
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The department may accept a credit card charge as a method of payment. Any contract executed by the …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the names and addresses contained in records submi…
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(a) The department may issue collectible, commemorative licenses to any person for purposes of promo…
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Licenses of each class shall be uniquely numbered. Every license shall contain its expiration date a…
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It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Transfer any license, tag, stamp, perm…
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Any stamp issued pursuant to this article is not valid unless affixed to the appropriate license doc…
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(a) A person shall not obtain more than one license, permit, reservation, or other entitlement of th…
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Applicants for hunting licenses shall first satisfactorily complete a hunter education equivalency e…
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(a) It is unlawful to submit, or conspire to submit, any false, inaccurate, or otherwise misleading …
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Every person while engaged in taking any bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, or reptile shall have on his…
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The department may issue and shall collect payment for any entitlement, document, or authorization f…
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(a) The department shall establish, and keep current, written policies and procedures relating to th…
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(a) Any person, except a commissioner, officer, or employee of the department, may submit an applica…
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The department may authorize any person other than a commissioner or an officer or employee of the d…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each license agent authorized pursuant to Section 1055.1 …
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A license agent who fails to transmit the fees or accounting reports required by Section 1055.6 not …
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All license, tag, permit, reservation, and other entitlement money shall be accounted for separately…
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In case of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, receivership, or bankruptcy, the state shall …
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(a) The failure or refusal of any license agent to account for licenses, permits, reservations, tags…
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(a) The department may allow a person to purchase a license voucher as a gift for a licensee when th…
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(a) A nonprofit conservation organization seeking promotion, exposure, and awareness of the organiza…
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The director may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for the collecti…
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Section 1110 as added to this code by the initiative measure adopted at the General Election of Nove…
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The commission shall establish fish hatcheries for stocking the waters of this State with fish. The …
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In any lease entered into whereby the state leases from any county, city, irrigation district, or ot…
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Any claim for damages arising against the state under Section 1121 shall be presented to the Departm…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services, with the consent o…
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(a) The Director of General Services, with the consent of the department, may lease to the Mt. Shast…
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The department may purchase and import spawn or ova of fish suitable for food, and stock with such s…
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Notwithstanding Section 1120 or any other provision of law, all funds allocated for fish purchases f…
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It is unlawful to take any fish in any pond, reservoir, or other water-retaining structure belonging…
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The Secretary of the Interior of the United States and his duly authorized agents may conduct fish c…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, department personnel may construct or repair bird exclos…
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The boards of supervisors of the several counties may establish and maintain fish hatcheries, and ma…
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The commission may issue a permit, subject to such restrictions and regulations as the commission de…
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The commission shall not issue a permit unless it determines the nonprofit organization has the fina…
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No permit will be issued which may tend to deplete the natural runs of anadromous fish, result in wa…
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All fish handled under authority of this article during the time they are in the hatchery or in the …
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Any permit granted by the commission pursuant to this article shall contain all of the following con…
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The state shall assume no responsibility for the operation of a hatchery pursuant to this article an…
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The department is authorized to enter into agreements with counties, nonprofit groups, private perso…
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An applicant who wishes to enter into an agreement to operate a rearing facility shall demonstrate, …
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All fish handled or released under authority of this article are the property of the state and may b…
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The release of fish reared in facilities pursuant to this article shall be made in accordance with t…
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The department shall fund the agreements provided for in Section 1200 only on a matching basis with …
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The department shall, subject to the limitations of appropriate egg sources and funding, make availa…
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Salmon and steelhead raised pursuant to this article shall be released in streams, rivers, or waters…
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(a) The hatchery production and stocking of transgenic species of salmonids is prohibited. (b) As us…
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All moneys collected or received from gifts or bequests, or from municipal or county appropriations …
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(a) The department may enter into one or more agreements to accept funds from any person, nonprofit …
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Notwithstanding any other law, the department may enter into one or more agreements with a person, n…
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This chapter is known and may be cited as the Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947.
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The preservation, protection and restoration of wildlife within the State is an inseparable part of …
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(a) There is in the department the Wildlife Conservation Board, hereafter referred to as the board. …
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The chairman of the board shall be elected by the members of the board.
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The members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses, which shall be…
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Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Committee on Rules thereof, and three Members of the A…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the Members of the Legislature shall constitute an interim investi…
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(a) The board shall investigate, study, and determine what areas within the state are most essential…
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The board shall also ascertain what lands are suitable for providing cover for the propagation and r…
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As a result of the studies, the board shall determine what areas, lands, or rights in lands or water…
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(a) The board shall authorize the acquisition of real property, rights in real property, water, or w…
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Before the board authorizes the purchase of any land, or any interest therein, the board shall notif…
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When the board acquires real property, other than by eminent domain, the purchase price for the real…
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(a) No governmental entity may condemn any wildlife conservation easement acquired by a state agency…
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No farm lands may be acquired under the provisions of this chapter by proceedings in eminent domain …
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(a) (1) The department shall, when authorized by the board, construct in accordance with law those f…
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Each recreational area shall be so managed and controlled that the public shall have access to and u…
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(a) The money in the Wildlife Restoration Fund, as provided for by former Section 19632 of the Busin…
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(a) The San Francisco Baylands Restoration Program Account is hereby established within the Wildlife…
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The board may purchase such boats, aircraft, or equipment as it deems necessary for the use of the d…
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The board may authorize the acquisition of such lands or rights in land as may be necessary for the …
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The net proceeds of the sale or other disposition of real property used as a fish hatchery that has …
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The board, when it prioritizes the use of available funds for proposed acquisitions, with regard to …
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This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Oak Woodlands Conservation Act.
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that this article accomplish all of the following: (a) Support a…
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(a) The Oak Woodlands Conservation Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The fund shall be a…
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Moneys in the fund shall be available to local government entities, park and open-space districts, r…
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The board shall develop and adopt guidelines and criteria for awarding grants that achieve the great…
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(a) To qualify for a grant pursuant to this article, the county or city in which the grant money wou…
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On or before April 1, 2002, the board and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall devel…
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The board may not approve a grant to a local government entity, park and open-space district, resour…
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A city or county planning department may utilize a grant awarded for the purposes of this article to…
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No money may be expended from the fund to adopt guidelines or to administer the fund until at least …
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Nothing in this article grants any new authority to the board or any other agency, office, or depart…
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(a) The Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program is hereby established and shall be administe…
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(a) The Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Fund Account is hereby created in the State Treasury…
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The board may act either independently or may cooperate with the United States Fish and Wildlife Ser…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Riparian Habitat Conservation Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s rivers, wetlands, and wate…
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The Wildlife Conservation Board shall establish and administer, through the department, the Californ…
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The board, pursuant to this chapter, shall approve projects to acquire, preserve, restore, and enhan…
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The preservation and enhancement of riparian habitat shall be a primary concern of the Wildlife Cons…
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In order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter, the Wildlife Conservation Board may authorize…
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Grants to nonprofit organizations pursuant to Section 1390 for the acquisition of real property or i…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Fund” means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund, created in the Wildlife Restoration Fund by Sect…
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“Board” means the Wildlife Conservation Board created by Section 1320.
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“Inland areas” means the entire area of California except lands under the jurisdiction of the State …
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“Program” means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Program, as provided in this chapter.
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“Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in subsection (c) of Section 501 of the Int…
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The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is hereby created in the board.
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(a) The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is the program designated for use of the funds allocate…
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The board may apply for and accept federal grants and receive gifts, donations, subventions, rent, r…
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The board may acquire or accept the gift or dedication of fee title, easements, leases, development …
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The board shall coordinate its activities in the program with federal surplus land sales in inland a…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherw…
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The board may make grants or loans to nonprofit organizations, local governmental agencies, and stat…
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The board may lease nonwetlands habitat in need of restoration to nonprofit organizations, local gov…
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The board may acquire former wetlands and associated upland habitat, restore those areas, and sell t…
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Any funds remaining after an eligible acquisition, restoration, or enhancement of any project under …
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In reviewing any grant or loan application, preference shall be given to projects on wetlands that h…
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When creating new wetlands, the board shall give preference to lands most suitable for this purpose …
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On or before January 1, 1992, and every third year thereafter, the board shall prepare and submit a …
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The Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund is hereby created in the Wildlife Restoration Fund. The money …
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The board shall deposit in the fund all allocations made pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2791…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Desert Conservation Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Mojave and Colorado Deserts region …
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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a)…
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The board shall establish and administer, through the department, the program pursuant to this chapt…
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The board, pursuant to this chapter, shall approve projects to acquire, preserve, restore, and enhan…
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The preservation and restoration of desert habitat shall be a primary concern of the board and the d…
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In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the board may authorize the department to do al…
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Grants to nonprofit organizations, pursuant to Section 1390, for the acquisition of real property or…
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(a) The California Desert Conservation Program Fund Account is hereby created in the State Treasury.…
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The department may, with the approval of the commission and the Department of General Services, exch…
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(a) The following rules govern an exchange or sale of property pursuant to Section 1500: (1) If a pa…
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The department may expend such funds as may be necessary for the improvement of property, including …
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(a) The department may enter into contracts for fish and wildlife habitat preservation, restoration,…
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Notwithstanding Section 1501.5, the department may allocate federal funds and any moneys received as…
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The department, in accordance with policies established by the commission, may provide for the feedi…
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The department shall provide for the feeding of deer wherever the director finds that natural forage…
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(a) When income is derived directly from real property acquired and operated by the state as a wildl…
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(a) The department may manage, control, and protect the portions of the following spawning areas tha…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Managed wetland habitat” mea…
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For the purposes of propagating, feeding and protecting birds, mammals, and fish, and establishing w…
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Any property acquired for wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds shall be acquired in …
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(a) The department, upon request of the leaseholder, shall extend any existing lease for a recreatio…
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The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the State to the property ac…
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Lands, or lands and water, acquired for public shooting grounds, state marine (estuarine) recreation…
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The output of any state game farm shall be distributed on public lands or where the department deter…
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Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission, it is unlawful to enter upon any wildli…
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In establishing the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (“SHARE”) program, it is th…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agreement” includes, but is not …
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(a) There is hereby established the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) pro…
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(a) (1) The department may enter into a voluntary agreement with a private landowner, including an a…
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(a) The department may revoke, for up to three years, the public access privilege granted pursuant t…
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To provide added protection for landowners from the depredation of trespassers and to provide additi…
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The Legislature hereby declares that the policy of the state is to protect threatened or endangered …
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Any property acquired in fee for ecological reserves shall be acquired in the name of the state, and…
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The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the state to the property ac…
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Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission it is unlawful to enter upon any ecologi…
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As used in this article, “ecological reserve” means land or land and water areas that are designated…
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Notwithstanding Section 1580, which sets forth the primary purposes of ecological reserves, the depa…
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The Mirage Trail within the Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve shall be open nine months of the year…
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(a) The “Eden Landing Ecological Reserve,” as specified in paragraph (52) of subdivision (b) of Sect…
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The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine recreational management areas establish…
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(a) The Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 36600) of Division …
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The Legislature finds and declares that the protection and conservation of the fish and wildlife res…
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The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) “Agreement” means a lake or streambed alteratio…
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(a) An entity shall not substantially divert or obstruct the natural flow of, or substantially chang…
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(a) After the notification is complete, the department shall determine whether the activity may subs…
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Any party affected by a decision made by an arbitration panel pursuant to this chapter may petition …
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(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the term of an agreement shall not exceed five…
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The department shall not condition the issuance of an agreement on the receipt of another local, sta…
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Any time period prescribed in this chapter may be extended by mutual agreement.
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The department shall provide any entity that submits a notification pursuant to subdivision (a) of S…
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(a) The department may establish a graduated schedule of fees to be charged to any entity subject to…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) …
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(a) An entity that submits a timber harvesting plan in accordance with Section 4581 of the Public Re…
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The department may suspend or revoke an agreement at any time if it determines that an entity is not…
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If, after receiving a notification, but before the department executes a final agreement, the depart…
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If the entity is required to perform work subject to this chapter pursuant to a court or administrat…
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(a) An entity that violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five …
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Any agreement or any memorandum of understanding executed by the department pursuant to this chapter…
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(a) The department may adopt general agreements for the cultivation of cannabis. (b) Any general agr…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act.
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Fish passage guidelines” means those guidelines specified in the depar…
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(a) A project proponent may submit a written request to approve a habitat restoration or enhancement…
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(a) A project proponent may submit a written request to approve a habitat restoration or enhancement…
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(a) The director’s approval of a habitat restoration or enhancement project pursuant to Section 1652…
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(a) The Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservat…
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(a) The department shall submit a report no later than December 31, 2020, and an additional report n…
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
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(a) A qualifying state agency that funds a project to restore fish and wildlife habitats shall indem…
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This chapter shall be known as, and may be cited as, the Restoration Management Permit Act.
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Baseline conditions” means existing native fish, wildlife, or plant po…
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(a) The department may issue a restoration management permit to authorize take, possession, import, …
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(a) The department may develop a permit application for restoration management permits. When applyin…
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(a) The Restoration Management Permit Program Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. (b) …
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(a) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government…
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(a) The department shall post on its internet website a list and description of every qualifying res…
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The department shall not issue a restoration management permit for the design, construction, operati…
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This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed.
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage the conservation, maintenance, and …
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This act shall be known as the Trout and Steelhead Conservation and Management Planning Act of 1979.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to do all of the follow…
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The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Hatchery production and stockin…
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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, “trout” includes steelhead trout. (b) The department, in admin…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that activities and programs mandated by this chapter are…
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(a) In order to provide for a diversity of available angling experiences throughout the state, it is…
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(a) Every five years the department shall update the Strategic Plan for Trout Management published i…
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(a) The department shall give priority to stocking native hatchery-produced species in California’s …
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(a) By January 1, 2014, the department shall form an intradepartmental strategic trout management te…
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This chapter shall be known as the Black Bass Conservation and Management Act of 1980.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to preserve and enhance…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that the black bass management program components specifi…
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(a) The department’s black bass management program shall include, but not be limited to, the followi…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Department-m…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the department may lease department-managed la…
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(a) The department shall do both of the following: (1) Consider authorizing apiculture on department…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Native Species Conservation and Enhancement Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That it is the policy of this state: (1…
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(a) The policy set forth in this chapter is in the public interest without regard to the economic va…
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The department shall annually provide an opportunity for licensed hunters to comment and make recomm…
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The department shall maintain within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund a Native Species Conservati…
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Whenever the department receives funds from persons or organizations for the support of nongame and …
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The department shall provide each person or organization making a contribution of five dollars ($5) …
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The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage donations by individuals, organization…
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(a) The director shall designate those particular areas of land managed by the department at which p…
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(a) The department may issue an annual wildlife area pass or a day use pass that authorizes the bear…
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The department may also offer for sale a native species stamp, promotional materials, and nature stu…
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(a) The revenues from fees and sales under this article and Section 1055.3 shall be deposited in the…
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The Legislature finds and declares that the revenues from fees and sales under this article are rela…
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The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage persons to obtain annual wildlife area…
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The department shall maintain within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund an Endangered and Rare Fish…
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(a) Whenever the department receives funds from the Treasurer under Article 5 (commencing with Secti…
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(a) The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage donations to this account through …
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The department shall maintain the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contributi…
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(a) The funds deposited in the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution …
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To be eligible for grant funding from the competitive grant program established pursuant to Section …
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(a) For purposes of this section, “covered grant” means a grant in an amount no greater than twenty …
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigatio…
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Wetlands are an important natural resource of …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds necessary to cover the costs of administering thi…
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Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of th…
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“Bank site” or “mitigation bank site” means a publicly or privately owned and operated site on which…
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“Credit” means a numerical value that represents the wetland acreage and habitat values of a mitigat…
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“Operator” means the department, or a public or private person or entity approved by the department,…
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“Permittee” means a public or private person or entity that meets all of the following conditions: (…
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“Qualifying urban area” means any of the following when they occur within the Sacramento-San Joaquin…
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“Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley” means the central valley region, as defined in subdivision (g) of Se…
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The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that no net loss of wetland acreage or habitat values withi…
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It is the state’s goal to increase the total wetlands acreage and values within the Sacramento-San J…
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(a) The department, in cooperation with those agencies specified in Section 1786, shall adopt regula…
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If any person desires to establish a wetlands mitigation bank site under this chapter, the person sh…
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(a) Before any wetlands are created on the bank site qualified pursuant to Section 1785, the departm…
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(a) If the bank site owner is a public entity, that entity shall pay annually to the county in which…
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Upon the successful creation of any wetlands of at least 20 acres, or in the case of vernal pools, u…
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(a) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to Section 1790, the department shall determine the number of…
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In the interest of assuring that the minimum price for wetland credit is sufficient to ensure the fi…
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The department shall be reimbursed for those expenses of the department identified in Section 1792 a…
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A permittee shall provide compensation pursuant to Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.…
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Compensation pursuant to Section 1793 is subject to the condition that the operator establish the tr…
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After payment to the operator pursuant to this article, the permittee has no further obligations wit…
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No bank site shall be qualified under Section 1785 on or after January 1, 2015.
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Mitigation banks and conservation banks provide f…
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For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Bank” …
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(a) (1) Any person interested in establishing any bank with the department may elect to submit an op…
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(a) (1) If the department determines that a bank prospectus is acceptable pursuant to Section 1798, …
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(a) Any person seeking to amend any bank shall submit to the department a complete bank amendment pa…
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A bank prospectus, agreement, or amendment package submitted to the department, but not approved as …
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(a) Until the department has approved a bank, in writing, and, if applicable, a conservation easemen…
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(a) The department shall annually adjust the fees in this chapter pursuant to Section 713. (b) Money…
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As used in this chapter “wildlife” means birds, mammals, and reptiles not raised in captivity.
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage the preservation, conservation, and…
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The department has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife,…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it would be beneficial to identify species and habitat c…
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For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Areas of Conservation Emphasis” means the biodiversity analysis c…
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(a) The department may approve a regional conservation investment strategy pursuant to this chapter.…
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(a) The department may approve a regional conservation assessment pursuant to this chapter. A region…
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(a) The department may prepare or approve a regional conservation investment strategy, or approve an…
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(a) Regional conservation investment strategies shall not affect the authority or discretion of any …
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(a) A conservation action or habitat enhancement action that measurably advances the conservation ob…
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(a) The Fish and Wildlife Regional Conservation Investment Strategy Program Fund is hereby establish…
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(a) The department may adopt guidelines and criteria to aid in the implementation of this chapter. C…
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Nothing in this chapter supersedes, limits, or otherwise modifies the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta R…
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The intent of the Legislature and the purpose of this chapter is to preserve, protect and enhance en…
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The department shall establish criteria for determining if a species, subspecies, or variety of nati…
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The commission may, after public hearing, designate endangered and rare native plants. To the extent…
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The department may undertake botanical research and field investigations and may collect and diffuse…
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Nothing in this code or any other law shall prohibit the department from taking, for scientific or p…
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(a) The commission may adopt regulations governing the taking, possession, propagation, transportati…
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No person shall import into this state, or take, possess, or sell within this state, except as incid…
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(a) When any power or authority is given by any provision of this chapter to any person, it may be e…
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A peace officer or an employee or agent of the department may, in the enforcement of this chapter, m…
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All state departments and agencies shall, in consultation with the department, utilize their authori…
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The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to emergency work necessary to protect life o…
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(a) The provisions of this chapter are not intended and shall not be construed as authorizing any pu…
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The department shall enforce the provisions of the California Desert Native Plants Act Division 23 (…
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In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the department shall cooperate fully with the Depart…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act.
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Accessory structure” means a sub…
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(a) No person or public agency shall import into this state, export out of this state, or take, poss…
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(a) The department may authorize, by permit, the taking of a western Joshua tree if all of the follo…
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(a) The department may issue a permit to authorize either the removal or trimming of dead western Jo…
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(a) The Western Joshua Tree Mitigation Fund, created by the commission pursuant to Section 749.10 of…
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(a) The department shall develop and implement a western Joshua tree conservation plan in collaborat…
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(a) Beginning in 2025, by January 31 of each calendar year, the department shall submit an annual re…
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(a) Beginning in 2026, and at least every two years thereafter, the commission shall review the stat…
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No later than January 1, 2033, the department shall submit to the commission an update to the status…
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This chapter is not intended to be construed as, or to be, a general project approval. It shall be t…
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This chapter does not preclude a county or city from adopting and enforcing ordinances that require …
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The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is…
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Areas containing diverse ecological and geological char…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Habitat strongho…
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(a) Contingent upon funding being provided by the Wildlife Conservation Board from moneys available …
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The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of this state to encourage the coop…
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There is hereby established the Significant Natural Areas Program, which shall be administered by th…
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(a) In carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this chapter, the department shall solicit and …
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No authority or responsibility provided for in this chapter shall, of itself, change or prevent the …
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(a) The department shall undertake the development of a vegetation mapping standard for the state. (…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “nonvehicular wildlife crossing” means a structure that allows ani…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s climate is changing. Risin…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply: (a) “Compensatory mitigation credit” means …
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(a) The department may approve compensatory mitigation credits for wildlife connectivity actions tak…
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The department may adopt guidelines and criteria to aid in the implementation of this chapter. Chapt…
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(a) It is unlawful to take a bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian except as provided in this co…
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(a) As used in this chapter, “roadway” has the same meaning as defined in Section 530 of the Vehicle…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 219, 2000, or any other law, and notwithstanding any requirement for a p…
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(a) (1) Consistent with Section 91.8 of the Streets and Highways Code, the commission may establish …
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(a) It is unlawful to take a mammal, bird, fish, reptile, or amphibian outside of an established sea…
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It is unlawful to possess a bird, mammal, fish, reptile, amphibian, or part of any of those animals,…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e), it is unlawful to offer a prize or o…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the fish of this state are a vital, renewable resource w…
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The department may implement the “Adopt a Lake Program” to facilitate private groups’ and associatio…
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It is unlawful for any person, while taking any bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian, to cause …
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(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, it is unlawful to use an artificial light to ass…
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(a) It is unlawful to possess a loaded rifle or shotgun in any vehicle or conveyance or its attachme…
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(a) It is unlawful to set, place, or cause to be set or placed, any trap gun. (b) A “trap gun” is a …
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(a) A person shall not willfully interfere with the participation of any individual in the lawful ac…
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(a) It is unlawful to use or possess a shotgun larger than 10-gauge, or to use or possess a shotgun …
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(a) It is unlawful for any person to take, mutilate, or destroy any bird or mammal lawfully in the p…
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(a) It is unlawful for a person to remove from a hunting dog any collar, including an electronic or …
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All licenses, tags, and the birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians taken or otherwise dealt w…
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Unless otherwise provided, the provisions of this code relating to the possession of birds, mammals,…
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(a) It is the policy of this state to conserve its natural resources and to prevent the willful or n…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful to possess a bird, mammal, fish, am…
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(a) It is unlawful to enter land for the purpose of discharging a firearm or taking or destroying a …
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(a) Unless otherwise authorized under state law, it is unlawful for a person in this state to import…
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It is unlawful to post any sign indicating an area is a state or federal refuge unless it is establi…
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It is unlawful for any person, including state, federal, county, and city officials or their agents,…
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It is unlawful to violate any provision of Division 1 (commencing with Section 1.04) of Title 14 of …
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(a) As used in this section “shark fin” means the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin, o…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 2021, all of the following provisions apply: (1) Any person who holds a …
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Bona fid…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Fur” means any animal skin o…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Illegal poaching of the state’s nat…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Endangered Species Act.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Certain species of fish, wildlif…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to conserve, protect, …
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The Legislature further finds and declares that if any provision of this chapter requires a person t…
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(a) The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that public agenci…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that, in the event specific economic, social, or other co…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that all state agenci…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that the cooperation of the owners of land which is ident…
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The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
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“Conserve,” “conserving,” and “conservation” mean to use, and the use of, all methods and procedures…
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“Endangered species” means a native species or subspecies of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, reptil…
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“Feasible” means feasible as defined in Section 21061.1 of the Public Resources Code.
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“Project” means project as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code.
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“Recover” and “recovery” mean to improve, and improvement in, the status of a species to the point a…
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“State lead agency” means the state agency, board, or commission which is a lead agency under the Ca…
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“Threatened species” means a native species or subspecies of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, reptil…
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“Candidate species” means a native species or subspecies of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile…
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The commission shall establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species. The co…
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The commission shall adopt guidelines by which an interested person may petition the commission to a…
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The department shall recommend, and the commission shall adopt, criteria for determining if a specie…
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The petition shall be written, shall be clearly identified as a petition, and shall clearly indicate…
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To be accepted, a petition shall, at a minimum, include sufficient scientific information that a pet…
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The department may, in the absence of a petition from an interested party, recommend to the commissi…
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Within 10 days of the receipt of a petition from an interested person under Section 2072.3, the comm…
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(a) The commission shall publish a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register of the receip…
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(a) A person may submit information to the department relating to the petitioned species during the …
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(a) Within 90 days of receipt of the petition, the department shall evaluate the petition on its fac…
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A petitioner may amend a petition at any time prior to the beginning of the meeting held by the comm…
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The commission shall schedule the petition for consideration at its next available meeting, but not …
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(a) At the meeting scheduled pursuant to Section 2074, the commission shall hold a public hearing on…
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If a petition is accepted by the commission for consideration, all reasonable attempts shall be made…
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(a) If the commission accepts a petition for consideration, the department shall promptly commence a…
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(a) This article does not impose any duty or obligation for, or otherwise require, the commission or…
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The commission shall schedule the petition for final consideration at its next available meeting aft…
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(a) At the meeting scheduled pursuant to Section 2075, the commission shall hold a public hearing on…
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Any finding pursuant to this article is subject to judicial review under Section 1094.5 of the Code …
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Notwithstanding Sections 2071 to 2075.5, inclusive, the commission may adopt a regulation that adds …
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(a) For the purposes of this section only, “federally listed species” means any species, subspecies,…
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(a) Upon a specific appropriation of funds by the Legislature, the department shall, or if other fun…
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(a) To provide all interested persons access to information and notification of pending listing or d…
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The department shall, by January 30 of every third year, beginning January 30, 1986, prepare a repor…
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(a) Upon a specific appropriation of funds by the Legislature, or if funding is otherwise available,…
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No person or public agency shall import into this state, export out of this state, or take, possess,…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1900…
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The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The historic settlement approved by Congress i…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if any person obtains from the Secretary of…
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(a) If a population of spring run Chinook salmon in the San Joaquin River is designated as an experi…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if any person obtains from the Secretary of…
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “experimental population” means any population nonessential to the…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that, before the introduction of an experimental population, as …
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The department may authorize acts that are otherwise prohibited pursuant to Section 2080, as follows…
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Nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law prohibits the taking or the incidental taki…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Permit” mean…
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(a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the take of the rough sculpin (Cottus asperrim…
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(a) The department may authorize under this chapter, by permit, the take of the Santa Cruz long-toed…
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(a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the take of the unarmored threespine stickleba…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 3511, 4700, 5050, and 5515, and contingent upon the fulfillment of the …
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The Resources Agency shall undertake the necessary activities to assess the protection of recreation…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 5050, the department may authorize, under this chapter, the incidental t…
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(a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the incidental take of unarmored threespine st…
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(a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the take or possession of the Lost River sucke…
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(a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, by permit, the take or possession of the blunt…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 3511 and 4700, the department may authorize, under this chapter, the in…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 3511, 4700, 5050, and 5515, and subject to the requirements set forth i…
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This chapter does not prohibit the sale of any endangered species or threatened species, or any part…
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This chapter does not apply to the taking of fish otherwise authorized pursuant to Part 3 (commencin…
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(a) The commission may authorize, subject to terms and conditions it prescribes, and based on the be…
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The provisions of this article shall apply to any species designated as a candidate species under Se…
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(a) The department, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, agricultural commiss…
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(a) An accidental take of a candidate, threatened, or endangered species resulting from an act by a …
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This article does not authorize the take of fish species and does not apply to timber harvesting gov…
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Routine and ongoing agricultural activities shall be defined by the department by regulation and sha…
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(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the California State Safe Harbor Agreement Progr…
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As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agreement” means a state safe harbor …
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(a) The department shall, to the maximum extent practicable, prioritize the review of, and decision …
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(a) In addition to the other provisions of this article, the department may authorize acts that are …
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The department may authorize the taking of the Owens pupfish in the Owens River watershed if the tak…
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The landowner shall submit all of the following: (a) A detailed map depicting the land proposed to b…
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(a) As used in this section, “proprietary information” means information that is all of the followin…
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If an agreement has been approved and the department finds that the agreement is being properly impl…
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(a) Unless the department determines that it is inappropriate to do so based on the nature of the ma…
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An agreement may be amended with the mutual consent of the landowner and the department.
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If a landowner seeks to sell, transfer, or otherwise alienate the land or water enrolled in the agre…
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The suspension and revocation of the agreement shall be governed by suspension and revocation regula…
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(a) This section does not provide the public a right of entry onto the enrolled land or water. The l…
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(a) If any of the following agreements have been approved pursuant to applicable provisions of feder…
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(a) A landowner that owns land that abuts a property enrolled in a state safe harbor agreement shall…
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The department, for informational purposes, shall maintain a list of qualified persons who have work…
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The department may promulgate regulations to implement this article.
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As used in this chapter, “wild animal” means any animal of the class Aves (birds), class Mammalia (m…
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The Legislature finds and declares that wild animals are being captured for importation and resale i…
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As used in this chapter, “enforcing officers” means the department, the state plant quarantine offic…
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It is unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release alive into this state, except under a revoc…
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Except as provided in Section 1007, it is unlawful to import any elk (genus Cervus) into this state.…
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No part of any elk horn or antler shall be removed from any live elk for commercial purposes.
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The department shall seize any elk imported in violation of Section 2118.2.
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The commission may designate wild animals which may be possessed without a permit.
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The department shall publish from time to time as changes arise, a list of animals that may not be i…
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(a) The commission, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, shall adopt regulati…
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No person having possession or control over any wild animal under this chapter shall intentionally f…
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The commission shall promulgate regulations in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agr…
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The department in cooperation with the State Department of Food and Agriculture shall furnish descri…
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(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, includ…
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(a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this chapter or any re…
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(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations made pursuant thereto, it is unlawful…
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(a) The department may reimburse eligible local entities, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding …
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(a) (1) Any person who houses, possesses, manages, or is in direct contact with an elephant shall no…
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(a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the Department of Food and Agriculture, may, upon applic…
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Fees collected pursuant to this chapter for permits, permit applications, and facility inspections s…
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The department shall establish fees for permits, permit applications, and facility inspections in am…
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(a) The director shall appoint a committee to advise the director on the humane care and treatment o…
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(a) The department or an eligible local entity shall inspect the wild animal facilities, as determin…
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Classes, orders, families, genera, and species which may not be imported, transported, possessed, or…
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A permit shall be issued only upon written application from the person desiring to import or transpo…
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Each permit issued shall set forth all of the following: (a) The number and true scientific name of …
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Whenever any permit is issued under the provisions of this article, one copy shall be sent by the de…
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The provisions of this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to the progeny o…
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Neither the provisions of this chapter nor the regulations of the commission shall prevent any city …
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(a) Every person holding a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 shall uniquely identify each wild …
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(a) Any person who transports, receives, or imports into the state, or transports within the state, …
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(a) If during inspection upon arrival any wild animal is found to be diseased, or there is reason to…
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(a) Whenever any wild animal is brought into this state under permit, as provided in this chapter, t…
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(a) As used in this section “nonnative wild animal” means any nonnative animal species, or hybrid th…
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It is unlawful for any person who keeps in confinement, with or without a permit, any wild animal of…
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Notwithstanding Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18900) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Cod…
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(a) Every person who holds a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 shall immediately report by tele…
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When a wild animal enumerated in, or designated pursuant to, Section 671 of Title 14 of the Californ…
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For purposes of this article, “mammal” means any wild animal of the class Mammalia as specified in A…
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The Animal Trust Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the Legisla…
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The department may seek grants and accept donations from private and public organizations and agenci…
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(a) The director, with the advice of the committee established pursuant to Section 2150.3, shall ado…
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This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Circus Cruelty Prevention Act.
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(a) For purposes of this article, except as provided in subdivision (b), the term “circus” means a p…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not sponsor, conduct, or operate a circus in this …
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(a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who violates this article, or any rul…
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Except as otherwise provided, it is unlawful for any common carrier to transport any live protected …
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It is unlawful to import or transport any live muskrat (genus Ondatra) into, or possess any live mus…
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It is unlawful for any person to receive, bring, or cause to be brought into this state, for the pur…
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Section 2270 does not apply to the importation of live aquatic plants or animals for aquaculture pur…
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(a) No live aquatic plant or animal may be imported into this state without the prior written approv…
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Each package containing any live aquatic plant or animal shall bear, in a conspicuous place, a tag o…
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(a) No person shall sell, possess, import, transport, transfer, release alive in the state, or give …
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(a) (1) Except as authorized by the department, a person shall not possess, import, ship, or transpo…
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(a) Any person, or federal, state, or local agency, district, or authority that owns or manages a re…
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For purposes of this chapter, “invasive mussel” means any nonnative detrimental mussel species that …
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This article applies to all dead wild birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. This article a…
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It is unlawful for a common carrier or his or her agent to transport for, or to receive for transpor…
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It is unlawful for any person to offer for transportation by common carrier during any interval of t…
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(a) The outside of a package offered to or received by a common carrier or the carrier’s agent for t…
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No bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian, except smoked, cured, or dried fish other than trout, …
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It is unlawful to transport or carry a deer or game bird out of this state, except by the holder of …
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Except as permitted by this code, it is unlawful for any common carrier to transport any protected n…
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(a) Birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians shall not be imported or possessed in this state u…
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Marlin meat may not be transported out of this State.
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Deer may be transported into this State only when in accordance with the law of the state in which t…
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(a) It is unlawful to offer for shipment, ship, receive for shipment, or transport from this state, …
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It is unlawful to ship trout into an area where the season is closed unless the shipment is accompan…
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Except as provided in Section 2363, striped bass may be transported or carried out of or into this s…
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Black bass and spotted bass lawfully taken may be carried or transported into and possessed in an ar…
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It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial purposes any salmon of smaller size than can…
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Yellowtail, barracuda, and white seabass taken in waters lying south of the maritime boundary line b…
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Striped bass, sturgeon, or shad legally taken in another state that permits the sale of that fish ma…
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Crab meat from outside the State may be imported into the State under regulations of the commission.
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Spiny lobsters may be imported into California until the twenty-sixth day after the close of the Cal…
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No pismo clam taken in this State may be shipped.
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Pismo clams taken outside this state may be imported into this state when accompanied by a United St…
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Abalone or abalone meat legally taken outside this state may be imported into this state when accomp…
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(a) A common carrier may transport the carcass of a dead domesticated game bird or mammal tagged wit…
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3206, the carcasses or parts of domesticated game birds wh…
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As used in this chapter, “guide” means any person who is engaged in the business of packing or guidi…
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(a) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of guiding or packing, or to act as a gu…
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A person operating under a commercial passenger fishing boat license issued pursuant to Section 7920…
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An application for a guide license shall be on a form furnished by the department on request. The ap…
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If the licensee operates with pack or riding animals in any area in which a grazing permit is requir…
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(a) The base fee for a guide license issued to a resident is one hundred fifty dollars ($150). (b) T…
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Each applicant for a guide license shall submit proof of having obtained a surety bond in the amount…
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The commission shall adopt regulations governing the conduct and qualifications of guides to ensure …
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The commission may require licensed guides to maintain and submit records of their operations. The r…
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The department may refuse to issue a guide license to an applicant upon a showing of any of the foll…
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An applicant denied a guide license by the department may request a hearing before the commission an…
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The commission may revoke a guide license or the privilege to guide upon a showing of any of the fol…
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“Wild rodents” as used in this chapter means wild ground squirrels, chipmunks, rats, mice or any oth…
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It is unlawful to knowingly capture for sale, transport for sale or sell wild rodents, except as pro…
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The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Qualified hearing offi…
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If the loss is lawful under this code and regulations adopted under this code, this chapter does not…
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(a) The department may impose an administrative penalty upon any person pursuant to this chapter for…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who violates this code or any regulation adopt…
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(a) Upon an actionable violation, the department shall consult, as to the appropriate civil or crimi…
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The administrative penalties imposed under this chapter are in addition to any forfeiture of equipme…
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(a) The director may pay a reward from any funds available for that purpose to any person who furnis…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 12511 of the Government Code, the department may retain or appoint legal…
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All administrative penalties and revenues from forfeitures collected pursuant to this chapter shall …
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The commission and the department may adopt regulations as are necessary to carry out their responsi…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Act of 198…
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(a) The fundamental requirement for healthy, vigorous populations of fish and wildlife is habitat. W…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means th…
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All money deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Fund shall be available for appropr…
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An annual amount, not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), may be appropriated from th…
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An annual amount, not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), may be appropriated f…
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(a) None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter may be encumbered for any purpose descri…
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Funds available pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2620 may be encumbered only for lands constit…
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No acquisition shall be undertaken with funds appropriated pursuant to Section 2620 and no grant of …
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(a) All restoration projects which involve the expenditure of funds available pursuant to subdivisio…
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(a) Funds granted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2620 for any purpose, other than acquisitio…
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Bonds in the total amount of eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000), or so much thereof as is nec…
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There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu…
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There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this cha…
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The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Fish and Wi…
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For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this article, the Director of Finance may, pursua…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C…
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All proposed appropriations for the program shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for th…
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The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a…
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Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligatio…
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All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold sha…
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Commencing with the Budget Bill for the 1995-96 fiscal year, the balance remaining in the fund may b…
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth…
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If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Act.
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(a) The fundamental requirement for healthy, vigorous populations of fish and wildlife is habitat. W…
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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means th…
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Moneys available for the purposes of this chapter pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 593…
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Funds available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2720 shall be expended to acquire, enhance, r…
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(a) Whenever the application of the criteria specified in Section 2721 results in the identification…
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(a) Of the total amount available pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2720, not more than five mi…
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(a) In choosing among two or more parcels of land to be acquired, enhanced, restored, or protected w…
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No funds available pursuant to this chapter shall be encumbered for any lands that, due to their deg…
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With respect to any lands which may be acquired, enhanced, restored, or protected with funds under t…
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No funds available for appropriation under this chapter may be encumbered for any purpose described …
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An annual amount, not to exceed three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) may be appropriated …
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(a) For the purpose of administering this chapter, the Wildlife Conservation Board and the departmen…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Keene-Nielsen Fisheries Restoration Act of 1985.
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Many of California’s significant fish and wildlif…
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(a) The Fisheries Restoration Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. The …
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The department may advance partial finding, of up to 50 percent of the amount contracted for, to con…
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In addition to subdivision (b) of Section 2762, the moneys in the Fisheries Restoration Account may …
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The department shall, after consultation with the Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout, …
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The director shall consult with the Resources Agency, the Department of Water Resources, the State W…
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The director shall consult with other responsible state agencies and appropriate fishery advisory co…
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The California Water Commission, in any recommendation it may make to the Congress of the United Sta…
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The people of California find and declare all of the following: (a) Protection, enhancement, and res…
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The people of California find and declare that wildlife and fisheries conservation is in the public …
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The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Acquisition” includes but is…
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Except as otherwise expressly provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2787, the mone…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is continuously appropri…
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Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is continuously appropri…
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In areas where habitats are or may become isolated or fragmented, preference shall be given by the a…
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Each agency receiving money from the fund pursuant to Section 2787 shall report to the board on or b…
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The board shall expend the money appropriated to it from the fund subject to the following condition…
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If any agency designated in Section 2787 ceases to exist, or is otherwise unable to expend the funds…
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The board and any other state or local agency that expends any funds appropriated from the fund on e…
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In implementing this chapter, the state or local agency that manages lands acquired with funds appro…
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(a) The Controller shall annually transfer 10 percent of the funds in the Unallocated Account in the…
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(a) The Controller shall annually transfer the sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) from the …
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(a) The people find it necessary to acquire, restore, and improve the rapidly disappearing wildlife …
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Acquisitions of real property made pursuant to this chapter shall be done in compliance with the lan…
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Every expenditure made pursuant to this chapter shall comply with the California Environmental Quali…
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Reasonable public access to lands acquired in fee with funds made available pursuant to this chapter…
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Only those amounts of money which are transferred to the fund from the General Fund pursuant to Sect…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The continuing population growth in Cal…
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The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to conserve, protect, …
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The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Adaptive management” m…
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Any person, or any local, state, or federal agency, independently, or in cooperation with other pers…
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(a) The department may enter into an agreement with any person or public entity for the purpose of p…
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The department shall establish, in cooperation with the parties to the planning agreement, a process…
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(a) The department shall approve a natural community conservation plan for implementation after maki…
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Concurrent with the approval by the department of a final natural community conservation plan, the d…
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The department may seek injunctive relief against any plan participant, person, or entity to enforce…
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The department shall suspend or revoke any permit, in whole or in part, issued for the take of a spe…
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The department may adopt regulations for the development and implementation of natural community con…
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Nothing in this chapter exempts a project proposed in a natural community conservation planning area…
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To the extent practicable, implementation of natural community conservation plans shall use the serv…
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Nothing in this chapter prohibits a local government from exercising any power or authority granted …
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(a) The department may be compensated for the actual costs incurred in participating in the preparat…
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Nothing in this chapter prohibits the taking or the incidental take of any identified species if the…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lands designated as of January 1, 2013, as open-spac…
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At the time of plan approval, the department may authorize by permit the taking of any covered speci…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Marine Life Protection Act.
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Notwithstanding any other law and consistent with the authority granted under Section 2860, commenci…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s marine protected areas (MP…
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The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Adaptive management,” with r…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need to reexamine and redesign California’s M…
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The State Interagency Marine Managed Areas Workgroup shall, after appropriate consultation with memb…
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(a) The commission shall adopt a master plan that guides the adoption and implementation of the Mari…
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(a) (1) The department and team shall use the best readily available scientific information in prepa…
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(a) On or before July 1, 2001, the department shall convene, in each biogeographical region and to t…
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The department shall establish a process for external peer review of the scientific basis for the ma…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2005, the department shall submit to the commission a draft of the maste…
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(a) The commission may regulate commercial and recreational fishing and any other taking of marine s…
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(a) The commission shall, annually until the master plan is adopted and thereafter at least every th…
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The department, in evaluating proposed projects with potential adverse impacts on marine life and ha…
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The department shall confer as necessary with the United States Navy regarding issues related to its…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Habitat Maintenance Funding Act.
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(a) A local agency may establish an assessment district pursuant to Article 3.1 (commencing with Sec…
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(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Salton Sea Restoration Act. (b) The state’…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of California undertake the restoration of th…
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(a) The construction of facilities to separate fresh water from highly saline water for the purposes…
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There is hereby established the Salton Sea Restoration Fund which shall be administered by the direc…
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Of the funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79565 of the Water Code, not less than eight million f…
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Any moneys made available by paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 75050 of the Public Resourc…
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Moneys deposited in the fund created pursuant to Section 2932 shall not be expended for mitigation e…
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The Department of Water Resources may contract with water suppliers to purchase and sell water made …
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Salton Sea is California’s largest …
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Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construc…
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(a) (1) The secretary, in consultation and coordination with the authority, shall lead the Salton Se…
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For the purposes of considering local, publicly derived input concerning habitat objectives and acti…
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(a) Nothing in this article interferes with or prevents the exercise of authority by a public agency…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agency” means the Natural Resour…
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(a) There is hereby created the Salton Sea Lithium Fund within the State Treasury to be administered…
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(a) Before allocating moneys pursuant to this article, the agency shall develop and adopt project so…
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For purposes of implementing this article, the agency may enter into agreements with other agencies,…
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On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the agency shall report on its internet website the projec…
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It is unlawful to take any bird or mammal, except a nongame mammal, between one-half hour after suns…
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It is unlawful to take birds or mammals with firearms, BB devices as defined in Section 16250 of the…
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It is unlawful to shoot at any game bird or mammal, including a marine mammal as defined in Section …
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(a) It is unlawful for a person to shoot, shoot at, or kill a bird or mammal with a gun or other dev…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 1001, 1002, 4002, 4004, 4007, 4008, 4009.5, 4152, 4180, or 4181: (1) It …
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Notwithstanding Sections 4003, 4152, 4180, or 4180.1 of this code or Section 14063 of the Food and A…
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It is unlawful to pursue, drive, or herd any bird or mammal with any motorized water, land, or air v…
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(a) It is unlawful for a person, other than the owner, person in possession of the premises, or a pe…
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(a) (1) Nonlead centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition, as determined by the commission, shall be re…
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(a) It is unlawful to take birds or mammals with any net, pound, cage, trap, set line or wire, or po…
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(a) It is unlawful to capture any game mammal, exotic game mammal, game bird, nongame bird, nongame …
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Except as authorized under a domesticated game breeder’s license, a deer, elk, or bear kept in capti…
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Except as provided in this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, it is unlawful to take…
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The physical control of a dog by its owner while the dog is engaged in hunting in an area where the …
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Every person who while taking any bird or mammal kills or injures another person by the use of any f…
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It is unlawful for any person to take any pheasant within 300 yards of any vehicle from which pheasa…
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No person, including employees of the state, federal or county government, shall take bear with iron…
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It is unlawful to use any recorded or electrically amplified bird or mammal calls or sounds, or reco…
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(a) A hunting license, granting the privilege to take birds and mammals, shall be issued to any of t…
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(a) In addition to Section 3031, and notwithstanding Section 3037, the department shall issue lifeti…
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For the purpose of obtaining a hunting license, enrollees in the Job Corps, created by the Economic …
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Bear” and “pursue” have the same meanings as defined in Section 39…
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(a) Pursuant to this section, the department shall issue to a disabled veteran or recovering service…
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(a) The department shall prepare a report to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2024, on the effe…
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A hunting license authorizes the person to whom it is issued to take birds and mammals, in accordanc…
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Any member of the armed forces of the United States who is in a military medical facility and who is…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, Section 2023, Section 3087, Section 4303, another …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 3031, the director shall, no later than July 1, 2023, designate two days…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to ensure the health and safety of …
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(a) No hunting license may be issued to any person unless he or she presents to the person authorize…
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(a) The department shall provide for a course of instruction in hunter education, principles of cons…
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A person receiving instruction from a hunter education instructor shall not be charged a fee for the…
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In the case of loss or destruction of a certificate, a duplicate certificate may be issued by the in…
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The department shall furnish information on hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsman…
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The department, in conformity with such regulations as the commission may prescribe, may issue speci…
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A special Colorado River hunting license may be issued to any person holding a hunting license issue…
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A special Colorado River hunting license shall entitle the holder thereof to take only migratory wat…
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The fee for a special Colorado River hunting license shall be two dollars ($2), and each such licens…
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(a) For the purposes of this section, “donor intermediary” means a recipient who receives a game bir…
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Cold storage plants and frozen food locker plants shall make and keep a complete detailed record of …
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(a) (1) Every person who prepares, stuffs, or mounts the skin of any fish, reptile, amphibian, bird,…
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Any person engaged in raising or importing, or who keeps in captivity, in this state domesticated ga…
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No person shall sell the carcass of any domesticated game bird or mammal without first obtaining a d…
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There are classes of domesticated game breeder’s licenses, designated “class 1” and “class 2.” (a) A…
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The department shall issue a class 1 domesticated game breeder’s license upon the payment of a base …
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Licenses issued under the provisions of this article are valid for a term of one year from January 1…
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Carriers for hire may carry within the State live domesticated game birds and mammals upon such term…
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No domesticated game bird or mammal shall be transported or sold dead unless each quarter and each l…
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The department shall collect three cents ($0.03) for each tag or seal.
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On or before January 31st of each year, every person to whom a domesticated game breeder’s license h…
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(a) In lieu of the tag required by Section 3206, poultry processing plants licensed pursuant to Chap…
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The keeper of a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club may sell portions of a quarter or loin of …
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A retail meat dealer may, without a license, sell portions of a quarter or loin of a large mammal or…
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Domesticated game breeders or other persons holding domesticated game mammals in captivity shall con…
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All domesticated game birds and mammals, excepting deer, sold under the provisions of this article, …
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The carcass of a game bird which shows that it has been killed by shooting shall constitute prima fa…
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Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the commission upon conviction of the licens…
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Domesticated reindeer may be imported into this State and sold only in accordance with regulations w…
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(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commercial h…
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(a) An application for a commercial hunting club license shall be submitted on a form furnished by t…
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(a) The department may issue a commercial hunting club license to any person upon submission of a co…
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The commission may transfer a commercial hunting club license to other land owned or controlled by t…
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Commercial hunting club licenses are valid for a term of one year from July 1st, or, if issued after…
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Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the commission at one of the commission’s re…
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In order to provide additional hunting by stocking domestically propagated game birds, and to permit…
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It is unlawful for any person to engage in the raising and releasing, or the releasing, of domestica…
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The application for a license shall show the size and location of the area to be licensed. If an app…
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The commission may prescribe additional regulations deemed necessary for the releasing and shooting …
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Where domesticated migratory game birds are reared or held for release by the licensee, the licensee…
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All domesticated migratory game birds at time of release for shooting shall be at least 14 weeks of …
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Shooting shall be confined to blinds, except for shooting necessary to recover a downed and injured …
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All birds killed or injured by shooters shall be retrieved without delay, and all injured birds shal…
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Licensees shall pay the department an inspection fee not to exceed five cents ($0.05) for each domes…
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No dead, domesticated migratory game bird shall be removed from the premises of a licensed area unti…
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It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot domesticated migratory game birds on a licensed area wi…
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The licensee shall comply with all applicable federal laws or regulations relating to the releasing …
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It is the policy of the state actively to ensure the improvement of wildlife habitat on private land…
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(a) The commission may authorize the department to issue revocable, nontransferable licenses for the…
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(a) A license for a wildlife habitat enhancement and management area may be issued to any landholder…
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The commission shall require the landowners of a wildlife habitat enhancement and management area to…
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(a) The commission may adopt regulations necessary for the administration of this article. (b) After…
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(a) Upon approval of the wildlife habitat enhancement and management plan, the department shall issu…
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(a) The commission may require that any fish, bird, or mammal taken in a wildlife habitat enhancemen…
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Any landholder who has paid the fee required by this article, has a valid license issued pursuant to…
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It is the policy of the state to actively encourage the biologically sound management of fish and ot…
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The department may coordinate and cooperate with all branches of the United States military service,…
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The commission may adopt regulations and authorize the department to enter into agreements with the …
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(a) Upon approval of specific management plans and programs, which reflect the recommendations of th…
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(a) Subject to appropriation pursuant to Section 3467, the director may enter into contracts with no…
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Each contract shall be for an initial term of 10 years and shall include all of the following: (a) T…
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(a) Not later than 20 days after the director has entered into a contract pursuant to this article, …
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The contract shall be automatically renewed in the same manner as contracts are renewed and extended…
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(a) If during the contract period the owner or lessee is divested of the use of the waterfowl habita…
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The director and the owner or lessee may mutually agree to modify the terms and conditions of a cont…
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The California Waterfowl Habitat Preservation Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preserv…
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The Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservati…
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(a) There is established the California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program subject to the require…
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Each contract shall be for an initial term of three years and shall include the following: (a) The d…
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If during the contract period the owner or lessee is divested of the use of the waterfowl habitat su…
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The director and the owner or lessee may mutually agree to modify the terms and conditions of a cont…
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The California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game …
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It is the policy of the state to actively encourage the safe and biologically sound management of wi…
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The Legislature recognizes that, in a public use airport’s ongoing efforts to protect the health, sa…
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The taking of birds by a public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration to o…
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Take is authorized pursuant to this article only to relieve or prevent injurious situations affectin…
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A public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide to the depart…
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(a) (1) The department shall establish the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program, which may include…
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(a) Resident game birds are as follows: (1) Doves of the genus Streptopelia, including, but not limi…
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It is unlawful to use any powerboat, motor vehicle, or airplane to drive any game bird toward anothe…
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It is unlawful to use any mammal (except a dog) or an imitation of a mammal as a blind in approachin…
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It is unlawful to take, possess, or needlessly destroy the nest or eggs of any bird, except as other…
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It is unlawful to take, possess, or destroy any birds in the orders Falconiformes or Strigiformes (b…
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Subject to the provisions of this code permitting the sale of domestically raised game birds, it is …
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It is unlawful to take, sell, or purchase any aigrette or egret, osprey, bird of paradise, goura, nu…
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It is unlawful to break, train, hold field trials with, or practice dogs on any wild game bird or do…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in this section or Section 2081.7, 2081.13, 2081.15, or 2835, a fully pro…
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It is unlawful to take or possess any migratory bird as designated in the federal Migratory Bird Tre…
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Exotic nonresident game birds are those birds of the order Galliformes (pheasant, grouse, quail) whi…
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Exotic nonresident game birds may be released in this State only on prior approval of the commission…
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The commission may adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to govern the release, taking, and p…
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It is unlawful for any person to have in his possession the carcass, in such condition that the sex …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who purposely takes any racing pigeon that at …
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(a) In Districts 8 and 9, it is unlawful to take a duck or goose below the incoming or outgoing tide…
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(a) It is unlawful for any person, except a person licensed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision…
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(a) Upon full implementation of the Automated License Data System, the department shall continue to …
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Upland game bird species include both of the following: (a) All of the following resident game birds…
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(a) The Upland Game Bird Account is hereby established within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. (…
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Projects authorized pursuant to Section 3684 shall be governed by Section 1501.5. With the approval …
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(a) It is unlawful for any person, except a person licensed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision…
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(a) Upon full implementation of the Automated License Data System, the department shall continue to …
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(a) All funds derived from the sale of state duck hunting validations and state duck stamps, and rel…
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Funds deposited in the State Duck Stamp Account shall be used for projects or endowments approved by…
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An advisory committee, as determined by the department, that includes interested nonprofit organizat…
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The department may permit individual artists to sell a limited number of prints of duck stamp relate…
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Before the commission may consider any project which proposes the use of funds from the State Duck S…
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Two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) of the amount collected by the department for each state d…
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Waterfowl projects authorized pursuant to Sections 3460 and 3702 shall be governed by Section 1501.5…
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Before allocating funds to any project to be undertaken outside the state, or outside the United Sta…
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(a) All birds occurring naturally in California that are not resident game birds, migratory game bir…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 3000 and this section, the following nongame birds may be taken or…
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Nongame birds not covered by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act which are found to be injuring growing cr…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, it is un…
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The department may enter into cooperative contracts with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service…
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The department may take any individual bird, or birds of any species, that, in its opinion, are undu…
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In order to aid in relieving widespread waterfowl depredation of agricultural crops, the department …
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The department may carry out a California condor preservation project which has the following object…
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The department, jointly with the federal-state condor recovery team established pursuant to the fede…
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The department shall provide funds to the Zoological Society of San Diego and to the Los Angeles Zoo…
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In addition to the programs in Section 3852, a condor release program administered by the department…
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Not more than 10 percent of the funds provided to the zoos under this chapter may be used for admini…
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Both the breeding program and the release program, if authorized by the department, shall meet crite…
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The department shall include copies of the biannual reports from the zoos in the annual report to th…
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To the extent possible, the department shall seek private sector funding and any federal funds which…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the term “Northern California Condor Restoration Program” means th…
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Avian Influenza Wildlife Surveillance Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Avian influenza and other emerging dise…
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The Natural Resources Agency, in consultation with the department, the Department of Food and Agricu…
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(a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall formally establish the Avian Influenza Worki…
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(a) Game mammals are: deer (genus Odocoileus), elk (genus Cervus), prong-horned antelope (genus Anti…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 3950 or any other provision of this code, the mountain lion (genus Felis…
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The commission may authorize the taking of tule elk pursuant to Section 332. When relocating tule el…
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The department shall develop a statewide elk management plan, consistent with the state’s wildlife p…
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(a) The Big Game Management Account is hereby established within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund…
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Pursue” means pursue, run, or chase. (2) “Bear” means any black be…
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(a) As used in this section, the terms “bear” and “pursue” have the same meanings as defined in Sect…
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(a) As used in this section, the terms “bear” and “pursue” have the same meanings as defined in Sect…
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(a) As used in this section, the terms “bear” and “pursue” have the same meanings as defined in Sect…
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(a) Whenever an employee of the department is not present to carry out the provisions of Section 396…
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(a) Exotic game mammals include wild pigs, including feral pigs and European wild boar (genus Sus) d…
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The following are fur-bearing mammals: pine marten, fisher, mink, river otter, gray fox, red fox, ki…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, it is…
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Fur-bearing mammals may be taken only with a trap, a firearm, bow and arrow, poison under a proper p…
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It is unlawful to use poison to take fur-bearing mammals without a permit from the department. The d…
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It is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Use a steel-jawed leghold trap, or use any trap with …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every person who traps fur-bearing mammals or nong…
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(a) A trapping license shall be issued as follows: (1) To any resident of this state over the age of…
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A trapping license authorizes the person to whom it is issued to take fur-bearing mammals and nongam…
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No trapping license shall be issued to any applicant within one year following the expiration of any…
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It is unlawful to remove or disturb the trap of any licensee while the trap is being used by the lic…
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The commission may adopt regulations as it determines to be necessary to regulate the taking of fur-…
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The provisions of this chapter do not apply to, or prohibit the propagation of, fur-bearing mammals …
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(a) Fur-bearing mammals, game mammals, and nongame mammals, when involved in dangerous disease outbr…
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It is unlawful to take any red fox for profitmaking purposes.
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(a) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, there shall be in the departm…
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(a) A mammal occurring naturally in California that is not a game mammal, exotic game mammal, fully …
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Any house cat (Felis domesticus) found within the limits of any fish and game refuge is a nongame ma…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 4005, nongame mammals and black-tailed jackrabbits, muskrats, subs…
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(a) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with any agency of the state or the United …
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(a) The department may enter into cooperative contracts with the United States Fish and Wildlife Ser…
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(a) Beginning January 1, 2014, it shall be unlawful to trap a bobcat, or attempt to do so, or to sel…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 4157 and notwithstanding any other law, it is unlawful for a perso…
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(a) Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for purposes of this section, commencing January …
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(a) Before opening a bobcat hunting season pursuant to Section 4157, the department, in consultation…
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(a) Except as provided for in Section 4005, fur-bearing mammals that are injuring property may be ta…
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(a) It is unlawful to do either of the following to an immature depredator mammal while it is in its…
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As used in this article, “wild pigs” has the meaning set forth in Section 4650.
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(a) Except as provided in Section 4181.1, any owner or tenant of land or property that is being dama…
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(a) Any bear that is encountered while in the act of inflicting injury to, molesting, or killing, li…
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For the purposes of this article relating to damage caused by wild pigs, “damage” means loss or harm…
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(a) Any owner or tenant of land or property that is being damaged or destroyed or is in immediate da…
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In any district or part of a district within San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, bears may be tak…
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Nothing in this code prohibits the owner or tenant of land, or any person authorized in writing by t…
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(a) If a landowner or tenant applies for a permit under Section 4181 to take wild pigs or wild turke…
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The department shall tag, brand, or otherwise identify in a persistent and distinctive manner any la…
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(a) As used in this section, “deer” includes any animal of the family Cervidae. (b) Except as otherw…
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Any person taking a deer shall retain possession of that portion of the deer’s head that in adult ma…
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The skin or hide of any deer lawfully taken may be sold, purchased, tanned, or manufactured into art…
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(a) No person shall capture or destroy any deer and detach or remove from the carcass only the head,…
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It is unlawful to take any deer without first procuring a deer tag or permit authorizing the taking …
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The commission may determine the design and makeup of the deer tag and prescribe the procedures for …
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(a) Any resident of this state, 12 years of age or over, who possesses a valid hunting license, may …
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Tags are valid only during that portion of the current hunting license year in which deer may be tak…
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(a) The commission shall annually direct the department to authorize, pursuant to Section 1054.8, th…
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(a) The person to whom a deer tag has been issued shall carry the tag while hunting deer. Upon the k…
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(a) Any person who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this code, or of any rule, regula…
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Any person legally killing a deer in this state shall have the tag for that deer countersigned by a …
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(a) In every area in which deer may lawfully be taken during the general open season there is an arc…
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The provisions of this code relating to deer shall be applicable to the taking of deer with bow and …
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(a) It is unlawful to take any marine mammal except in accordance with provisions of the Marine Mamm…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that several types of nonpoint source pollution are harmful t…
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This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Orca Protection Act. (a) It is unla…
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(a) It is unlawful to kill, wound, capture, or have in possession any undomesticated burro, except a…
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(a) For purposes of this code, “wild pig” means any of the following: (1) (A) A pig having two or mo…
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(a) The department shall work with landowners to mitigate depredation by sport hunting pursuant to t…
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(a) It is unlawful to take any wild pig, except as provided in Section 4181, without first procuring…
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(a) It shall be unlawful to intentionally or knowingly release any hog, boar, pig, or swine to live …
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(a) The department may determine the design and type of information to be included on the wild pig v…
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(a) To obtain a wild pig validation, a person must be 12 years of age or older, and possess a valid …
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(a) Wild pig validations are valid only during that portion of the current hunting license year in w…
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(a) The holder of a wild pig validation shall keep the validation in their possession while hunting …
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(a) (1) Except as provided in this section or Section 2081.7, 2081.13, 2081.15, or 2835, a fully pro…
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It is unlawful to take any bear with firearm, trap, or bow and arrow without first procuring a tag a…
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(a) Any resident of this state, 12 years of age or older, who possesses a valid hunting license, may…
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Bear tags are valid only during that portion of the current hunting license year in which bear may b…
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The person to whom a bear tag has been issued shall carry the tag while hunting bear. Upon the killi…
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(a) Any person who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this code, or of any rule, regula…
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Any person legally killing a bear in this state shall have the tag for that bear countersigned by a …
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Any person taking a bear must retain possession of the skin of the bear and the portion of the bear’…
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(a) Subject to the provisions of this code permitting the sale of domestically raised game mammals, …
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The skin, hide, teeth, claws, or other parts of any bear lawfully taken and possessed for the period…
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The provisions of this chapter relating to the possession of bear apply to bear taken outside this S…
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The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the taking of bear which is otherwise authorized to p…
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(a) The mountain lion (genus Puma) is a specially protected mammal under the laws of this state. (b)…
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The department may remove or take any mountain lion, or authorize an appropriate local agency with p…
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(a) Unless authorized in this chapter, nonlethal procedures shall be used when removing or taking an…
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Any person, or the employee or agent of a person, whose livestock or other property is being or has …
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Upon receipt of a report pursuant to Section 4802, the department, or any animal damage control offi…
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In order to ensure that only the depredating mountain lion will be taken, the department shall issue…
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Whenever immediate authorization will materially assist in the pursuit of the particular mountain li…
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Any person issued a permit pursuant to Section 4803 or 4805 shall report, by telephone within 24 hou…
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(a) Any mountain lion that is encountered while in the act of pursuing, inflicting injury to, or kil…
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As used in this chapter, “agent” means the agent or employee of the owner of the damaged or destroye…
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Mountain lions authorized to be taken pursuant to this chapter shall be taken by the most effective …
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(a) As used in this section: (1) “Authorized research project” means a research project involving mo…
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The Legislature declares that bighorn sheep are an important wildlife resource of the state to be ma…
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The department shall determine the status and the trend of bighorn sheep populations by management u…
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(a) The commission may adopt all regulations necessary to provide for biologically sound management …
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Revenue from the fees authorized by this chapter shall be deposited in the Big Game Management Accou…
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It is unlawful to sell, purchase, harm, take, possess, transport, or shoot a projectile at, a tortoi…
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The provisions of Section 5000 do not prohibit the possession of any tortoise (Gopherus) when the ow…
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The department may issue permits, subject to any terms and conditions prescribed by the commission, …
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(a) (1) Except as provided in this section, or Section 2081.5, 2081.7, 2081.9, 2081.12, 2081.15, or …
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“Native reptiles” as used in this chapter means snakes, lizards, turtles, or any other members of th…
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The commission shall establish rules and regulations for the commercial take, sale, transport, expor…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no permit shall be issued for the operation of a farm fo…
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It is unlawful to use explosives in the waters of the state inhabited by fish, except in one of the …
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The department may take any fish which, in its opinion, is unduly preying upon any bird, mammal, or …
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It is unlawful to take any fish for the sole purpose of removing its eggs except for the purpose of …
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The department may issue a letter of authorization to allow the taking of marine living resources or…
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Mollusks, crustaceans, and amphibia may be used for bait or released in the same waters wherein take…
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(a) It is unlawful for any person to possess a fish spear or gaff within 300 feet of a lake or strea…
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It is unlawful to possess on any boat or to bring ashore any fish upon which a size or weight limit …
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It is unlawful to possess on any boat or to bring ashore any fish in such a condition that the speci…
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The commission may adopt regulations to prevent deterioration and waste of fish taken for purposes o…
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Except under permit of the department, it is unlawful to carry on any fish cultural operations on an…
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(a) It is unlawful to kill or retain in possession any chinook, coho, or kokanee salmon or any steel…
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(a) (1) Except as provided in this section or Section 2081.4, 2081.6, 2081.7, 2081.10, 2081.11, 2081…
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Any river, stream, lake, or other body of water restricted by the commission to the use of artificia…
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(a) Except as authorized by a permit issued pursuant to Section 1002, or as provided in subdivision …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission undertake management of abalone in a manner …
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A moratorium is imposed on the taking, possessing, or landing of abalone (genus Haliotis) for commer…
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(a) In addition to the moratorium imposed by Section 5521, and notwithstanding any other provision o…
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Notwithstanding Sections 5521 and 5521.5, a registered aquaculturist may collect abalone for broodst…
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(a) On or before January 1, 2003, the department shall submit to the commission a comprehensive abal…
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(a) (1) If the Director of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, in consultation with the State Pu…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), it is unlawful to deposit in, permit to pass into, or pla…
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(a) A person who violates Section 5650 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five th…
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Whenever it is determined by the department that a continuing and chronic condition of pollution exi…
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(a) It is unlawful to deposit, permit to pass into, or place where it can pass into the waters of th…
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(a) The use of vacuum or suction dredge equipment by a person in a river, stream, or lake of this st…
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(a) The issuance of permits to operate vacuum or suction dredge equipment is a project pursuant to t…
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Any person required to possess a permit pursuant to Section 5653 shall present his or her dredging e…
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For purposes of Section 5653, “river, stream, or lake” means the body of water at the current water …
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In the event of an unanticipated water level change, when necessary to protect fish and wildlife res…
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For purposes of Sections 5653 and 5653.3, “person” does not include a partnership, corporation, or o…
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The department shall adopt regulations to carry out Section 5653 and may adopt regulations to carry …
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(a) (1) The director, after a notification of a spill or discharge, as those terms are defined in Se…
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(a) In addition to the responsibilities imposed pursuant to Section 5651, the department may clean u…
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Any recovery or settlement of money damages, including, but not limited to, civil penalties arising …
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For purposes of this chapter, “shellfish” means any bivalve mollusk.
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It is unlawful to take shellfish used or intended to be used for human consumption from any area fro…
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The State Department of Public Health may: (a) Examine any area from which shellfish may be taken. (…
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Upon the determination by the State Department of Public Health that the area is or may be subject t…
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The fact of posting the notices shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in some new…
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The State Department of Public Health shall enforce the provisions of this article, and for that pur…
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If examinations are conducted pursuant to this article for purposes of certifying the quality of she…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 5670, 5672, 8341, and 9050, native and nonnative mollusks may be taken …
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(a) The State Department of Public Health may make sanitary surveys of mollusk-growing areas or may …
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If examinations are conducted by the State Department of Public Health pursuant to this article for …
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Any person who moves any native mollusks taken under regulations of the commission from Districts 12…
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(a) It is unlawful to conduct any mining operation in the Trinity and Klamath River Fish and Game Di…
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Section 5800 does not affect any other laws applying to the territory included in the Trinity and Kl…
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Section 5800 does not apply to the construction, repair, or maintenance of public works by the Feder…
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No provision of this article is a limitation on the authority of the State Water Resources Control B…
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Dam” includes all artificial obstructions. (b) “Conduit” includes pipe…
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Except as otherwise provided in this code, it is unlawful to construct or maintain in any stream in …
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In including the United States within the scope of this chapter the Legislature declares that it und…
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The United States shall file with the commission pursuant to this chapter a separate application for…
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The application of the United States shall give the following information: (a) The name and address …
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The department shall, from time to time, examine all dams in all rivers and streams in this State na…
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If, in the opinion of the commission, there is not free passage for fish over or around any dam, the…
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When all of the provisions of this article have been complied with, if in the opinion of the commiss…
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Whenever an application for approval of plans and specifications for a new dam in any stream in this…
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The commission or any party may, in any hearing, cause the deposition of witnesses to be taken in th…
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The owner of any dam upon which a fishway has been provided shall keep the fishway in repair and ope…
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It is unlawful to wilfully destroy, injure, or obstruct any fishway.
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The owner of any dam shall allow sufficient water at all times to pass through a fishway, or in the …
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Whenever in the opinion of the commission it is impracticable, because of the height of any dam, or …
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The hatchery, traps, and other equipment necessary to operate a hatchery station shall not be of a s…
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If the owner of the dam generates electricity at the place of the dam, he shall furnish sufficient l…
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The owner shall permit the use of water, without charge, to operate the hatchery.
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The commission may, in lieu of a fishway, hatchery, dwelling, traps or other equipment necessary to …
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(a) The owner of a dam shall accord to the public for the purpose of fishing, the right of access to…
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The owner of a dam is not liable in damages to any person exercising the right to fish, who suffers …
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The department may sell, at cost, to the owner of a dam, young fish ordered to be planted.
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(a) The provisions of Section 5938 shall not be applicable to dams constructed in District 4 1 2 aft…
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It is unlawful for the owner of a dam in District 4 1 2 to release water from the dam, or any facili…
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No person shall cause or having caused, permit to exist any log jam or debris accumulation or any ot…
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This article shall apply only to conduits described in Section 5987, and conduits with a maximum flo…
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(a) The department shall examine all conduits. If, in the opinion of the department, a screen is nec…
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An order to install a screen shall be in writing, and shall specify the type, size, mesh, material a…
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When an order is made to install a screen, the department shall pay the owner of the conduit upon wh…
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If the expense of constructing or installing a screen exceeds the estimated expense the department s…
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The owner of the conduit shall, within 10 days after completing the installation of the screen, retu…
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All money paid by the department to the owner of a conduit pursuant to this article shall be paid ou…
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The department shall not pay one-half of the expense of the construction and installation of any scr…
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When a screen has been installed, the owner may, by written notice within 90 days after such install…
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After acceptance, should the screen fail to function in an efficient manner, no changes in condition…
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It is unlawful for the owner of a conduit to refuse, fail, or neglect to install a screen in complia…
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In lieu of the department’s ordering the owner to install a screen the department may, at its option…
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Any screen installed under any of the provisions of this article shall be reasonably adequate to pre…
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Before the installation of any screen under the provisions of this article, the department and the o…
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This article shall apply only to conduits with a maximum flow capacity of 250 cubic feet per second …
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The department shall examine new or existing conduits, and may install, maintain, repair, and replac…
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Sufficient water for a bypass shall be not to exceed the following: (a) Diversions under three cubic…
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(a) The department shall serve written notice upon each owner of its intention to install a fish scr…
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If the owner fails to sign and return the agreement granting the department the necessary rights for…
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It is unlawful for the owner of a conduit to cause or permit a screen to be removed or taken out of …
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Any screen installed under this article shall be such as will be reasonably adequate to prevent fish…
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This article does not prevent the department from removing or permitting an owner to remove a screen…
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All money paid by the department to the owner of a conduit pursuant to this article shall be paid ou…
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Article 3 (commencing with Section 5980) and Article 4 (commenc…
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This chapter applies to all fish and amphibia, including, but not limited to, fish and amphibia bein…
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The department may enter at any time any vehicle, container, warehouse, depot, ship, or growing area…
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Except as otherwise provided in Division 12 (commencing with Section 15000), all fish, amphibia, or …
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All fish, amphibia, or aquatic plants which the department determines are merely deleterious to fish…
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If the department finds any infected, diseased, or parasitized fish, amphibia, or aquatic plants wit…
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It is unlawful to carry or cause to be carried from one point in this State which has been posted ac…
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The expense of any examination made necessary by the provisions of this code, shall be borne by the …
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It is unlawful to place, plant, or cause to be placed or planted, in any of the waters of this State…
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In addition to Section 6400, it is unlawful to transport or possess any live white bass (Marone chry…
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Any person may, under the terms of a permit first obtained from the department, under regulations th…
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The department may plant fish in streams passing through, or in lakes on, land on which is located a…
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This chapter does not apply to activities governed by Division 12 (commencing with Section 15000).
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to make the Annual Provisional Stocking Document available t…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Declines in various southern California…
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For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Artificial reef” …
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The department shall administer the California Artificial Reef Program.
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The program shall include all of the following: (a) The placement of artificial reefs in state water…
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The amount allocated for the administration of the program in any fiscal year may not exceed the amo…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) …
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The Legislature finds and declares that triploid grass carp have the potential to control aquatic nu…
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The department shall adopt regulations that provide for the control of aquatic plant pests using art…
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All providers of triploid grass carp for use under this article shall provide certification acceptab…
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Prior to receiving a permit from the department to use triploid grass carp, the potential user shall…
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(a) On or before March 1 of each year following the first year after triploid grass carp introductio…
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The department shall establish permit and inspection fees sufficient to recover, but not exceed, the…
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The department shall impose conditions in the permit to use triploid grass carp under this article t…
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Nothing in this article shall be construed as restricting grass carp programs approved by the depart…
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Because of its experience and continuing involvement with hydrilla control programs, the implementat…
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If the department obtains documented and verifiable evidence of escapements of triploid grass carp p…
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Substantial declines in various species…
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advisory panel” means the Ocean …
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There is hereby established in state government the California Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatch…
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(a) The program is administered by the director with the advice of the advisory panel and the commit…
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(a) To advise the director in establishing policy and direction for the program, the director shall …
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(a) In order to foster a transparent and collaborative approach between the public, the advisory pan…
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The director shall convene an annual public meeting where the committee shall present information re…
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(a) The director shall consider the findings and results of the evaluation of the program conducted …
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(a) All fees collected by the department pursuant to this article, and any interest earned on those …
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(a) In addition to a valid California sport fishing license and any other applicable license validat…
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The director shall provide for the solicitation of input from every person who pays a fee pursuant t…
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(a) The department may contract with any public or private entity to conduct research projects pursu…
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It is in the interest of the state to have broad participation in enhancement programs. Therefore, t…
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This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
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This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Marine Resources Legacy Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s extraordinary marine biolo…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Applicant” means…
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(a) This chapter establishes a program through which an applicant may voluntarily apply to the depar…
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(a) A proposed project to partially remove an offshore oil structure pursuant to this chapter is a p…
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(a) Nothing in this chapter is intended, and it shall not be construed, to limit or affect the autho…
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(a) An owner or operator, or other party responsible for decommissioning, of an offshore oil structu…
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(a) The application for partial removal shall include, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The a…
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(a) Upon receipt of an application to partially remove an offshore oil structure pursuant to this ch…
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(a) The council shall determine whether the partial removal of an offshore oil structure pursuant to…
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(a) Upon certification of the appropriate environmental documents by the lead agency, the commission…
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Prior to granting conditional approval of an application for partial removal of an offshore oil stru…
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The department may grant conditional approval of an application for partial removal of an offshore o…
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Upon a finding that all the requirements of Sections 6615 and 6616 have been met, the department sha…
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(a) The cost savings from the partial removal of an offshore oil structure, as determined pursuant t…
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Upon a determination by the department that the full amount of cost savings has been transmitted pur…
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The department shall not take title to a decommissioned offshore oil structure in open coastal water…
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Upon the department’s final approval of the first application for partial removal of an offshore oil…
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Every person engaged in harvesting kelp or other aquatic plants for profit in the waters of this Sta…
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(a) A license granting the privilege to harvest kelp or other aquatic plants shall be issued upon ap…
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(a) Every person engaged in harvesting kelp shall determine the weight of all wet kelp, immediately …
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The commission may make such regulations as may be necessary to insure the proper harvesting of kelp…
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(a) The department may issue permits for the drying of agar-bearing marine plants subject to the reg…
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If, at any time, the commission finds that the harvesting of kelp will tend to destroy or impair any…
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Within 10 days after the service of such a notice, the person upon whom notice is served may demand …
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(a) The commission may revoke a license and prohibit its reissuance for a period of not more than on…
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The commission may, subject to regulations it deems proper, grant permits to any department of the U…
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In addition to the license fee provided for in this chapter, every person harvesting kelp or other a…
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The commission may lease to any person the exclusive privilege to harvest kelp in any designated kel…
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Persons wishing to lease the exclusive privilege to harvest kelp shall submit a written application …
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A deposit of not less than forty dollars ($40) for each square mile, or fraction thereof, of the tot…
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(a) If the commission finds that the kelp beds included in the application are available for lease a…
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The initial term of a lease for the exclusive privilege of harvesting kelp shall not exceed 20 years…
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(a) Each kelp bed lease shall specify a period prior to expiration when renewal of the lease may be …
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Notwithstanding Sections 6703 and 6704, at any time during the term of a lease, the commission and t…
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(a) Each lease shall require, in addition to the license fee required by this chapter, a payment by …
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A lease may not be assigned, in whole or in part, by the lessee, either voluntarily or by operation …
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A lease, or any renewal thereof, shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Department of General S…
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When an exclusive privilege to harvest kelp has been granted by lease by the commission, the commiss…
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The department shall inform the State Lands Commission of all kelp bed leases executed pursuant to t…
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The commission may regulate the taking, collecting, harvesting, gathering, or possession of kelp for…
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The provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 6650), Article 2 (commencing with Section 6680)…
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As used in this article, “frog” means all species of frog.
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Except as otherwise provided in this code or in regulations adopted by the commission, it is unlawfu…
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Any person who conducts a place of business where frogs are sold to the public for food, or who take…
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It is unlawful to take frogs by the use of firearms of any caliber or type.
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The department may issue a permit to take and dispose of frogs under such limitations as the commiss…
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As used in this article, “frog-jumping contest” means a contest generally and popularly known as a f…
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Frogs to be used in frog-jumping contests shall be governed by this article only. Frogs to be so use…
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If the means used for taking such frogs can, as normally used, seriously injure the frog, it shall b…
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Any person may possess any number of live frogs to use in frog-jumping contests, but if such a frog …
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A frog which is not kept in a manner which is reasonable to preserve its life is not within the cove…
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The commission has no power to modify the provisions of this article by any order, rule, or regulati…
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“Native amphibians” as used in this article means salamanders, toads, or any other member of the cla…
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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the commission shall establish rules for the commercia…
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisherie…
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The Legislature, for purposes of this chapter, finds as follows: (a) According to the department, th…
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The Legislature, for purposes of this chapter, declares as follows: (a) It is the policy of the stat…
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It is the policy of the state and the department to encourage nonprofit salmon release and return op…
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The department shall encourage other nonprofit hatcheries and nonprofit artificial propagation opera…
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Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the definitions in this article govern the …
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“Production” means the survival of fish to adulthood as measured by the abundance of the recreationa…
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“Program” means the program for protecting and increasing the naturally spawning salmon and steelhea…
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(a) The department shall, with the advice of the Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout an…
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The program shall identify the measures the department will carry out to achieve the policies set fo…
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The program shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following elements: (a) Identification …
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Measures which are the responsibility of other agencies or persons, such as the repair or replacemen…
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(a) Subject to the availability of funds for the purposes of this section, the department shall cont…
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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Local agencies” means local agen…
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The department shall establish the California Monitoring Program to collect comprehensive data on an…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Pacific Ocean and its rich marine living resources a…
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(a) A regulation adopted pursuant to this part shall apply only to ocean waters and bays. Notwithsta…
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that: (a) California’s marine …
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In order to achieve the primary fishery management goal of sustainability, every sport and commercia…
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Any fishery management regulation adopted by the commission shall, to the extent practicable, confor…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Successful marine life and fishery …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that for the purposes of sustainable fishery management and t…
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(a) The department shall establish a program for external peer review of the scientific basis of mar…
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(a) The director shall report annually in writing to the commission on the status of sport and comme…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a number of human-caused and natural factors can affect …
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The Legislature finds and declares that the critical need to conserve, utilize, and manage the state…
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(a) Any white seabass fishery management plan adopted by the commission on or before January 1, 1999…
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(a) Fishery management plans shall form the primary basis for managing California’s sport and commer…
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(a) On or before September 1, 2001, the department shall submit to the commission for its approval a…
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(a) The department shall prepare interim fishery research protocols for at least the three highest p…
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(a) The department shall prepare fishery management plans and plan amendments, including any propose…
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(a) To the extent practicable, and consistent with Section 7059, the department shall seek advice an…
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A fishery management plan or plan amendment, or proposed regulations necessary for implementation of…
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(a) The commission shall hold at least two public hearings on a fishery management plan or plan amen…
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Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 7072, each fishery management plan prepared by the depart…
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Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 7072, each fishery management plan or plan amendment prep…
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Each fishery management plan or plan amendment prepared by the department shall contain the measures…
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(a) Each fishery management plan prepared by the department shall incorporate the existing conservat…
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(a) Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 7072, each fishery management plan or plan amendment …
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Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 7072, each fishery management plan or plan amendment prep…
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(a) Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 7072, each fishery management plan or plan amendment …
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(a) Each fishery management plan prepared by the department shall include a procedure for review and…
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Each fishery management plan and plan amendment shall include a list of any statutes and regulations…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a proactive approach to management of emerging fisheries…
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The provisions of this part apply to the taking and possession of fish for any purpose other than co…
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(a) The commission may establish by regulation an automatic process to conform its sport fishing reg…
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(a) The department shall identify property it owns or manages that includes areas for sport fishing …
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It is unlawful for any person to possess more than one daily bag limit of any fish, amphibian, or re…
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Except as otherwise provided by this code or by regulation, it is unlawful to sell or purchase any f…
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The department shall develop a voluntary participation program for the use of departmental observers…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, every person 16 years of age or older who takes an…
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The owner or operator of a boat or vessel licensed pursuant to Section 7920 shall not permit any per…
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(a) In addition to Section 7149.05, the department shall issue a lifetime sport fishing license unde…
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Notwithstanding Section 7149.05, a sport fishing license is not required for a resident to take a ra…
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For the purpose of obtaining a sport fishing license, enrollees in the Job Corps, created by the Eco…
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(a) A sport fishing license granting the privilege to take any fish, reptile, or amphibian anywhere …
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(a) A sport fishing license granting the privilege to take any fish, reptile, or amphibian anywhere …
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Notwithstanding Section 7145, the director may designate not more than two days, which may or may no…
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(a) A person shall not take abalone from ocean waters unless he or she first obtains, in addition to…
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(a) Fees received by the department pursuant to Section 7149.8 shall be deposited in the Abalone Res…
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(a) It is unlawful for any person to fish with two rods without first obtaining a second-rod sport f…
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(a) Upon application to the department’s headquarters office in Sacramento and payment of a base fee…
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(a) Upon application to the department, the following persons, if they have not been convicted of an…
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(a) A sport fishing license is not required to take fish by any legal means, for any purpose other t…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, California Indians who are bona fide registered me…
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(a) Any person taking fish or amphibia for purposes other than profit from or on a boat or other flo…
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(a) A person fishing from the shore in the waters of the Colorado River located in Arizona or Califo…
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(a) The Arizona Game and Fish Commission shall handle California sportfishing licenses and Californi…
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(a) An Arizona special use validation is valid from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, of each yea…
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This article shall become operative and remain effective so long as the commission finds and determi…
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(a) When the director determines from the Secretary of State that copies of the law of the State of …
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(a) Subject to Section 7121, fish lawfully taken under a sport fishing license may be canned or smok…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 7121 any offal from a fish taken under a sport fishing license which is …
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Spiny lobster may not be taken under a sport fishing license except by use of a hoop net or by hand.
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California has the greatest biodive…
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The following are native California trout: (a) Coastal cutthroat trout. (b) Lahontan cutthroat trout…
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No pismo clam not in the shell may be possessed, except when it is being prepared for immediate cons…
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No instrument capable of being used to dig clams may be possessed between one-half hour after sunset…
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Giant seabass (Stereolepis gigas) may not be taken under a sport fishing license except by hook and …
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(a) Fees received by the department from the sale of the Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp o…
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(a) The department, in consultation with the advisory committee created pursuant to Section 7363, sh…
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(a) The director shall appoint a Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp Fund Advisory Committee, …
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(a) The department shall do all of the following: (1) In consultation with the advisory committee, d…
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(a) It is unlawful to take or possess for commercial purposes, buy or sell, or offer to buy or sell,…
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(a) In addition to a valid California sport fishing license and any applicable sport license stamp i…
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(a) Revenue received pursuant to Section 7380 may be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature…
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This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
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(a) The director shall appoint a Recreational Abalone Advisory Committee consisting of nine members …
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The provisions of this part apply to the taking and possession of fish for any commercial purpose. T…
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“Owner” or “vessel owner” means the person or persons designated as the registered owner of a vessel…
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It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation establishing a comprehensive program to all…
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As used in this article: (a) “Act” means the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Ac…
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Upon the preparation by the council, and the recommendation by the council to the secretary, of a fi…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other section of this article or any other provisions of law, the director s…
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(a) The director may repeal or amend any regulation adopted pursuant to Section 7652 or any other re…
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(a) The director shall not adopt, amend, or repeal any regulation pursuant to this article until the…
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Upon the adoption of any regulations pursuant to Section 7652, the director shall report to the Legi…
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The Legislature finds and declares: (a) That the actions taken by the federal Pacific Fishery Manage…
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(a) It is the policy of the State of California that the state be represented on the Pacific Fishery…
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As used in this article: (a) “Advisory committee” means the Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhe…
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The department shall consult with the advisory committee and representatives of every user group kno…
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(a) Any person engaged in the business of licensed commercial fishing may enter into an arrangement …
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Reduction plant” means any plant used in the reduction or conversion o…
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The commission may regulate and control fishing boats, barges, lighters or tenders, receptacles or v…
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The department may enter and examine any canning, packing, preserving, or reduction plant, or place …
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No sardines, anchovies, mackerel, or squid intended for or used in any cannery shall be unloaded fro…
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The commission may establish grades for different varieties of fish or fishery products, which grade…
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(a) It is unlawful to cause or permit deterioration or waste of a fish taken in the waters of this s…
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All chutes or conveyors used to convey fish or fish offal to any receptacle, and all receptacles con…
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(a) A written complaint may be made to the commission against any person who violates Section 7700 t…
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Any reduction plant in which any fish or any part thereof is used in violation of the provisions of …
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The commission may make and enforce such regulations as may be necessary or convenient for carrying …
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The commission may establish rules and regulations for the commercial taking of fish for educational…
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(a) If the director determines, based on the best available scientific information, or other relevan…
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A closure or restriction under Section 7710, or the removal of a closure or restriction under Sectio…
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If, during the period that regulations adopted pursuant to Section 7710 are effective, the director …
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(a) A person shall, upon request by an authorized agent or employee of the department, immediately r…
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Where a fishery is closed or restricted due to the need to protect a fishery resource, marine mammal…
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(a) Excepting persons expressly exempted under this code, no person shall use or operate, or assist …
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Section 7850 does not apply to any person who is employed by the fish receiver to unload fish or fis…
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The application for a commercial fishing license shall contain a statement of the applicant’s sex, a…
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(a) The department shall issue a commercial fishing license to any resident who is 16 years of age o…
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The department may refund the fees paid for a commercial fishing license or stamp, a commercial boat…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a commercial fishing license, stamp, permit, or other en…
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The owner of a vessel upon which a person who is at least 16, but less than 18, years of age, and wh…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may deny the issuance or renewal of any l…
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At all times when engaged in any activity described in Section 7850 or Article 7 (commencing with Se…
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The commission may suspend or revoke the commercial fishing license of any licensee who operates a v…
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No license shall be suspended or revoked pursuant to Section 7853 until the filing of a complaint wi…
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The proceedings to revoke or suspend a commercial fishing license shall be conducted at one of the c…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, except as provided in subdivision (f) and exce…
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Unless otherwise specified, the following conditions apply to each commercial fishing license, permi…
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In addition to the conditions specified in Section 7857, the following conditions apply to a commerc…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (f) or (g), no person who is 18 years of age or more and less …
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(a) After deducting the administrative costs for issuing the commercial fishing salmon stamps, the d…
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Not more than 15 percent of the funds expended pursuant to Section 7861 may be used to pay the costs…
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Notwithstanding any other law, the department may receive on behalf of the Commercial Salmon Troller…
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the department use the moneys from the sale of commercial f…
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A priority for funding shall be given to programs and projects restoring, enhancing, and protecting …
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In consultation with the Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee, the department may allocate …
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A Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee shall be established consisting of six members selec…
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(a) The Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee established under Section 7862 may recommend t…
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This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed, unl…
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(a) A person owning or operating a vessel used in connection with fishing operations for profit who …
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(a) Every person who owns or operates a vessel in public waters in connection with fishing operation…
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The law relating to the subject of control of fishing in state waters when delivery is to points bey…
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The department shall issue to any person owning or operating an aircraft used in connection with com…
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The owner of any boat or vessel who, for profit, permits any person to take fish, shall procure a co…
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The base fee for a commercial passenger fishing vessel license is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) i…
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The holder of a license shall keep a true record in the English language of all fish taken, and shal…
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Licenses issued under this article are subject to forfeiture, suspension, or revocation for a violat…
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(a) If a commercial passenger fishing boat is used to take salmon or has salmon aboard in ocean wate…
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The department shall: (a) Gather and prepare data of the commercial fisheries, showing particularly …
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(a) (1) The landing receipts, reports, or other records filed with the department pursuant to Articl…
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(a) The commission, upon recommendation of the department, may suspend or revoke the commercial fish…
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(a) The commission may require the owner and operator of a commercial fishing vessel, the holder of …
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Any person who engages in any business for profit involving fish shall be licensed pursuant to this …
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(a) The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (1) “Process fish” means any …
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(a) A multifunction commercial fish business license shall be issued that authorizes any or all acti…
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Unless otherwise specified, all of the following conditions apply to each commercial fish business l…
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(a) Except as provided in Section 8033.1 or 8033.5, or subdivision (b) of Section 8047, any person w…
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(a) Any person engaged in any of the following activities involving species identified in subdivisio…
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The annual fee for the marine aquaria receiver’s license is one thousand three hundred seventy-three…
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(a) Any commercial fisherman who sells fish for other than marine aquaria pet trade or research purp…
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(a) Any person who processes fish for profit shall obtain a fish processor’s license. The annual fee…
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(a) Except for a person exempt under Section 8030, any person who, for the purpose of resale to othe…
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(a) Any person who purchases or receives fish that are taken outside of this state and brought into …
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(a) A person who engages in business involving fish which business activity would require more than …
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A license issued under this article is valid from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, or, if issued…
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The fees specified in this article are applicable to the 2004 license year and shall be adjusted ann…
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The following definitions govern the construction of this article. (a) “Commercial fisherman” means …
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(a) The following persons shall pay the landing fee determined pursuant to Section 8042: (1) Any per…
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The amount of the landing fee under this article shall be determined by multiplying the fee rate for…
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(a) The following persons shall report all fish sales, deliveries, transfers, and landings using an …
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(a) A person required to be licensed as a marine aquaria receiver shall make a legible, true, and co…
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(a) A commercial fisherman licensed pursuant to Section 8033.5 who sells fish from a vessel directly…
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(a) The electronic fish ticket made under Section 8043 shall be submitted to the department within t…
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In addition to the requirements of Section 8046, any person landing groundfish subject to federal gr…
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(a) (1) An original printed signed hard copy of the electronic fish ticket as required by Section 80…
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(a) In addition to the receipt required by Section 8043, every person licensed under Article 7 (comm…
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(a) The landing fee imposed pursuant to Section 8041 shall be determined pursuant to Section 8042 by…
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(a) The landing fee collected pursuant to former Section 8051.3 shall be deposited in the Fish and G…
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Landing fees shall be used only for the administration of laws relating to the commercial fishing in…
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(a) Landing fees imposed by this article shall be paid quarterly to the department within 30 days af…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, all moneys collected pursuant to this article shall be…
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If the department determines that any fee or penalty has been paid more than once or has been errone…
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In the event of overpayment of any of the fees imposed by this article, the feepayer may file a clai…
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Every claim for refund or credit for overpayment of a landing fee shall be in writing and shall stat…
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Failure to file a claim for refund or credit within the time prescribed in this article constitutes …
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Within 30 days after disallowing any claim for refund or credit for overpayment of a landing fee in …
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Interest shall be paid upon any overpayment of a landing fee at the rate of one-half of 1 percent pe…
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If the department determines that any overpayment of a landing fee has been made intentionally or by…
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No injunction or writ of mandate or other legal or equitable process shall issue in any suit, action…
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No suit or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of any amount of landing fee…
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Within 90 days after the mailing of the notice of the department’s action upon a claim filed pursuan…
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If the department fails to mail notice of action on a claim for refund or credit for overpayment of …
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If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, the amount of the judgment shall first be credited on any…
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In any judgment, interest shall be allowed at the legal rate of interest on unsatisfied judgments, a…
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A judgment shall not be rendered in favor of the plaintiff in any action brought against the departm…
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The commission may grant a permit, subject to such regulations as it may prescribe, to take and use …
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No reduction of fish shall be permitted which may tend to deplete the species, or result in waste or…
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No permit shall be issued except after a public hearing and a finding by the commission that the gra…
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A hearing pursuant to this article shall be held within 30 days after application for a permit, upon…
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The commission shall, whenever necessary to prevent overexpansion, to insure the efficient and econo…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or regulation adopted pursuant to this code, the di…
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Nothing in this article restricts the power of any court in any proceeding relating to any matter ar…
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“Limited entry fishery” means a fishery in which the number of persons who may participate or the nu…
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(a) Any licensed fisherman shall be eligible for inclusion during the initial year of a limited entr…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that, in some limited entry fisheries, two or more partners m…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The accidental death of a limited entry permi…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that dramatic changes have very recently taken place in the m…
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“Far offshore fishery” means a fishery that lies outside the United States 200-mile exclusive econom…
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Notwithstanding any other section of this code, fish taken in a far offshore fishery, which may be l…
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(a) Prior to departure from any port in the United States for the purpose of taking fish in the far …
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It is unlawful for the operator of any vessel operating under authority of this article to fish in, …
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The definitions in this section govern the construction of this article: (a) “Environmental purpose”…
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It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) To buy, sell, trade, process, or posse…
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It is unlawful for any person to create, circulate, or possess any written instrument related to sal…
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(a) If any person knows that a vessel contains salmon obtained by high seas interception or that the…
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There is hereby established the Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Account in the Fish and Game…
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The commission shall establish a capacity reduction fee on the taking of certain species of fish and…
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All fish, the taking of which is not otherwise restricted for commercial purposes, by state or feder…
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(a) Sardines may not be taken or possessed on any boat, barge, or vessel except pursuant to Section …
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the sardine resource be managed with the objective of maxim…
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No person shall receive, possess, or sell sardines for any purpose except for that purpose specified…
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In any district or part of a district lying south of a line drawn east and west through Point Mugu, …
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Anchovies taken south of that line in waters not less than three nautical miles from the nearest poi…
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The operator of a boat engaged in taking anchovies in waters south of the line described in Section …
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(a) No anchovies may be taken for any purpose in Humboldt Bay, except under the following conditions…
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(a) It is the policy of the State of California that the anchovy resource shall be managed in a mann…
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Except as modified by the director pursuant to Section 7652, salmon may be taken under authority of …
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During the period when salmon may not be taken for commercial purposes in any district, salmon may b…
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It is unlawful to take salmon for commercial purposes at the mouth of Humboldt Bay in those portions…
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Silver salmon may not be sold or possessed in, or transported through, District 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17…
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Salmon may be sold subject to the exceptions and restrictions contained in this article.
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It is unlawful to gaff, club, otherwise injure, or possess any king or silver salmon under the legal…
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Salmon may not be taken for commercial purposes in District 6 at the mouths of the Smith and Klamath…
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(a) Notwithstanding any measurement requirements under this code, and to implement the department’s …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that commercial salmon fishing is in the public interest and …
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The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Agent” means the person desi…
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It is unlawful to take or possess salmon for commercial purposes on a vessel unless all of the follo…
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(a) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful to take salmon for sport purposes on a permit…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, a permit shall be renewed prior to expiration. Each pe…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit, upon application …
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit, upon payment of t…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall change the designation of the…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit to the owner of a …
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Section 8101 does not apply to this article.
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(a) The department shall not issue a permit under this article unless one of the following first occ…
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(a) The owner of a permitted vessel, or that owner’s agent, may apply for renewal of the permit annu…
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(a) The department shall send a written notice of renewal and a permit renewal application to the ow…
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(a) On or before January 1, 1991, the department, in consultation with the commercial salmon fishing…
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The vessel classification system shall be used by the department for issuance of new original vessel…
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A transfer may be approved and a permit issued for use of a replacement vessel pursuant to Section 8…
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Unless otherwise prohibited, the department shall accept a transfer application within two years aft…
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A permit issued for the use of a replacement vessel under Section 8241 is valid for the balance of t…
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(a) The department shall not issue a permit for use of a replacement vessel if the permitted vessel …
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The department shall issue the permit for use of a replacement vessel if it determines that the cond…
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A person seeking to gain entry into the commercial salmon fishery may obtain a permit under either o…
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(a) If the department determines that the number of permitted vessels is less than 2,500, the depart…
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(a) An applicant may apply for a new, original permit as an individual, a joint venture, or a corpor…
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(a) The department shall conduct a drawing from the applicants determined to be eligible for new, or…
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(a) At any time after notice of an order suspending or revoking of a person’s commercial salmon fish…
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(a) The commission, in consultation with the department, shall adopt regulations for the determinati…
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The commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, shall revoke a commercial salmon vessel pe…
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A person whose commercial salmon fishing vessel permit is revoked by the commission or who has been …
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(a) The commission shall reverse an order of revocation, order the permit renewed, or order the appr…
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The commission and the department may make and enforce regulations that may be necessary or convenie…
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If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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As used in this code, “spiny lobster” refers to the species Panulirus interruptus.
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(a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 9000) of Chapter 4, a lobster tra…
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Spiny lobsters may be taken only between the first Wednesday in October and the first Wednesday afte…
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No spiny lobster less than three and one-quarter inches in length measured in a straight line from t…
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It is unlawful to pickle, can, or otherwise preserve any spiny lobster, but spiny lobsters may be pr…
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(a) Lobsters shall not be taken for commercial purposes except under a valid lobster permit issued t…
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When a complaint has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction charging a holder of a commerci…
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The permit number of the person owning or in command of any boat used to take lobster shall be visib…
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Lobster traps may be used to take spiny lobster in Districts 18, 19, 20A, and those portions of Dist…
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Whenever it is necessary to prevent overutilization or to ensure efficient and economic operation of…
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Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the const…
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Except as provided in Section 8276.2 or 8277: (a) Dungeness crab may be taken for commercial purpose…
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(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “California Dungeness Crab Fi…
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(a) The director may order a delay in the opening of the Dungeness crab fishery after December 1 in …
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(a) If there is any delay ordered by the director pursuant to Section 8276.2 in the opening of the D…
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(a) The Ocean Protection Council shall make a grant, upon appropriation of funding by the Legislatur…
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(a) In consultation with the Dungeness crab task force, or its appointed representatives, the direct…
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(a) The director may extend the Dungeness crab season in any district or part thereof. (b) Before ex…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided, no Dungeness crab less than six and one-quarter (6 1 4 ) inches in…
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It is unlawful to sell any Dungeness crab taken in any of the following waters: (a) The Eel River an…
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(a) A person shall not take, possess onboard, or land Dungeness crab for commercial purposes from a …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Dungeness crab fishery is important to the state bec…
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(a) A person shall not use a vessel to take, possess, or land Dungeness crab for commercial purposes…
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(a) The owner of a Dungeness crab vessel, for purposes of this section, may include a person with a …
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(a) For purposes of this section, the term “length overall” means the horizontal distance between th…
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(a) The commission may revoke the commercial fishing license issued pursuant to Section 7852 of any …
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(a) The department shall charge a fee for each Dungeness crab vessel permit of two hundred dollars (…
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Notwithstanding Section 8280.1, the owner of a vessel, who has a Dungeness crab vessel permit for th…
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Dungeness crab vessel permits are valid only in state waters and in the Pacific Ocean in federal wat…
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Crab meat and frozen crab taken during the open season may be possessed, transported, and sold at an…
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(a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 9000) of Chapter 4, and subject t…
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Crab traps may be set and baited 64 hours before the opening date of the Dungeness crab season. Crab…
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(a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 9000) of Chapter 4, crab traps, a…
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(a) The director may open waters that are otherwise restricted for the commercial take of Dungeness …
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, in Districts 8, 9, and 17, clams may be taken between …
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All of the species of clams commonly known as littlenecks, chiones and hard-shell cockles, including…
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In Districts 1 1 2 , 8, and 9 the bag limit on Washington clams and gapers, sometimes known as bigne…
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No northern razor clams (Siliqua patula) may be sold; but if taken outside the State and brought wit…
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Mussels (Mytilus californianus) may be taken only in accordance with such regulations as the commiss…
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It is unlawful for any person to sell or purchase any rock scallops (Hinnites multirugosus) or scall…
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It is unlawful for any person to sell or purchase any pismo clams taken in this State.
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(a) Any striped bass, salmon, or sturgeon, if alive, that is taken in any type of net in any distric…
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Striped bass and salmon may be sold or offered for sale only under the following conditions: (a) If …
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Kelp bass, sand bass, or spotted bass, all of the genus Paralabrax, shall not be sold or purchased, …
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No yellowfin croaker, spotfin croaker, or California corbina may be sold or purchased, or possessed …
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Yellowfin tuna and bluefin tuna may be taken at any time.
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No bluefin tuna weighing less than 7 1 2 pounds may be sold, purchased, or processed.
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Albacore may be taken at any time.
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(a) Pacific bonito less than 24 inches fork length or five pounds in weight shall not be taken or po…
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Pacific bonito shall be measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the center of the fork of the tail…
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Skipjack may be taken at any time.
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(a) Giant seabass (Stereolepis gigas) may not be taken for any purpose, except that not more than on…
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It is unlawful to take grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) except between June 1st and March 31st.
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Barracuda and yellowtail not less than 28 inches in length may be taken with hook and line at any ti…
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It is unlawful to take, possess, sell, or purchase any white sea bass less than 28 inches in length,…
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No barracuda or yellowtail less than 28 inches in length may be sold or purchased, except that not m…
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No person holding a commercial fishing license while on any barge or boat which for hire carries any…
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Barracuda and yellowtail shall be measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the end of the longer lo…
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From May 1st to August 31st, inclusive, all of the following are unlawful: (a) For any one person to…
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(a) No female angel shark measuring less than 42 inches in total length or 15 1 4 inches in alternat…
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(a) A person shall not take, possess, sell, or purchase for commercial purposes any leopard shark le…
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(a) Herring eggs may only be taken for commercial purposes under a revocable, nontransferable permit…
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California halibut (Paralichthys californicus) may be taken at any time.
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No California halibut may be taken, possessed, or sold that measures less than 22 inches in total le…
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(a) Except where subdivision (b) has been complied with, marlin meat, whether fresh, smoked, canned,…
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Swordfish shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed by a person for commercial purposes…
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The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). This …
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(a) Upon the recommendation of the director regarding management measures for surfperch of the famil…
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(a) It is unlawful to take fish for commercial purposes in that portion of Tomales Bay in District 1…
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North of Point Conception, squid may be taken the year around; however, the commission may adopt reg…
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(a) In District 10, it is unlawful to engage in the following activities: (1) Attract squid by a lig…
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(a) California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis), mudsuckers (Gillichthys mirabilis), and yellowfin g…
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(a) To the extent not in conflict with Section 8607, marine species of fin fish that are classified …
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(a) Sea cucumbers shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed by a person for commercial …
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(a) Applicants for a sea cucumber permit shall specify by gear type, either trawl or dive, the metho…
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(a) A valid sea cucumber permit may be transferred by the permittee if the permittee has previously …
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(a) The commission, upon recommendation of the department or upon its own motion and in consultation…
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This article shall become inoperative on April 1, 2030, and as of January 1, 2031, is repealed.
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The department shall manage the Pacific mackerel resource in conformance with the federal fishery re…
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Pacific mackerel may be taken under a revocable nontransferable permit issued by the department to b…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the fishery for market squid (Loligo opalescens) is the …
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(a) No person shall purchase squid from a vessel or vessels unless that person holds a license issue…
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(a) On or before December 31, 2002, the commission, after consideration of the report and recommenda…
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Commencing April 1, 2003, and annually thereafter, the fees for a commercial market squid vessel per…
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(a) Any statement made to the department, orally or in writing, relating to a permit issued under th…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in this article shall prohibit or otherwise limi…
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Sections 8420.5 to 8423.5, inclusive, and Sections 8426 and 8427 shall become inoperative upon the a…
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, it is unlawful to sell or purchase any species of trou…
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Dolly Varden or steelhead trout from without the State may be possessed and sold within the State wh…
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Steelhead trout from without the State may not be sold or possessed in District 1 1 2 in excess of t…
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Nothing in this article applies to trout grown pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 1500…
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It is unlawful to sell or purchase any fresh, canned, or cured fish taken in the Klamath River Distr…
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No catfish may be sold, except catfish imported from without the state or catfish grown pursuant to …
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Except as provided in Section 8436.5, fish of the family Centrarchidae (Sacramento perch, crappie, b…
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Notwithstanding Section 8436, the commission shall adopt regulations which authorize the importation…
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The following freshwater fish may be taken for commercial purposes pursuant to regulations adopted b…
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The commission may authorize the use of commercial fishing gear and fishing methods to take any fish…
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Notwithstanding Section 200, the commission shall regulate the taking of freshwater clams for commer…
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Any person engaged for profit in the taking, transporting, or selling of live fresh-water fish for b…
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The annual license fee for a live freshwater bait fish license is fifty-five dollars ($55) for each …
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A license issued under Section 8460 shall authorize the taking of only golden shiners, fathead minno…
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Traps not over 24 inches in greatest length nor more than 12 inches in greatest depth or width, or s…
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The taking of crayfish shall be subject to regulations as prescribed by the commission.
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(a) Any allowance for the commercial taking of crayfish in Lake Tahoe or in the Lake Tahoe Basin sha…
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The department shall take the steps it determines are necessary to prevent overfishing of crayfish i…
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(a) Any vessel using bottom trawl gear in state-managed halibut fisheries, as described in subdivisi…
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(a) The following areas are designated as the California halibut trawl grounds: (1) The ocean waters…
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(a) Unless otherwise specified by the commission pursuant subdivision (b), within the California hal…
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If the director determines that the California halibut resource, or existing fishing operations, wit…
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Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this chapter, no mollusks, crustaceans, or other inverteb…
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It is unlawful to take or land krill of any species of euphausiid for any purpose except scientific …
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Herring may be taken for commercial purposes only under a permit, subject to regulations adopted by …
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(a) A herring net permit granting the privilege to take herring with nets for commercial purposes sh…
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(a) It is unlawful to take herring for roe on a vessel unless the operator holds a herring permit is…
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The commission, in consultation with the department and representatives of the commercial roe herrin…
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Notwithstanding Section 1052, a herring permit may be transferred from a herring permitholder to a n…
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The commission may, in consultation with representatives of the commercial herring roe fishery, and …
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Herring permits that are revoked or not renewed may be offered by the department for a drawing to pe…
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The commission shall revoke any herring permit if the holder of the herring permit was convicted of …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 8552, a herring permit may be issued to two individuals if one of the fo…
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The department shall reissue a herring permit which has been transferred pursuant to Section 8552.2 …
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(a) For purposes of this article, the experience points for a person engaged in the herring roe fish…
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(a) Upon the death of a herring permittee, the permit shall vest in the permittee’s estate or in the…
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The commission may make and enforce such regulations as may be necessary or convenient for carrying …
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The commission, in adopting regulations for the commercial herring fishery, shall provide for the te…
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The director shall periodically meet and confer with representatives of the commercial herring roe f…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall determine, by regulation, if drift …
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall determine if round haul nets may be…
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The commission, in determining experience requirements for new entrants into the herring fishery aft…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes wit…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 may not …
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Applications delivered to a department office after April 30, or if mailed, postmarked after April 3…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the permittee shall be aboard the vessel and shall be in …
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When the permittee applies for a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, the permittee shall spec…
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The fee for a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall be three hundred thirty dollars ($330)…
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Drift gill net shark and swordfish permits shall be issued to any prior permittee who possesses a va…
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Any person holding a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit on or after January 1, 2000, wh…
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The commission may establish conditions for the issuance of a permit if the person’s drift gill net …
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Drift gill nets may be used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article, s…
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(a) Drift gill nets with mesh size less than 14 inches in stretched mesh shall not be used to take s…
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Drift gill nets used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article shall not…
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Drift gill nets used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article shall not…
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(a) Drift gill nets shall not be used to take shark or swordfish from February 1 to April 30, inclus…
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Thresher shark taken with drift gill nets shall not have the pelvic fin severed from the carcass unt…
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Notwithstanding Section 8394, the director may close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery,…
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(a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a…
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It is unlawful for any permittee to sell swordfish taken by him or her to other than the persons des…
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Any license issued pursuant to Sections 8032 to 8036, inclusive, may be revoked or suspended by the …
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the intent of this article is not to permit or encourage…
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(a) By March 31, 2020, the department shall establish a program to transition the holders of drift g…
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This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a per…
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Nearshore Fisheries Management Act.
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The Legislature finds and declares that important commercial and recreational fisheries exist on num…
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The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Nearshore fish stocks” means…
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Funding to pay the costs of this article shall be made available from the revenues deposited in the …
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Any person taking, possessing aboard a boat, or landing any species of nearshore fish stock for comm…
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(a) The commission may adopt regulations as it determines necessary, based on the advice and recomme…
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Funding to prepare the plan pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7072 and any planning and scoping…
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The commission shall temporarily suspend and may permanently revoke the nearshore fishing permit of …
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(a) Fees received by the department pursuant to Section 8587 shall be deposited in the Fish and Game…
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For the purposes of this article, “prawns” or “shrimp”, or both, include all of the following specie…
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Prawns or shrimp may be taken for commercial purposes under the regulations of the commission.
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Except as provided in this article, prawns or shrimp may be taken in any waters of the state.
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From Point Conception south to the Mexican border, prawns or shrimp may be taken with prawn or shrim…
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(a) Prawns or shrimp may be taken for commercial purposes with a trawl net, subject to Article 10 (c…
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The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Marine aquaria pet trade” me…
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(a) It is unlawful for any person to take, possess aboard a boat, or land for marine aquaria pet tra…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 8140 or subdivision (b) of Section 8597, specimens of the following grou…
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(a) Marine organisms identified in subdivision (a) of Section 8597 shall not be taken except by the …
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(a) The fee for a marine aquaria collector’s permit shall be three hundred thirty dollars ($330). (b…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the director may close any portion of the fishery …
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Notwithstanding Section 12000, a violation of this article or any regulation adopted thereunder is p…
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(a) It is unlawful to take any white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) for commercial purposes, except …
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The department shall cooperate, to the extent that it determines feasible, with appropriate scientif…
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The commission may adopt regulations to manage basking sharks. A basking shark may not be taken comm…
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Any net or line used to take fish that is anchored to the bottom on each end and is not free to drif…
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(a) Set nets and set lines shall be marked at both ends with buoys displaying above their waterlines…
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(a) The footrope (leadline) of any set net shall have a breaking strength of at least 50 pounds less…
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The length of the meshes of any net shall be determined by taking at least four meshes and measuring…
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It is unlawful to use or operate or assist in using or operating any net, trap, line, spear, or appl…
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It is unlawful willfully to disturb or injure any net, trap, or other apparatus to take fish which i…
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The department or any person authorized by it may use any net or other appliance in any district for…
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It is unlawful for any person possessing or operating any type of net, trap, or line that is subject…
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Notwithstanding Sections 8660, 8665, 8724, and 8780, the commission may, after a public hearing, whe…
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) The central California nearshore gill and trammel net f…
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The Marine Resources Protection Act of 1990 (Art. X B, Cal. Const.) was adopted as an initiative con…
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(a) “District” for the purposes of this article and of Article X B of the California Constitution me…
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(a) From January 1, 1991, to December 31, 1993, inclusive, gill nets or trammel nets may only be use…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets and trammel nets may not be used to take a…
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The department shall issue a permit to use a gill net or trammel net in the zone for the period spec…
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The department shall charge the following fees for permits issued pursuant to Section 8610.5 pursuan…
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It is unlawful for any person to take, possess, receive, transport, purchase, sell, barter, or proce…
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To increase the state’s scientific and biological information on the ocean fisheries of this state, …
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The penalty for a violation of Section 8610.3 or 8610.4 is as specified in Section 12003.5.
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(a) Prior to January 1, 1994, the commission shall establish four new ecological reserves in ocean w…
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This article does not preempt or supersede any other closures to protect any other wildlife, includi…
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If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held i…
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(a) It is unlawful to use any purse seine or round haul net to take yellowtail, barracuda, or white …
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh size of not …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 8625, and where consistent with the determination made pursuant to subdi…
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Any net or trap used for taking fish in violation of the provisions of this code is a public nuisanc…
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In lieu of a physical seizure pursuant to this article, any person authorized to make an arrest for …
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Within three days after the department has been notified in writing that a vessel carrying a seized …
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When any net is seized pursuant to this article, the owner or any other person otherwise entitled to…
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When any net is seized pursuant to this article and the owner or any other person otherwise entitled…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 8633, any net or trap seized pursuant to Section 8630 as illegal because…
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Nothing in this chapter authorizing the use of nets in District 19 or 19A shall authorize the use of…
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Vessels may carry nets across Districts 19A and 20 to open water outside those districts. Vessels ca…
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No gill net, trammel net, or fyke net may be possessed on any boat in the waters of any district lyi…
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Except in Districts 6 and 7, any net found in, or within 500 feet of the Klamath, Smith, Eel, Mad, V…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 8693 and 8724, gill nets and trammel nets shall not be used in those po…
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The initial period of effectiveness of an order issued pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8664.5…
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(a) Notwithstanding Sections 8685, 8687, 8696, and 8724, and except as provided in subdivisions (c) …
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During the period from December 15 to May 15, inclusive, set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh ei…
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“Impacted fisherman” for purposes of Sections 8664.5 and 8664.65, means any person who, from January…
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In District 118.5, nets may not be used within 750 feet of any pier or dock, except for bait nets de…
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The department may issue a revocable permit to take with set gill nets or seines, mullet or carp in …
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No fish other than mullet or carp, and no mullet less than 14 inches in length may be taken or posse…
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No commercial fishing under Section 8666, 8667, or 8669 shall be carried on within the boundaries of…
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It is unlawful to possess gill nets, seines, or other devices capable of being used to take mullet o…
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It is unlawful for any person to use, operate, or assist in using or operating any net to take salmo…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the people of the state, t…
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(a) Gill nets or trammel nets shall not be used for commercial purposes except under a revocable, no…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the department shall not issue or renew a gill net or tra…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 8681.5, any person who possessed a valid permit issued pursuant to Secti…
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(a) The commission shall establish regulations for the issuance of gill net and trammel net permits …
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The fee for a permit issued pursuant to Section 8681 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330).
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No incidental catch of swordfish or marlin is authorized by this article. Any swordfish or marlin ca…
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In Districts 1, 2, and 3, gill nets may not be possessed on any boat.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gill nets may not be used to take salmon, steelhead, or …
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It is unlawful to sell or possess for sale any salmon, steelhead, or striped bass which were taken i…
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It is unlawful for any person to knowingly purchase any salmon, steelhead, or striped bass which wer…
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In Districts 1 1 2 , 2 1 2 , and in the Trinity and Klamath River District, it is unlawful to posses…
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Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill nets may be used in Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, and …
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In Districts 11, 12, and 13, gill nets may be used to take only herring, subject to Article 15 (comm…
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Set gill nets and trammel nets with mesh smaller than 4 1 8 inches shall not be used or possessed on…
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Notwithstanding Section 8693, it is unlawful to use gill nets to take rockfish or lingcod in the fol…
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(a) Not more than 1,250 fathoms (7,500 feet) of gill net or trammel net shall be fished in combinati…
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, drift gill nets and set gill nets may be used in Dist…
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In District 19A, gill nets may not be used, nor may they be possessed on any boat.
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Except as otherwise provided, set gill nets may be used south of a line extending 245° magnetic from…
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Any line used on a gill net which shall tend to cause the webbing of such gill net to bag or hang sl…
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“Trammel net” includes entangling nets constructed of more than one wall of webbing.
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In Districts 1, 2, and 3, trammel nets may not be possessed on any boat.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided, in Districts 10, 17, 18, and 19, drift and set trammel nets may be…
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In District 19A, trammel nets may not be used, nor may they be possessed on any boat.
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As used in this article, “round haul nets” are circle seines, and include purse seines and ring or h…
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In Districts 1, 2, and 3, round haul nets may not be possessed on any boat, except in that part of D…
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In Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, round haul nets may be used.
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(a) In Districts 16, 17, 18, and 19, round haul nets may be used, except that purse seines or ring n…
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(a) In Districts 20A and 21, round haul nets may be used. (b) In District 20, round haul nets may be…
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Salmon, steelhead, striped bass, or shad may not be taken with round haul nets.
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Notwithstanding Section 8661, and in addition to Sections 8754, 8755, and 8780, round haul nets may …
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(a) As used in this chapter, the term “bait net” means a lampara or round haul type net, the mesh of…
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The commission may, upon the recommendation of the department, adopt regulations governing the use o…
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As used in this chapter, a “beach net” is any net hauled from the water to the beach or shore, and i…
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In Districts 1, 2, and 3, beach nets may not be possessed on any boat.
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In Districts 8 and 9, beach nets may be used.
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In District 10, beach nets may be used, the meshes of which are at least 1 1 2 inches in length. In …
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In District 11, beach nets may be used.
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In Districts 12 and 13, beach nets may not be possessed on any boat.
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In District 18, beach nets may not be used.
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In District 19, beach nets, the meshes of which are at least 1 1 2 inches in length, may be used to …
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“Trawl net” means a cone or funnel-shaped net which is towed or drawn through the water by a fishing…
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It is unlawful for any person to use any trawl net with meshes which are less than 4 1 2 inches in l…
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Trawl nets and Chinese shrimp nets may be used in marine and brackish waters inside of the Golden Ga…
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(a) In Districts 4, 19, 19A, 20, 20A, and 21, trawl nets or dragnets may not be possessed. (b) Notwi…
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It is unlawful to take or possess more than 500 pounds of crabs on any boat on which any type of tra…
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It is unlawful for any person to possess salmon on board, or to land salmon from, a vessel on which …
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South of a line extending due west, true, from Point Reyes, it is unlawful for any person on a vesse…
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In Districts 6, 7, and 10, trawl nets may be used in waters not less than three nautical miles from …
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In Districts 17, 18, and 118.5, trawl nets may be used in waters not less than three nautical miles …
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It is unlawful to use or possess any trawl net that includes any bag or cod-end or modification ther…
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Chafing gear may be used or possessed but shall not be connected directly to the terminal, or closed…
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(a) The commission is hereby granted authority over all state-managed bottom trawl fisheries not man…
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(a) Trawl nets of a design prescribed by the commission may be used or possessed to take shrimps or …
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It is unlawful to use any trawl net with cod-end mesh less than 7 1 2 inches in length and with a co…
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Dip nets may be used subject to the following restrictions: (a) In Districts 1, 1 1 2 , 2, 3, and 4,…
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Baited hoop nets not to exceed three feet in diameter may be used at any time in that portion of Dis…
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(a) Except as expressly authorized in this article, no person shall use a trap to take any finfish, …
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For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Bucket trap”…
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(a) Finfish, mollusks, or crustaceans shall not be taken by a person with traps for commercial purpo…
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Hagfish may be taken under a general trap permit, if all of the following criteria are met: (a) Kore…
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Finfish, other than sablefish and hagfish, may be taken under a general trap permit if all of the fo…
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Sablefish may be taken under a general trap permit in ocean waters between a line extending due west…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), it is unlawful to willfully or recklessly …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 9002, the department, in consultation with the Dungeness crab task force…
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Every trap shall have at least one destruction device which meets specifications approved by the dep…
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Every trap shall be raised, cleaned, serviced, and emptied at intervals, not to exceed 96 hours, wea…
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Every trap or string of traps shall be marked with a buoy. The department shall implement regulation…
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Every trap used to take finfish or crustaceans shall be marked with a buoy. Each buoy shall be marke…
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Any trap used without a buoy, or with a buoy which is not marked pursuant to Section 9006, is a publ…
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Any trap used in violation of this code, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is a public nu…
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(a) Subject to Article 5 (commencing with Section 8250) of Chapter 2, spiny lobster may be taken wit…
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(a) (1) Subject to Article 6 (commencing with Section 8275) of Chapter 2, Dungeness crab, as defined…
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(a) No vessel may be used to take and land crab for both commercial and sport purposes in the same d…
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(a) Subject to Article 18 (commencing with Section 8590) of Chapter 2, prawns or shrimp, as defined …
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(a) Subject to Section 8400, California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis), mudsuckers (Gillichthys mi…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 9000, traps used to take fin fish may not be used in Districts 10, 11, a…
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(a) Traps may be used throughout the year to take carp in any district under the restrictions set fo…
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Crayfish traps may be used at any time in any district to take crayfish only. Traps shall not exceed…
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the people of the state and Ca…
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(a) Troll lines or handlines having not more than two hooks (plugs excepted) may be used in any dist…
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Set lines may be used in Districts 6, 7, 10, 17, 18, and 19. It is unlawful to use set lines with ho…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 9026, 9028, or 9029, in the area described in subdivision (b), it is…
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 9026, 9028, or 9029 in the area described in subdivision (b), it is …
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Notwithstanding Sections 8603 and 9025.5, it is unlawful to use fishing lines, including, but not li…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 9028, a fishing line which is anchored to the ocean bottom at one end an…
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Notwithstanding Sections 9025.5, 9026, and 9029, it is unlawful to use set lines, vertical fishing l…
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A spade, shovel, hoe, rake, or other appliance operated by hand may be used to take mollusks, sand c…
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(a) Spears, harpoons, and bows and arrows may be used for taking all varieties of skates, rays, and …
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Slurp guns may be used to take fish for commercial purposes in fish and game districts 6, 7, 10, 17,…
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(a) Powered equipment of such design as may be prescribed by the commission may be used to take crus…
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Sea urchins shall not be taken for commercial purposes except under a valid sea urchin diving permit…
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The commission shall adopt regulations related to commercial sea urchin diving permits, and the vess…
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(a) The base fee for a sea urchin permit authorized pursuant to Section 9054 is five hundred ninety-…
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The department shall adopt regulations regarding the marking and color coding of lines used in state…
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The California Energy Extension Service of the Office of Planning and Research shall implement a rev…
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Commencing January 1, 1994, and thereafter biennially, the California Energy Extension Service of th…
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(a) Every person engaged in the business of canning, curing, preserving, packing, or otherwise proce…
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A sturgeon egg processing license shall be issued and delivered upon application and the payment of …
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Every person licensed pursuant to this division shall make a true and legible record of each transac…
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The documentation required by Section 10002 shall be kept by the person or business holding the stur…
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Any information received or requested by the department shall be confidential, and the records shall…
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(a) Any person convicted of a violation of this division or a violation of any other provision of th…
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Except under a permit or specific authorization, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) To t…
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Before the commission opens any game refuge for the taking of deer, a public hearing shall be held a…
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(a) It is unlawful to fly any aircraft, including any airplane or helicopter, less than 3,000 feet a…
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The commission may: (a) Exercise control over all mammals and birds in a game refuge, and exercise c…
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The director may appoint the Director of the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge. The Director of the Hopkins…
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(a) The director may appoint a Director of the Dana Point Marine Life Refuge. (b) Except as otherwis…
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(a) The director may appoint the Director of the Bodega Marine Life Refuge. (b) The Director of the …
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(a) The director may appoint the Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge. …
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For the purposes of propagating, feeding, and protecting birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and repti…
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Any property acquired for game refuges shall be acquired in the name of the State, and shall, at all…
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The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the State to the property ac…
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Nothing in this code prohibits the possession of firearms, BB devices as defined in Section 16250 of…
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It is lawful for a person who has given the notice provided for in Section 10506 to transport a bird…
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The department and the district attorney, sheriff, and all peace officers of the county in which any…
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Any refuge designated as a “fish and game refuge” shall be considered, for the purposes of this divi…
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No specification of an open season in any area authorizes the taking of a bird, mammal, fish, amphib…
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Except as they may conflict with refuge provisions, the provisions of this code relating to a partic…
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The department shall cause to be prepared suitable notices to be posted under its direction on each …
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or preventing a person from taking a bird,…
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All state game refuges shall, for all purposes of protecting birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, or re…
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In Mt. Tamalpais Game Refuge, the lawful occupant of privately owned land, or the employees of such …
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In the Mt. Tamalpais Game Refuge firearms may be possessed and used by members of any high school mi…
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In the Mt. Tamalpais Game Refuge, no threatened, endangered, or fully-protected birds or mammals may…
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In the San Francisco Fish and Game Refuge, birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles legally po…
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Nothing in this division prevents the full use of the land included in the San Francisco Fish and Ga…
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(a) A person involved in oceanographic and scientific research in and around Santa Catalina Island m…
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(a) Except as expressly provided in this division, it is unlawful to enter the Catalina Marine Scien…
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(a) Except as expressly provided in this division, it is unlawful to enter the Bodega Marine Life Re…
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(a) A person may be permitted by the Director of the Hopkins Marine Life Refuge to enter the Hopkins…
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Except as expressly provided in this division, it is unlawful to enter the Hopkins Marine Life Refug…
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In the San Diego Marine Life Refuge, licensees of the Regents of the University of California and al…
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In the California Sea Otter Game Refuge, the lawful occupant of privately owned land, or the employe…
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(a) In the Pacific Grove Marine Gardens Fish Refuge, fish, other than mollusks and crustaceans, may …
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In the Bodega Marine Life Refuge, licensees of the Regents of the University of California and all o…
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, it shall be unlawful for any person to fire a fire…
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In Fish and Game Refuge 4-D the lawful occupant of privately owned lands or the employees of such oc…
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In the Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Point Fermin, South Laguna Beach, Niguel, Irvine Coast, and Dohe…
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in the Johnsville Game Refuge it shall be unla…
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In the James V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, the following fish and mollusks may be taken under the au…
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(a) In the Dana Point Marine Life Refuge below the intertidal zone, the following fish, mollusks, an…
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The people of the State, through their legislative authority, accept the provisions and benefits of …
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Prior to such approval by the commission, the legislative body of the county concerned shall have gi…
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If in any year, on lands hereafter acquired, the in lieu payments from the United States to the coun…
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The consent of the State to the acquisition by the United States of land, water, or land and water f…
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The consent contained in Section 10680 continues only so long as the property continues to belong to…
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With the approval of the commission, the people of the State, through their legislative authority, a…
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The commission may close for the taking of clams not less than eight land miles of pismo clam bearin…
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It is unlawful for any person other than a legally constituted peace officer or officer or employee …
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nothing in this article prohibits access by a person over…
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The area described in this article is a fish and game refuge.
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The following constitutes and shall be designated the San Francisco Fish and Game Refuge: All that a…
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The following constitutes the Pacific Grove Marine Gardens Fish Refuge: All that area within the fol…
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(a) The areas described in this article are game refuges. (b) An existing reference to a “Fish and G…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1C: All that area within the County of Modoc within the follow…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1F: All that area within the County of Lassen within the follo…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1G: All that area within the County of Tehama within the follo…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1H: All that area within the County of Plumas within the follo…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1I: All that area within the County of Placer within the follo…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1J: All that area within the County of Amador within the follo…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1N: All that area within the Counties of Siskiyou and Modoc wi…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1P: All that area within the County of Plumas, within the foll…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1R: All that area within the County of Tuolumne within the fol…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1S: All that area lying within the County of Lassen within the…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1V: All that area within the County of Plumas within the follo…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 2A: All that area within the Counties of Mendocino, Lake, and …
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 2B, the Mount Tamalpais Game Refuge: All that area within the …
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 3F: All that area within the County of Contra Costa described …
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 3G: All those lands of the Leland Stanford Junior University w…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 4D: All that area within the County of Riverside described as …
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 4G: Beginning at the northeast corner of T. 4 S., R. 3 E., S. …
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The California Sea Otter Game Refuge consists of and includes the following: All that portion of Mon…
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The Preston School of Industry Game Refuge consists of and includes the following: The Preston Schoo…
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The following constitutes Game Refuge 1K, the Johnsville Game Refuge: All that area within the Count…
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(a) The following constitutes the Farallon Islands Game Refuge: the Southeast Farallons, including M…
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(a) The department shall undertake appropriate education and outreach regarding the current location…
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The area described in this article is a waterfowl refuge.
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The following constitutes a waterfowl refuge and shall be designated the San Leandro Waterfowl Refug…
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The area described in this article is a quail refuge.
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The following constitutes a quail refuge and shall be designated the Bolinas Quail Refuge: All that …
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The refuges described in the following sections are marine life refuges.
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That portion of District 16 consisting of the land and ocean waters within the following boundaries …
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated the San Diego Marine Life Ref…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated the Bodega Marine Life Refuge…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated as the Laguna Beach Marine Li…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated as the Newport Beach Marine L…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated as the South Laguna Beach Mar…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated as the Dana Point Marine Life…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated as the Doheny Beach Marine Li…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated the James V. Fitzgerald Marin…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated as the Point Fermin Marine Li…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated as the Niguel Marine Life Ref…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated as the Irvine Coast Marine Li…
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The land and ocean waters within the following boundaries constitute the City of Encinitas Marine Li…
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(a) In that part of District 1 1 2 comprising the waters of Francis Creek, Rees Creek, and Williams …
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The following is a burro sanctuary: All that area within the following boundaries: Beginning at the …
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Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 4600) of Part 3, Division 4 of th…
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The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated the Catalina Marine Science C…
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For the protection of fish and game, the State of California is divided into fish and game districts…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 1: Those portions of the following counties not inc…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 1 3 8 : Those portions of the following counties no…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 1 1 2 : Those portions of the Counties of Del Norte…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 1 3 4 : Those portions of the County of Modoc not i…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 2: Those portions of the following counties not inc…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 2 1 4 : Lake County and the waters of Clear Lake. A…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 2 1 2 : Those portions of T. 24 N., R. 18 and 19 W.…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 3: Those portions of the following counties not inc…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 3 1 2 : Those portions of the following counties no…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 4: Those portions of the following counties not inc…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 4 1 8 : All of Los Angeles County not included with…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 4 1 2 : Those portions of the Counties of Mono and …
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 4 3 4 : Those portions of the Counties of San Diego…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 6: The ocean waters and tidelands of the State to t…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 7: The ocean waters and tidelands of the State to h…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 8: The waters and tidelands to high-water mark of H…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 9: The waters and tidelands to high-water mark of H…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 10: The ocean waters and the tidelands of the state…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 11: The waters and tidelands of San Francisco Bay t…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 12: The waters and tidelands of San Francisco Bay t…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 13: The waters and tidelands to high-water mark of …
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 16: The waters and tidelands to high-water mark of …
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 17: The waters and tidelands to high-water mark of …
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 18: The ocean waters of the State and tidelands to …
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 19: The ocean waters of the State and tidelands to …
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 19A: The ocean waters and tidelands to high-water m…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 19B: The ocean waters and tidelands to high-water m…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 20: Santa Catalina Island and the portion of the st…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 20A: The waters lying around Santa Catalina Island,…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 21: The waters and tidelands to high water mark of …
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 22: All of Imperial County and those portions of Ri…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 23: The lands and waters lying within the drainage …
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 25: The waters of Lake Almanor and all streams flow…
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The following constitutes the Klamath River Fish and Game District: The waters of the Klamath River …
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The following constitutes the Trinity and Klamath River Fish and Game District: The Klamath River an…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 118: The ocean waters and tidelands lying within th…
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The following constitutes Fish and Game District 118.5: The ocean and tidelands to high-water mark, …
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(a) Except as expressly provided otherwise in this code, any violation of this code, or of any rule,…
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Any person who takes any bird or mammal in violation of an order issued pursuant to Section 12150 of…
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(a) In addition to any other penalty or fine imposed pursuant to this code, if a person has been con…
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(a) Unless otherwise provided, the punishment for a violation of this code that is a misdemeanor is …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, the punishment for taking a mammal or bird for which a hunting li…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of Section 7145 or of a regulation requi…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of any of the following is an infraction…
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of Section 7121 for the sale, purchase, …
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(a) In addition to any other applicable penalty, the commercial boat registration of a commercial pa…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 12002, a violation of Section 1764 is an infraction, …
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(a) In addition to any other applicable penalty, a commercial boat registration may be revoked or su…
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Notwithstanding Sections 12000, 12001, and 12002, the commercial fishing license of the master of a …
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(a) The court shall order the department to permanently revoke and the department shall permanently …
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In addition to any other penalty prescribed in this code, the license issued pursuant to Sections 80…
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(a) When a complaint has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction charging a person with a vi…
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Upon the second conviction of any person of a violation of Section 3087 or any regulation adopted pu…
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Notwithstanding Section 12002, a second or subsequent violation of Section 8670 is punishable by a f…
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(a) Unless a minimum punishment is otherwise provided, the punishment for the knowing and intentiona…
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Notwithstanding Section 12002 or 12008, the punishment for any violation of Section 4500 or 4700 is …
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(a) The penalty for a first violation of Section 8610.3 or 8610.4 is a fine of not less than one tho…
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(a) The punishment for a first conviction of a violation of Section 8685.5, 8685.6, 8685.7, or 8688 …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 12000, and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the punishme…
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Notwithstanding Sections 12000 and 12002, a violation of Section 3003.1 or 3003.2, or any rule or re…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 12002: (1) The punishment for a violation of Section 7370 is a fine of n…
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Notwithstanding Section 12000 or 12002.8, and in addition to Section 12009, and notwithstanding the …
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Notwithstanding Section 12002, the punishment for (1) a second or subsequent violation of Section 16…
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Except as otherwise provided in Section 597 of the Penal Code, the punishment for a violation of any…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 12002 or Section 12008, the punishment for any violat…
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Notwithstanding Section 12000, the punishment for taking any bighorn sheep in violation of Chapter 1…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 12000, and except as provided in Section 12006.6, the punishment for a v…
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Notwithstanding Section 12002, the maximum punishment for each violation of Section 3503.5 relating …
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(a) In addition to the penalty provided in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 12002, any pe…
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(a) A person who illegally takes, possesses, imports, exports, sells, purchases, barters, trades, or…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 12000 or any other provision of this code, a person who holds a commerci…
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(a) Any person who illegally takes or possesses in the field more than three times the daily bag lim…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, 12003.2, 12008, or 12008.5, the punishment for a person who knowi…
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(a) In addition to any other penalties provided in this code, any person convicted of violating this…
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After the expiration of the time period to appeal an administrative penalty imposed pursuant to Sect…
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that expeditious cleanup is the primary interest of the peop…
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(a) In addition to any other provision of law, any person who discharges or deposits any substance o…
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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 13001, any recovery or settlement of money received p…
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Any person who is charged with a violation of this code or a regulation adopted pursuant to this cod…
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(a) In addition to any assessment, fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed pursuant to any other provis…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 12002 and 12007, any person who violates Section 6400 through the use of…
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(a) In addition to Section 12023, a person who violates Section 6400 through the use of an aquatic n…
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(a) In addition to any penalties imposed by any other law, a person found to have violated the code …
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(a) In addition to any penalties imposed by any other law, a person found to have violated Section 5…
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The director or his or her designee may issue a complaint to any person or entity in accordance with…
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Any person whom the department determines has provided evidence or information leading to the arrest…
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Poaching violations and other violations of the Fish an…
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The environmental impacts associate…
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Whenever any person, while taking a bird or mammal, kills or wounds any human being and that fact is…
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Any person whose license has heretofore been revoked pursuant to Section 12150 may, upon petition, o…
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(a) Any person who has been prohibited from taking any bird or mammal pursuant to Section 12150 or 1…
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The department shall, upon request, cancel any bond or shall direct the return to the person entitle…
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Whenever any claim is made against any such person or judgment is rendered against any such person r…
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Whenever any person, while taking a bird or mammal, kills or wounds any domestic animal belonging to…
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A person who, while hunting, kills or wounds or witnesses the killing or wounding of a human being, …
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Whenever a person has been prohibited from taking any bird or mammal pursuant to Section 12150 or Se…
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A commercial fishing license is forfeited for the violation of Sections 1050.1 to 1059, inclusive, o…
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(a) Upon a conviction of a violation of this code or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto that is…
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(a) Upon the third conviction of a person of a violation of any provision of this code or regulation…
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(a) The commission shall adopt regulations and procedures governing the revocation or suspension of …
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No person who is licensed or required to be licensed pursuant to Section 4005 and who is convicted o…
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(a) The judge before whom any guide, as defined in Section 2535, is arraigned for a violation of thi…
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the judge before whom any person is tried for a violation…
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The judge before whom any person is tried and convicted of violating Sections 2004 and 2016 and, at …
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The sport fishing or hunting license of any person to whom such a license has been issued, may, in t…
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For the purpose of invoking any provision of this code, or any rule, regulation, or order made or ad…
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All birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, aquaculture animals and products, plants, or amphibians, or any …
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The judge before whom any person is tried for a violation of a provision of this code that prohibits…
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All birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, aquaculture animals and products, plants, or amphibians, or any …
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The judge before whom any person is tried for taking, possessing, selling, importing, or transportin…
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A bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian seized under circumstances in which it cannot be determi…
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A person who purchases birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians from the department pursuant to…
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The court before whom a person has been convicted of trespassing under Section 602 of the Penal Code…
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When any person licensed as a guide under Section 2536 is adjudged guilty by a court of competent ju…
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A termination of probation and dismissal of charges pursuant to Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code or …
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this code are not applicable to Ca…
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The Fish and Game Preservation Fund in the State Treasury is continued in existence.
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(a) Unless otherwise provided, all money collected under the provisions of this code and of any othe…
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(a) The department shall prepare annually, for inclusion in the Governor’s Budget, a fund condition …
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The department shall pay into the State Treasury at least once a month the money received by it from…
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Unless otherwise provided by law, all fines and forfeitures imposed or collected in any court of thi…
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Notwithstanding Section 13001, the department shall deposit funds from the sale of lifetime hunting …
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Notwithstanding Section 13001, the money collected from the penalties on fines, penalties, or forfei…
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 13001, 33 1 3 percent of all sport fishing license fees collected pursua…
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There is a Fish and Wildlife Pollution Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. The Fish and …
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The state portion of any recovery or settlement of money damages received pursuant to any citation o…
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Funds on deposit in the subaccounts shall not exceed the amounts prescribed below, adjusted in accor…
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(a) Appropriations from either the Oil Pollution Administration Subaccount or the Hazardous Material…
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(a) There are hereby established, initially in the Special Deposit Fund, continued in existence by S…
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(a) The amounts paid to and retained in the county treasury pursuant to Sections 12009 and 13003 sha…
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(a) The board of supervisors of any county may enter into a written agreement with the board of supe…
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Expenditures from the fish and game propagation fund of any county shall be subject to the provision…
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Expenditures from the fish and wildlife propagation fund of any county may be made only for the foll…
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The department may audit, or require the county to audit, expenditures by the county from its fish a…
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The department shall account for revenues and expenditures of the money in the Fish and Game Preserv…
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In establishing the appropriate programs or activities for this system, the department shall conside…
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Payroll and other costs that are directly identifiable with specific programs or activities shall be…
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The basic principle of this cost accounting system shall be that the total cost of operation of the …
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The Augmented Deer Tags Account, Bighorn Sheep Permit Account, and Wild Pig Account, within the Fish…
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Except as provided in Section 13230, the money in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, commencing wi…
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(a) Funds deposited in the Oil Pollution Administration Subaccount created pursuant to subdivision (…
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Consistent with Section 13203, the department shall maintain a cost accounting system that accounts …
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The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of this state with any…
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The form and contents of the Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact shall be substantially as provided in …
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Participation by this State in this compact shall continue until the Legislature otherwise provides …
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In furtherance of the provisions contained in the compact there shall be three members of the Pacifi…
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The term of each commissioner shall be four years. A commissioner shall hold office until his succes…
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Each commissioner who is not also a state officer shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each …
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All officers of the State are authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respecti…
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The commission shall keep accurate accounts of its activities and shall report to the Governor and t…
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When the Governor on behalf of the State executes the compact, he shall attach his signature thereto…
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(a) The business of aquaculture is governed by this division and is exempt from Part 3 (commencing w…
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The cultured progeny of wild plants and animals lawfully obtained under Section 15300 are the exclus…
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Any person who takes aquaculture products without lawful entitlement is subject to prosecution for t…
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(a) The department may assess a fee on persons growing aquaculture products on public lands and in p…
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Aquaculturists operating under this division shall pay all costs incurred by the department when con…
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(a) When necessary for the protection of native wildlife, the commission may regulate the transporta…
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Nothing in this division applies to authorized species of ornamental marine or freshwater plants and…
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(a) In the waters of the Pacific Ocean that are regulated by this state, it is unlawful to spawn, in…
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(a) It shall be unlawful to engage in the aquaculture of any species of octopus for the purpose of h…
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(a) The department shall, in consultation with the Aquaculture Development Committee, prepare progra…
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There is within the department an aquaculture coordinator who shall perform all of the following dut…
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(a) The owner of each aquaculture facility shall register all of the following information with the …
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The department may prohibit an aquaculture operation or the culturing of any species at any location…
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(a) In addition to the fees specified in Section 15101, a surcharge fee of four hundred twelve dolla…
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(a) If any person engages in the business of aquaculture, as regulated under this division, without …
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 13001 or 13002, all moneys collected by the department pursuant to this …
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The commission may regulate the placing of aquatic plants and animals in waters of the state. Moveme…
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A permit is required to place fish on public or private land or water in any watershed above an esta…
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The commission may prohibit the placement of specific species of aquatic plants or animals in design…
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Aquatic plants or animals may be legally obtained for use as brood stock from all of the following s…
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(a) The department may sell wild aquatic plants or animals, except rare, endangered, or fully protec…
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(a) Except as prohibited by Section 15007, the commission may lease state water bottoms or the water…
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Areas used by the public for digging clams shall not be leased. The department shall designate those…
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A lessee of a state water bottom owns all lawfully cultivated organisms that are described in the ap…
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Persons wishing to lease a state water bottom shall make a written application to the commission. An…
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(a) If the commission finds that the area applied for is available for lease and that the lease woul…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), no initial term of a state water bottom lease shall exce…
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(a) Each state water bottom lease shall specify a period prior to expiration when renewal of the lea…
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(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the commission shall award water bottom leases to the hi…
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(a) In addition to the rent provided in Section 15406.5, every person operating under an oyster leas…
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The annual rent shall be paid to the department within 30 days of the commencement of the lease and …
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The commission shall promulgate regulations governing the termination of leases due to failure to pa…
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(a) Upon termination of a lease, for any reason, all structures shall be removed at the lessee’s exp…
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All leases shall be subject to the power of the Legislature to increase or decrease the rents, fees,…
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Lessees under a state water bottom lease may not unreasonably impede public access to state waters f…
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No water bottom lease may be assigned without the prior approval of the commission. Application for …
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No person may enter upon any area subject to a water bottom lease in which aquatic life is cultivate…
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A water bottom lease may require periodic reports that the commission deems necessary for the proper…
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The department shall notify the State Lands Commission of all applications for water bottom leases. …
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Upon the recommendation of the department and after consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Commit…
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The department may enter, under an inspection warrant issued pursuant to Title 5 (commencing with Se…
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The director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Industry Advisory Committee and the Interagency C…
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The Aquaculture Disease Committee may recommend regulations to the commission designed to safeguard …
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Regulations recommended under Section 15503 and adopted by the commission may include all of the fol…
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If any of the diseases or parasites listed pursuant to Section 15500 is found to exist which the dir…
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Except for those diseases in the list compiled pursuant to Section 15500, infected plants or animals…
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If the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Committee, finds that a disease is pre…
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Reports of those diseases and parasites compiled pursuant to Section 15500 shall be immediately forw…
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No person may move, or allow to be moved, any of the aquatic plants or animals which are subject to …
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If the director determines that any disease designated pursuant to Section 15500 exists among domest…
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(a) If aquatic plants or animals are destroyed pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 15505, and a c…
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Claims against the department arising under this chapter may be submitted pursuant to Section 905.2 …
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No claim arising under this chapter shall be paid where the director, in consultation with the Aquac…
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The owner of an aquaculture product who does not diligently pursue the eradication of a disease from…
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(a) No live aquatic plant or animal may be imported into this state by a registered aquaculturist wi…
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A written application for the importation of a live aquatic plant or animal that is submitted in con…
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No facility constructed for the purpose of spawning, incubating, or raising of anadromous fish liste…
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(a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the importation of Atlantic Salmon or the roe thereof, or the …
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The director shall appoint an Aquaculture Development Committee consisting of the following persons:…
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(a) The term of membership for members other than representatives of public agencies shall be three …
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(a) The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to aquaculture and sha…
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The committee shall meet on the call of the director, but not less than twice each year.
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The Legislature finds: (a) Jurisdiction over the protection and development of natural resources, es…
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The definition in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
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“Covelo Indian Community” means the confederated tribes of the Round Valley Indian Reservation locat…
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“Take” means pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to pursue, catch, capture, or kill.
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“Traditional Indian fishing practice” means a mode, method, or way of taking fish that is recognized…
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“Historic 1873 Round Valley Indian Reservation” means the reservation described and set aside by Con…
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Subject to the approval of the commission, the department may enter into a mutual agreement or compa…
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Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006 shall be submitted by the department…
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Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006 shall not be effective until they ar…
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The commission shall give notice of the time and place of any meeting at which the approval of an ag…
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Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to this division shall be enforceable by the parties …
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The department may promulgate regulations consistent with the provisions of any agreement or compact…
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The Legislature finds: (a) Jurisdiction over the protection and development of natural resources, es…
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The definition in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
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“Klamath River Indian Tribes” means those tribes existing within the boundaries of the Yurok Reserva…
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“Take” means pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to pursue, catch, capture, or kill.
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“Traditional Indian fishing practice” means a mode, method, or way of taking fish that is recognized…
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“Yurok Reservation” means the land extending one mile in width on each side of the Klamath River fro…
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“Disputed area” means that part of the Klamath River or Trinity River where jurisdiction to regulate…
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“Subsistence purposes” means fish or game taken by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath Ri…
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“Ceremonial or religious purposes” means fish taken by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamat…
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“Commercial fishing” means the taking of fish by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath Rive…
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“Klamath Fishery Management Council” means that council created pursuant to Section 460ss–2 of Title…
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The director may enter into a mutual agreement or compact with the Hoopa Valley Business Council reg…
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Negotiations shall take place following the completion each year of the salmon allocation agreement …
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Notwithstanding Sections 8434, 8685.5, 8685.6, and 8685.7, the compact or agreement may include prov…
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Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to this division shall be enforceable by the parties …
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The department may adopt regulations consistent with the provisions of any agreement or compact ente…