California

Fish and Game Code - FGC

2,297 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1404 — “Program” means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Program, as provided in this chapter.
• § 1405 — “Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in subsection (c) of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States (26 U.
• § 1410 — The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is hereby created in the board.
• § 14100 — In furtherance of the provisions contained in the compact there shall be three members of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission from the State of California, appointed by the Governor by and
• § 14101 — The term of each commissioner shall be four years.
• § 14102 — Each commissioner who is not also a state officer shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day performing official duties pursuant to the direction of the commission, and each commissioner sh
• § 14103 — All officers of the State are authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every pa
• § 14104 — The commission shall keep accurate accounts of its activities and shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on or before the thirty-first day of December in each year, setting forth in detail t
• § 14105 — When the Governor on behalf of the State executes the compact, he shall attach his signature thereto under a recital that such compact is executed pursuant to the provisions thereof, subject to the li
• § 1411 — (a) The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is the program designated for use of the funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2791, as enacted by the California Wildlife Protection Act
• § 1412 — The board may apply for and accept federal grants and receive gifts, donations, subventions, rent, royalties, and other financial support from public and private sources for the purposes of the progra
• § 1413 — The board may acquire or accept the gift or dedication of fee title, easements, leases, development rights, or other interests in lands in inland areas necessary to carry out the purposes of this chap
• § 1414 — The board shall coordinate its activities in the program with federal surplus land sales in inland areas.
• § 1415 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any land, interest in land, or option acquired pursuant to this chapter for the purpose
• § 1416 — The board may make grants or loans to nonprofit organizations, local governmental agencies, and state departments and agencies for the purpose of wetland and associated upland habitat acquisition, res
• § 1417 — The board may lease nonwetlands habitat in need of restoration to nonprofit organizations, local governmental agencies, and state departments and agencies under agreements in which the lessee agrees t
• § 1418 — The board may acquire former wetlands and associated upland habitat, restore those areas, and sell the lands, or any interest therein, to private owners, local governmental agencies, and state departm
• § 1419 — Any funds remaining after an eligible acquisition, restoration, or enhancement of any project under this article shall be returned to the board and shall be deposited in the fund.
• § 1420 — In reviewing any grant or loan application, preference shall be given to projects on wetlands that have a secure source of water or are adjacent to existing wetlands that are protected by public owner
• § 1421 — When creating new wetlands, the board shall give preference to lands most suitable for this purpose due to elevations, existence of levees, proximity to existing wetlands that are protected, and poten
• § 1422 — On or before January 1, 1992, and every third year thereafter, the board shall prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on activities of the board under this chapter and other a
• § 1430 — The Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund is hereby created in the Wildlife Restoration Fund.
• § 1431 — The board shall deposit in the fund all allocations made pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2791.
• § 1450 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Desert Conservation Act.
• § 1451 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Mojave and Colorado Deserts region in California, hereafter referred to as “the California deserts region,” are globally significant ar
• § 1452 — As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the Wildlife Conservation Board.
• § 1453 — The board shall establish and administer, through the department, the program pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1300).
• § 1454 — The board, pursuant to this chapter, shall approve projects to acquire, preserve, restore, and enhance desert habitat within the California deserts region consistent with the conservation strategies a
• § 1455 — The preservation and restoration of desert habitat shall be a primary concern of the board and the department, and of all state agencies whose activities impact desert habitat.
• § 1456 — In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, the board may authorize the department to do all of the following: (a) Acquire interests in real property and water rights through gift, purchase,
• § 1457 — Grants to nonprofit organizations, pursuant to Section 1390, for the acquisition of real property or interests therein shall be subject to all of the following conditions: (a) The purchase price of an
• § 1458 — (a) The California Desert Conservation Program Fund Account is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 15 — “Angling” means the taking of, or attempting to take, fish by hook and line with the line held in the hand, or by hook and line with the line attached to a pole or rod which is closely attended or hel
• § 1500 — The department may, with the approval of the commission and the Department of General Services, exchange any portion of the property lying within the boundaries of any area or range referred to in thi
• § 1500.5 — (a) The following rules govern an exchange or sale of property pursuant to Section 1500: (1) If a parcel contains 15 acres or less, the director shall except and reserve to the state all mineral depos
• § 15000 — (a) The business of aquaculture is governed by this division and is exempt from Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 6 and any other provision of this code relating to commercial fishing,
• § 15001 — The cultured progeny of wild plants and animals lawfully obtained under Section 15300 are the exclusive property of that person who cultured them or that person’s successor in interest.
• § 15002 — Any person who takes aquaculture products without lawful entitlement is subject to prosecution for theft.
• § 15003 — (a) The department may assess a fee on persons growing aquaculture products on public lands and in public waters based on the price per pound of the products sold.
• § 15004 — Aquaculturists operating under this division shall pay all costs incurred by the department when conducting any inspections of plants, animals, facilities, or culture areas required by this division,
• § 15005 — (a) When necessary for the protection of native wildlife, the commission may regulate the transportation, purchase, possession, and sale of specific aquaculture products as provided for in this sectio
• § 15006 — Nothing in this division applies to authorized species of ornamental marine or freshwater plants and animals not utilized for human consumption or bait purposes that are maintained in closed systems f
• § 15007 — (a) In the waters of the Pacific Ocean that are regulated by this state, it is unlawful to spawn, incubate, or cultivate any species of finfish belonging to the family Salmonidae, transgenic fish spec
• § 15007.5 — (a) It shall be unlawful to engage in the aquaculture of any species of octopus for the purpose of human consumption.
• § 15008 — (a) The department shall, in consultation with the Aquaculture Development Committee, prepare programmatic environmental impact reports for existing and potential commercial aquaculture operations in
• § 1501 — The department may expend such funds as may be necessary for the improvement of property, including nonnavigable lakes and streams, riparian zones, and upland, in order to restore, rehabilitate, and i
• § 1501.5 — (a) The department may enter into contracts for fish and wildlife habitat preservation, restoration, and enhancement with public and private entities whenever the department finds that the contracts w
• § 1501.6 — Notwithstanding Section 1501.
• § 1502 — The department, in accordance with policies established by the commission, may provide for the feeding of game birds, mammals, or fish at such times as natural foods therefor are not available, and ma
• § 1503 — The department shall provide for the feeding of deer wherever the director finds that natural forage is unavailable therefor due to excessive snow.
• § 1504 — (a) When income is derived directly from real property acquired and operated by the state as a wildlife management area, and regardless of whether income is derived from property acquired after Octobe
• § 1505 — (a) The department may manage, control, and protect the portions of the following spawning areas that occupy state-owned lands, to the extent necessary to protect fishlife in these areas: (1) The Sacr
• § 1506 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Managed wetland habitat” means artificially irrigated and intensively managed wetland habitat administered primarily for the ben
• § 15100 — There is within the department an aquaculture coordinator who shall perform all of the following duties as part of the department’s aquaculture program: (a) Promote understanding of aquaculture among
• § 15101 — (a) The owner of each aquaculture facility shall register all of the following information with the department by March 1 of each year: (1) The owner’s name.
• § 15102 — The department may prohibit an aquaculture operation or the culturing of any species at any location where it is determined it would be detrimental to adjacent native wildlife.
• § 15103 — (a) In addition to the fees specified in Section 15101, a surcharge fee of four hundred twelve dollars ($412) shall be paid at the time of registration by the owner of an aquaculture facility if the g
• § 15104 — (a) If any person engages in the business of aquaculture, as regulated under this division, without having paid the registration fee or surcharge fee within one calendar month of the commencement of b
• § 15105 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13001 or 13002, all moneys collected by the department pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and shall be expended solely on t
• § 15200 — The commission may regulate the placing of aquatic plants and animals in waters of the state.
• § 15201 — A permit is required to place fish on public or private land or water in any watershed above an established public or private fish hatchery.
• § 15202 — The commission may prohibit the placement of specific species of aquatic plants or animals in designated waters of the state.
• § 1525 — For the purposes of propagating, feeding and protecting birds, mammals, and fish, and establishing wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds the department, with the approval of the commiss
• § 1526 — Any property acquired for wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds shall be acquired in the name of the State, and shall, at all times, be subject to such rules and regulations as may be p
• § 1526.4 — (a) The department, upon request of the leaseholder, shall extend any existing lease for a recreational homesite on Lower Sherman Island to the holder of any lease of lands under the control of the de
• § 1527 — The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the State to the property acquired for wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds but no payment shall be made therefo
• § 1528 — Lands, or lands and water, acquired for public shooting grounds, state marine (estuarine) recreational management areas, or wildlife management areas shall be operated on a nonprofit basis by the depa
• § 1529 — The output of any state game farm shall be distributed on public lands or where the department determines that the output will receive adequate protection and be most likely to thrive and multiply.
• § 1530 — Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission, it is unlawful to enter upon any wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds established under the provisions of this article, or
• § 15300 — Aquatic plants or animals may be legally obtained for use as brood stock from all of the following sources: (a) A holder of a commercial fishing license.
• § 15301 — (a) The department may sell wild aquatic plants or animals, except rare, endangered, or fully protected species, for aquaculture use at a price approximating the administrative cost to the department
• § 15400 — (a) Except as prohibited by Section 15007, the commission may lease state water bottoms or the water column to any person for aquaculture, including, but not limited to, marine finfish aquaculture.
• § 15401 — Areas used by the public for digging clams shall not be leased.
• § 15402 — A lessee of a state water bottom owns all lawfully cultivated organisms that are described in the application for the lease and produced in the area leased.
• § 15403 — Persons wishing to lease a state water bottom shall make a written application to the commission.
• § 15404 — (a) If the commission finds that the area applied for is available for lease and that the lease would be in the public interest, it shall publish a notice that the area is being considered for leasing
• § 15405 — (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), no initial term of a state water bottom lease shall exceed 25 years.
• § 15406 — (a) Each state water bottom lease shall specify a period prior to expiration when renewal of the lease may be requested by the lessee.
• § 15406.5 — (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the commission shall award water bottom leases to the highest responsible bidder, if the bid meets or exceeds the minimum annual rent established by the com
• § 15406.7 — (a) In addition to the rent provided in Section 15406.
• § 15407 — The annual rent shall be paid to the department within 30 days of the commencement of the lease and within 30 days of the anniversary thereof.
• § 15408 — The commission shall promulgate regulations governing the termination of leases due to failure to pay rent or improper use of the leasehold.
• § 15409 — (a) Upon termination of a lease, for any reason, all structures shall be removed at the lessee’s expense from the leasehold, and the area shall be restored to its original condition.
• § 15410 — All leases shall be subject to the power of the Legislature to increase or decrease the rents, fees, taxes, and other charges relating to the lease, but no increase in rent shall be applicable to an e
• § 15411 — Lessees under a state water bottom lease may not unreasonably impede public access to state waters for purpose of fishing, navigation, commerce, or recreation.
• § 15412 — No water bottom lease may be assigned without the prior approval of the commission.
• § 15413 — No person may enter upon any area subject to a water bottom lease in which aquatic life is cultivated, or remove the aquatic life therefrom without the consent of the lessee, or willfully destroy the
• § 15414 — A water bottom lease may require periodic reports that the commission deems necessary for the proper administration of the state’s water bottoms.
• § 15415 — The department shall notify the State Lands Commission of all applications for water bottom leases.
• § 15500 — Upon the recommendation of the department and after consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Committee created pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall compile a list of diseases and parasites
• § 15501 — The department may enter, under an inspection warrant issued pursuant to Title 5 (commencing with Section 1822.
• § 15502 — The director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Industry Advisory Committee and the Interagency Committee for Aquaculture Development, shall appoint an 11-member Aquaculture Disease Committee consi
• § 15503 — The Aquaculture Disease Committee may recommend regulations to the commission designed to safeguard wild and cultured organisms from the list of harmful organisms compiled pursuant to Section 15500.
• § 15504 — Regulations recommended under Section 15503 and adopted by the commission may include all of the following: (a) Routine monitoring procedures.
• § 15505 — If any of the diseases or parasites listed pursuant to Section 15500 is found to exist which the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Committee and consistent with the regulations ad
• § 15506 — Except for those diseases in the list compiled pursuant to Section 15500, infected plants or animals shall not be quarantined or destroyed, unless the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Di
• § 15507 — If the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Committee, finds that a disease is present in a nearby government operated facility or in nearby wild stocks, infected plants or animals i
• § 15508 — Reports of those diseases and parasites compiled pursuant to Section 15500 shall be immediately forwarded by the director to the Aquaculture Disease Committee and shall be promptly investigated by the
• § 15509 — No person may move, or allow to be moved, any of the aquatic plants or animals which are subject to a quarantine established pursuant to Section 15505 across the quarantine line which is established,
• § 15510 — If the director determines that any disease designated pursuant to Section 15500 exists among domestic aquatic plants and animals, or that aquatic plants and animals have been exposed, or may have bee
• § 15512 — (a) If aquatic plants or animals are destroyed pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 15505, and a claim is submitted pursuant to Section 15513, the owner shall be promptly paid from the General Fund
• § 15513 — Claims against the department arising under this chapter may be submitted pursuant to Section 905.
• § 15514 — No claim arising under this chapter shall be paid where the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Committee, finds that the claimant’s management practices were negligent or in violat
• § 15516 — The owner of an aquaculture product who does not diligently pursue the eradication of a disease from its facility when ordered to do so by the director shall be responsible for paying to the director
• § 15600 — (a) No live aquatic plant or animal may be imported into this state by a registered aquaculturist without the prior written approval of the department pursuant to the regulations adopted by the commis
• § 15601 — A written application for the importation of a live aquatic plant or animal that is submitted in conformance with the procedural requirements established by the commission is deemed to be approved if
• § 15604 — No facility constructed for the purpose of spawning, incubating, or raising of anadromous fish listed in Section 2118 in the Smith River watershed is exempt from any provision of the California Enviro
• § 15605 — (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits the importation of Atlantic Salmon or the roe thereof, or the continued possession of Atlantic salmon or the roe therefrom which were lawfully imported or possess
• § 1570 — In establishing the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (“SHARE”) program, it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage private landowners to voluntarily make their land available
• § 15700 — The director shall appoint an Aquaculture Development Committee consisting of the following persons: (a) At least 12 members representing all sectors of the fresh and salt water aquaculture industry.
• § 15701 — (a) The term of membership for members other than representatives of public agencies shall be three years.
• § 15702 — (a) The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to aquaculture and shall coordinate activities among public entities.
• § 15703 — The committee shall meet on the call of the director, but not less than twice each year.
• § 1571 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agreement” includes, but is not limited to, a contract, license, easement, memorandum of understanding, or lease.
• § 1572 — (a) There is hereby established the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program.
• § 1573 — (a) (1) The department may enter into a voluntary agreement with a private landowner, including an agreement under which the private landowner is compensated by the department for public use of the la
• § 1574 — (a) The department may revoke, for up to three years, the public access privilege granted pursuant to this article, of any person who violates any provision of this code or regulation adopted pursuant
• § 1575 — To provide added protection for landowners from the depredation of trespassers and to provide additional hunting opportunities to public hunters and private landowners, the department may contract wit
• § 1580 — The Legislature hereby declares that the policy of the state is to protect threatened or endangered native plants, wildlife, or aquatic organisms or specialized habitat types, both terrestrial and non
• § 1581 — Any property acquired in fee for ecological reserves shall be acquired in the name of the state, and shall, at all times, be subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to tim
• § 1582 — The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the state to the property acquired in fee for ecological reserves but no payment shall be made therefor until the title is veste
• § 1583 — Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission it is unlawful to enter upon any ecological reserves established under the provisions of this article, or to take therein any bird or the ne
• § 1584 — As used in this article, “ecological reserve” means land or land and water areas that are designated as an ecological reserve by the commission pursuant to Section 1580 and that are to be preserved in
• § 1585 — Notwithstanding Section 1580, which sets forth the primary purposes of ecological reserves, the department may construct facilities and conduct programs in ecological reserves it selects to provide na
• § 1587 — The Mirage Trail within the Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve shall be open nine months of the year during the months of May to January, inclusive, and closed for three months during the months of Fe
• § 1588 — (a) The “Eden Landing Ecological Reserve,” as specified in paragraph (52) of subdivision (b) of Section 630 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2022,
• § 1590 — The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine recreational management areas established by the commission for hunting purposes, state marine reserves, and state marine conservation area
• § 1591 — (a) The Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 36600) of Division 27 of the Public Resources Code) establishes a uniform classification system for state marine manage
• § 16 — “Affix” means physically attached to or imprinting an electronic validation to a license document.
• § 1600 — The Legislature finds and declares that the protection and conservation of the fish and wildlife resources of this state are of utmost public interest.
• § 16000 — The Legislature finds: (a) Jurisdiction over the protection and development of natural resources, especially the fish resource, is of great importance to both the State of California and California In
• § 16001 — The definition in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
• § 16002 — “Covelo Indian Community” means the confederated tribes of the Round Valley Indian Reservation located in Mendocino County, California, recognized as an Indian tribe by the Secretary of the Interior.
• § 16003 — “Take” means pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to pursue, catch, capture, or kill.
• § 16004 — “Traditional Indian fishing practice” means a mode, method, or way of taking fish that is recognized in the customs and traditions of the Covelo Indian Community.
• § 16005 — “Historic 1873 Round Valley Indian Reservation” means the reservation described and set aside by Congress for the Covelo Indian Community in the Act of March 3, 1873 (17 Stat.
• § 16006 — Subject to the approval of the commission, the department may enter into a mutual agreement or compact with the Covelo Indian Community respecting jurisdiction and authority to regulate traditional In
• § 16007 — Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006 shall be submitted by the department to the commission for review and approval.
• § 16008 — Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006 shall not be effective until they are approved by the commission.
• § 16009 — The commission shall give notice of the time and place of any meeting at which the approval of an agreement or compact entered into under this division will be considered by publishing prior notice in
• § 1601 — The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) “Agreement” means a lake or streambed alteration agreement.
• § 16010 — Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to this division shall be enforceable by the parties only to the extent and in the forum or forums provided for under the terms of the agreement or compa
• § 16011 — The department may promulgate regulations consistent with the provisions of any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006.
• § 1602 — (a) An entity shall not substantially divert or obstruct the natural flow of, or substantially change or use any material from the bed, channel, or bank of, any river, stream, or lake, or deposit or d
• § 1603 — (a) After the notification is complete, the department shall determine whether the activity may substantially adversely affect an existing fish and wildlife resource.
• § 1604 — Any party affected by a decision made by an arbitration panel pursuant to this chapter may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for confirmation, correction, or vacation of the decision in accor
• § 1605 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the term of an agreement shall not exceed five years.
• § 1606 — The department shall not condition the issuance of an agreement on the receipt of another local, state, or federal permit.
• § 1607 — Any time period prescribed in this chapter may be extended by mutual agreement.
• § 1608 — The department shall provide any entity that submits a notification pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1602 with all of the following information: (a) The time period for review of the notificatio
• § 1609 — (a) The department may establish a graduated schedule of fees to be charged to any entity subject to this chapter.
• § 1610 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) Immediate emergency work necessary to protect life or property.
• § 1611 — (a) An entity that submits a timber harvesting plan in accordance with Section 4581 of the Public Resources Code or directly to the department is deemed to have given the notification required by Sect
• § 1612 — The department may suspend or revoke an agreement at any time if it determines that an entity is not in compliance with the terms of the agreement or fails to provide timely status reports as required
• § 1613 — If, after receiving a notification, but before the department executes a final agreement, the department informs the entity, in writing, that the activity described in the notification, or any activit
• § 1614 — If the entity is required to perform work subject to this chapter pursuant to a court or administrative order or notice, the entity shall include the measures proposed by the department to protect fis
• § 1615 — (a) An entity that violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation.
• § 1616 — Any agreement or any memorandum of understanding executed by the department pursuant to this chapter prior to January 1, 2004, shall be subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of this cha
• § 1617 — (a) The department may adopt general agreements for the cultivation of cannabis.
• § 1650 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act.
• § 16500 — The Legislature finds: (a) Jurisdiction over the protection and development of natural resources, especially the fish resource, is of great importance to both the State of California and California In
• § 1651 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Fish passage guidelines” means those guidelines specified in the department’s California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual and the National Marine Fisheries Serv
• § 16510 — The definition in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division.
• § 16511 — “Klamath River Indian Tribes” means those tribes existing within the boundaries of the Yurok Reservation and the Hoopa Valley Reservation, located in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties in California, whi
• § 16512 — “Take” means pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to pursue, catch, capture, or kill.
• § 16513 — “Traditional Indian fishing practice” means a mode, method, or way of taking fish that is recognized in the customs and traditions of the Klamath River Indian Tribes.
• § 16514 — “Yurok Reservation” means the land extending one mile in width on each side of the Klamath River from the mouth of the Klamath River to the confluence of the Trinity and Klamath Rivers.
• § 16515 — “Disputed area” means that part of the Klamath River or Trinity River where jurisdiction to regulate Indian fishing is asserted by both the State of California and by one or more of the Indian tribes
• § 16516 — “Subsistence purposes” means fish or game taken by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes for personal consumption by the tribal members or their immediate families.
• § 16517 — “Ceremonial or religious purposes” means fish taken by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes for recognized religious or ceremonial activities, which activities are consis
• § 16518 — “Commercial fishing” means the taking of fish by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes, for sale or to be offered for sale within California.
• § 1652 — (a) A project proponent may submit a written request to approve a habitat restoration or enhancement project to the director pursuant to this section if the project has not received certification purs
• § 16520 — “Klamath Fishery Management Council” means that council created pursuant to Section 460ss–2 of Title 16 of the United States Code that is composed of one representative each from the department, the P
• § 1653 — (a) A project proponent may submit a written request to approve a habitat restoration or enhancement project to the director pursuant to this section if the project has received certification pursuant
• § 16530 — The director may enter into a mutual agreement or compact with the Hoopa Valley Business Council regarding the taking of fish from the Trinity River within the exterior boundaries of the Hoopa Valley
• § 16531 — Negotiations shall take place following the completion each year of the salmon allocation agreement recommended by the Klamath Fishery Management Council, and subsequently adopted by the Pacific Fishe
• § 16532 — Notwithstanding Sections 8434, 8685.
• § 1654 — (a) The director’s approval of a habitat restoration or enhancement project pursuant to Section 1652 or 1653 shall be in lieu of any other permit, agreement, license, or other approval issued by the d
• § 16540 — Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to this division shall be enforceable by the parties only to the extent and in the form or forms provided for under the terms of the agreement or compact
• § 16541 — The department may adopt regulations consistent with the provisions of any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16530 or 16531.
• § 1655 — (a) The Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
• § 1656 — (a) The department shall submit a report no later than December 31, 2020, and an additional report no later than December 31, 2025, on the implementation of this chapter to the Legislature that shall
• § 1657 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 1660 — (a) A qualifying state agency that funds a project to restore fish and wildlife habitats shall indemnify and hold harmless a real property owner who voluntarily allows their real property to be used f
• § 1670 — This chapter shall be known as, and may be cited as, the Restoration Management Permit Act.
• § 1671 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Baseline conditions” means existing native fish, wildlife, or plant population sizes, and the extent and quality of native fish, wildlife, or plant habitat in the area th
• § 1672 — (a) The department may issue a restoration management permit to authorize take, possession, import, or export of any species or subspecies of fish, wildlife, or plant in association with a qualifying
• § 1673 — (a) The department may develop a permit application for restoration management permits.
• § 1674 — (a) The Restoration Management Permit Program Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 1675 — (a) Chapter 3.
• § 1676 — (a) The department shall post on its internet website a list and description of every qualifying restoration project permitted by the department pursuant to this chapter.
• § 1677 — The department shall not issue a restoration management permit for the design, construction, operation, mitigation, or maintenance of isolated Delta conveyance facilities.
• § 1678 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 17 — “Aquaculture” means that form of agriculture devoted to the propagation, cultivation, maintenance, and harvesting of aquatic plants and animals in marine, brackish, and fresh water.
• § 1700 — It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage the conservation, maintenance, and utilization of the living resources of the ocean and other waters under the jurisdiction and influen
• § 1725 — This act shall be known as the Trout and Steelhead Conservation and Management Planning Act of 1979.
• § 1726 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to do all of the following: (a) Establish and maintain wild trout stocks, that, to the extent possible, should be native fi
• § 1726.1 — The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Hatchery production and stocking of California’s waters started over 140 years ago and is an enduring part of California’s history
• § 1726.4 — (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “trout” includes steelhead trout.
• § 1726.5 — The Legislature further finds and declares that activities and programs mandated by this chapter are a continuation and perpetuation of the department’s existing wild trout program and other programs,