ARTICLE 17. Nearshore Fisheries Management Act

Article 17 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 14.

§§ 8585–8589.7 · 9 sections

• § 8585 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Nearshore Fisheries Management Act.
• § 8585.5 The Legislature finds and declares that important commercial and recreational fisheries exist on numerous stocks of rockfish (genus Sebastes), California…
• § 8586 The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Nearshore fish stocks” means any of the following: rockfish (genus Sebastes) for which…
• § 8586.1 Funding to pay the costs of this article shall be made available from the revenues deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund pursuant to Sections 8587,…
• § 8587 Any person taking, possessing aboard a boat, or landing any species of nearshore fish stock for commercial purposes shall possess a valid nearshore fishery…
• § 8587.1 (a) The commission may adopt regulations as it determines necessary, based on the advice and recommendations of the department, to regulate nearshore fish…
• § 8589 Funding to prepare the plan pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7072 and any planning and scoping meetings shall be derived from moneys deposited in the…
• § 8589.5 The commission shall temporarily suspend and may permanently revoke the nearshore fishing permit of any person convicted of a violation of this article. In…
• § 8589.7 (a) Fees received by the department pursuant to Section 8587 shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund to be used by the department to prepare,…