CHAPTER 7.2. Trout Management

Chapter 7.2 added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 847.

§§ 1725–1730 · 9 sections

• § 1725 This act shall be known as the Trout and Steelhead Conservation and Management Planning Act of 1979.
• § 1726 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to do all of the following: (a) Establish and maintain wild trout stocks, that, to…
• § 1726.1 The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Hatchery production and stocking of California’s waters started over 140 years ago and is…
• § 1726.4 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “trout” includes steelhead trout. (b) The department, in administering its existing wild trout program, shall maintain an…
• § 1726.5 The Legislature further finds and declares that activities and programs mandated by this chapter are a continuation and perpetuation of the department’s…
• § 1727 (a) In order to provide for a diversity of available angling experiences throughout the state, it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission maintain…
• § 1728 (a) Every five years the department shall update the Strategic Plan for Trout Management published in November 2003 as necessary to guide the state’s trout…
• § 1729 (a) The department shall give priority to stocking native hatchery-produced species in California’s waters, where stocking is determined to be appropriate by…
• § 1730 (a) By January 1, 2014, the department shall form an intradepartmental strategic trout management team to provide direction and oversee trout management…