ARTICLE 16. Drift Gill Net Shark and Swordfish Fishery [8561. - 8583.5.]
Article 16 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1078, Sec. 3.
§§ 8561–8583.5 · 22 sections
- § 8561 (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark…
- § 8561.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 may not be transferred. (b) This section shall become operative on…
- § 8562 Applications delivered to a department office after April 30, or if mailed, postmarked after April 30, shall not be accepted unless approved by the commission…
- § 8563 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the permittee shall be aboard the vessel and shall be in possession of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish…
- § 8564 When the permittee applies for a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, the permittee shall specify the vessel he or she will use in operations authorized…
- § 8567 The fee for a drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall be three hundred thirty dollars ($330).
- § 8568 Drift gill net shark and swordfish permits shall be issued to any prior permittee who possesses a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued…
- § 8568.5 Any person holding a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit on or after January 1, 2000, who did not make, on or after January 1, 2000, the minimum…
- § 8569 The commission may establish conditions for the issuance of a permit if the person’s drift gill net shark and swordfish permit was revoked during a preceding…
- § 8573 Drift gill nets may be used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article, subject to Section 8610.3 and all of the following…
- § 8574 (a) Drift gill nets with mesh size less than 14 inches in stretched mesh shall not be used to take shark and swordfish by permittees operating under a drift…
- § 8575 Drift gill nets used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article shall not be used under the following circumstances: (a) From May 1…
- § 8575.5 Drift gill nets used to take shark and swordfish under the permit provided in this article shall not be used in the following areas: (a) Within 12 nautical…
- § 8576 (a) Drift gill nets shall not be used to take shark or swordfish from February 1 to April 30, inclusive. (b) Drift gill nets shall not be used to take shark or…
- § 8576.5 Thresher shark taken with drift gill nets shall not have the pelvic fin severed from the carcass until after the shark is brought ashore.
- § 8577 Notwithstanding Section 8394, the director may close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery, the swordfish harpoon fishery, or any area where either or…
- § 8579 (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his…
- § 8580 It is unlawful for any permittee to sell swordfish taken by him or her to other than the persons described in Section 8032 or 8033.
- § 8581 Any license issued pursuant to Sections 8032 to 8036, inclusive, may be revoked or suspended by the commission, when requested by the department, upon a…
- § 8582 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the intent of this article is not to permit or encourage the taking of marlin for commercial purposes. (b) It shall…
- § 8583 (a) By March 31, 2020, the department shall establish a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the…
- § 8583.5 This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.