California · Fish and Game Code - FGC
FGC §7920: The owner of any boat or vessel who, for profit, permits any person to take fish, shall procure a commercial passenger fishing boat license.
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The owner of any boat or vessel who, for profit, permits any person to take fish, shall procure a commercial passenger fishing boat license. This article applies only to a boat or vessel whose owner or his or her employee or other representative is with it when it is used for fishing. A person operating a guide boat, as defined in Section 46, is not required to obtain a commercial passenger fishing boat license.
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