PART 2. SPORT FISHING [7100. - 7400.]

Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.

§§ 7100–7400 · 43 sections

CHAPTER 1. Generally §§ 7100–7232 · 28 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. Application of Part § 7100 · 1 section
  - § 7100 The provisions of this part apply to the taking and possession of fish for any purpose other than commercial.
2. ARTICLE 1.5. Sport Fishing Regulations §§ 7110–7115 · 2 sections
  - § 7110 (a) The commission may establish by regulation an automatic process to conform its sport fishing regulations to federal regulations. (b) Chapter 3.5…
  - § 7115 (a) The department shall identify property it owns or manages that includes areas for sport fishing accessible to persons with disabilities. (b) Commencing…
3. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 7120–7123 · 3 sections
  - § 7120 It is unlawful for any person to possess more than one daily bag limit of any fish, amphibian, or reptile taken under a license issued pursuant to Article 3…
  - § 7121 Except as otherwise provided by this code or by regulation, it is unlawful to sell or purchase any fish or amphibia taken in, or brought into, the waters of…
  - § 7123 The department shall develop a voluntary participation program for the use of departmental observers on board vessels to monitor the taking of marlin by…
4. ARTICLE 3. Sport Fishing Licenses §§ 7145–7155 · 14 sections
  - § 7145 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, every person 16 years of age or older who takes any fish, reptile, or amphibian for any purpose other than…
  - § 7147 The owner or operator of a boat or vessel licensed pursuant to Section 7920 shall not permit any person to fish from that boat or vessel unless that person…
  - § 7149.05 (a) A sport fishing license granting the privilege to take any fish, reptile, or amphibian anywhere in this state for purposes other than profit shall be…
  - § 7149.2 (a) In addition to Section 7149.05, the department shall issue a lifetime sport fishing license under this section. A lifetime sport fishing license authorizes…
  - § 7149.3 Notwithstanding Section 7149.05, a sport fishing license is not required for a resident to take a rattlesnake (genus Crotalus or Sistrurus).
  - § 7149.45 (a) It is unlawful for any person to fish with two rods without first obtaining a second-rod sport fishing validation, in addition to a valid California sport…
  - § 7149.5 For the purpose of obtaining a sport fishing license, enrollees in the Job Corps, created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452), shall be…
  - § 7149.7 Notwithstanding Section 7145, the director may designate not more than two days, which may or may not be consecutive, in each year as free sportfishing days…
  - § 7149.8 (a) A person shall not take abalone from ocean waters unless he or she first obtains, in addition to a valid California sport fishing license and any…
  - § 7149.9 (a) Fees received by the department pursuant to Section 7149.8 shall be deposited in the Abalone Restoration and Preservation Account within the Fish and Game…
  - § 7150 (a) Upon application to the department’s headquarters office in Sacramento and payment of a base fee of four dollars ($4), as adjusted pursuant to Section 713,…
  - § 7151 (a) Upon application to the department, the following persons, if they have not been convicted of any violation of this code, shall be issued, free of any…
  - § 7153 (a) A sport fishing license is not required to take fish by any legal means, for any purpose other than profit, from a public pier, as defined by the…
  - § 7155 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, California Indians who are bona fide registered members of the Yurok Indian Tribe may take fish, for…
5. ARTICLE 4. Reciprocal Sport Fishing Licenses §§ 7180.1–7186.1 · 6 sections
  - § 7180.1 (a) Any person taking fish or amphibia for purposes other than profit from or on a boat or other floating device on the waters of the Colorado River or on…
  - § 7181.1 (a) A person fishing from the shore in the waters of the Colorado River located in Arizona or California shall have in their possession a valid sportfishing…
  - § 7183.1 (a) The Arizona Game and Fish Commission shall handle California sportfishing licenses and California special use validations and issue them through Arizona…
  - § 7184.1 (a) An Arizona special use validation is valid from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, of each year, to coincide with the period for which a California…
  - § 7185 This article shall become operative and remain effective so long as the commission finds and determines that under the laws of the State of Arizona…
  - § 7186.1 (a) When the director determines from the Secretary of State that copies of the law of the State of Arizona have been received by the Secretary of State that…
6. ARTICLE 5. Processing and Preserving of Fish Taken Under Sport Fishing License §§ 7230–7232 · 2 sections
  - § 7230 (a) Subject to Section 7121, fish lawfully taken under a sport fishing license may be canned or smoked by a fish cannery or processor as a service for a…
  - § 7232 (a) Notwithstanding Section 7121 any offal from a fish taken under a sport fishing license which is delivered by the license holder to a fish canner or fish…
CHAPTER 2. Particular Varieties of Fish §§ 7256–7400 · 15 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. Spiny Lobster § 7256 · 1 section
  - § 7256 Spiny lobster may not be taken under a sport fishing license except by use of a hoop net or by hand.
2. ARTICLE 1.3. Native California Trout §§ 7260–7261 · 2 sections
  - § 7260 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California has the greatest biodiversity of native trout species of any state in the nation.…
  - § 7261 The following are native California trout: (a) Coastal cutthroat trout. (b) Lahontan cutthroat trout. (c) Paiute cutthroat trout. (d) Coastal rainbow…
3. ARTICLE 1.5. Pismo Clams § 7290 · 1 section
  - § 7290 No pismo clam not in the shell may be possessed, except when it is being prepared for immediate consumption.
4. ARTICLE 2. Clams Generally, Mollusks, and Crustaceans § 7332 · 1 section
  - § 7332 No instrument capable of being used to dig clams may be possessed between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, on any beach of this…
5. ARTICLE 3. Giant Seabass § 7350 · 1 section
  - § 7350 Giant seabass (Stereolepis gigas) may not be taken under a sport fishing license except by hook and line when engaged in the taking of other fish. This…
6. ARTICLE 4. Bay-Delta Sport Fishing §§ 7361–7364 · 4 sections
  - § 7361 (a) Fees received by the department from the sale of the Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp or validation shall be deposited in a separate account in…
  - § 7362 (a) The department, in consultation with the advisory committee created pursuant to Section 7363, shall develop a grant program to support activities…
  - § 7363 (a) The director shall appoint a Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp Fund Advisory Committee, consisting of nine members. The committee members shall be…
  - § 7364 (a) The department shall do all of the following: (1) In consultation with the advisory committee, develop a spending plan that focuses on identifying and…
7. ARTICLE 5. Sturgeon § 7370 · 1 section
  - § 7370 (a) It is unlawful to take or possess for commercial purposes, buy or sell, or offer to buy or sell, a whole sturgeon, or part of a sturgeon, including, but…
8. ARTICLE 6. Steelhead Trout §§ 7380–7382 · 3 sections
  - § 7380 (a) In addition to a valid California sport fishing license and any applicable sport license stamp issued pursuant to this code, after January 1, 1993, a…
  - § 7381 (a) Revenue received pursuant to Section 7380 may be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, only to monitor, restore, or enhance steelhead trout…
  - § 7382 This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
9. ARTICLE 7. Recreational Abalone Advisory Committee § 7400 · 1 section
  - § 7400 (a) The director shall appoint a Recreational Abalone Advisory Committee consisting of nine members who shall serve without compensation. The members of the…