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Fish and Game Code § 8405.1

ARTICLE 9.1. Sea Cucumbers

Current as of September 28, 2026Fish & G. Code, § 8405.1Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 431, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2005. Inoperative April 1, 2030. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 8405.4.

(a) Applicants for a sea cucumber permit shall specify by gear type, either trawl or dive, the method in which the applicant intends to take sea cucumbers. The gear type of a sea cucumber permit, either trawl or dive, shall not be transferable.

(b) The fee for a sea cucumber permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(c) Each permittee shall complete and submit an accurate record of all sea cucumber fishing activities on forms provided by the department.

(d) In order to renew a sea cucumber permit for any permit year, an applicant shall have been issued a sea cucumber permit in the immediately preceding permit year. Applications for renewal of a sea cucumber permit shall be received by the department or, if mailed, postmarked, by April 30 of the permit year.