{"code":"FGC","codeName":"Fish and Game Code","section":"90.7","citation":"Fish & G. Code, § 90.7","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 0.5. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS [1. - 99.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-0.5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Marine Life Definitions [90. - 99.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-0.5/chapter-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 4.   Effective January 1, 1999.","effective":"1999-01-01","html":"<p>“Depressed,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the condition of a fishery for which the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that the commission or department possesses or receives, indicates a declining population trend has occurred over a period of time appropriate to that fishery. With regard to fisheries for which management is based on maximum sustainable yield, or in which a natural mortality rate is available, “depressed” means the condition of a fishery that exhibits declining fish population abundance levels below those consistent with maximum sustainable yield.</p>","text":"“Depressed,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the condition of a fishery for which the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that the commission or department possesses or receives, indicates a declining population trend has occurred over a period of time appropriate to that fishery. With regard to fisheries for which management is based on maximum sustainable yield, or in which a natural mortality rate is available, “depressed” means the condition of a fishery that exhibits declining fish population abundance levels below those consistent with maximum sustainable yield.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/marine-life-definitions-90-7","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}