ARTICLE 4.5. Commercial Salmon Vessel Permits

Article 4.5 repealed and added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1164, Sec. 2.

§§ 8230–8248 · 31 sections

§ 8230 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that commercial salmon fishing is in the public interest and that the preservation of commercial salmon fishing directly…
§ 8231 The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Agent” means the person designated in writing by the owner as the owner’s…
§ 8232 It is unlawful to take or possess salmon for commercial purposes on a vessel unless all of the following conditions are met: (a) The vessel is registered with…
§ 8232.5 (a) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful to take salmon for sport purposes on a permitted vessel. (b) Subdivision (a) does not prohibit taking…
§ 8233 Except as otherwise provided in this article, a permit shall be renewed prior to expiration. Each permit issued by the department shall display the expiration…
§ 8233.3 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit, upon application and payment of the renewal fees pursuant to Section 8235,…
§ 8233.4 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit, upon payment of the transfer fees pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section…
§ 8233.5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall change the designation of the holder of a permit to the new owner of a permitted vessel…
§ 8233.8 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit to the owner of a commercial salmon fishing vessel that is registered with…
§ 8233.9 Section 8101 does not apply to this article.
§ 8234 (a) The department shall not issue a permit under this article unless one of the following first occurs: (1) The applicant presents to the department a…
§ 8235 (a) The owner of a permitted vessel, or that owner’s agent, may apply for renewal of the permit annually on or before April 30, upon payment of the fees…
§ 8236 (a) The department shall send a written notice of renewal and a permit renewal application to the owner of each currently permitted vessel at the most recent…
§ 8238 (a) On or before January 1, 1991, the department, in consultation with the commercial salmon fishing review board, created pursuant to former Section 8247,…
§ 8238.1 The vessel classification system shall be used by the department for issuance of new original vessel permits pursuant to Section 8243.
§ 8239 A transfer may be approved and a permit issued for use of a replacement vessel pursuant to Section 8241 under all of the following conditions: (a) The vessel…
§ 8239.1 Unless otherwise prohibited, the department shall accept a transfer application within two years after the date that a permitted vessel was lost, stolen, or…
§ 8239.6 A permit issued for the use of a replacement vessel under Section 8241 is valid for the balance of the permit year for which the permit for the use of the…
§ 8240 (a) The department shall not issue a permit for use of a replacement vessel if the permitted vessel was reported as lost, stolen, or destroyed by fraudulent…
§ 8241 The department shall issue the permit for use of a replacement vessel if it determines that the conditions specified in Section 8239 have been satisfied and…
§ 8242 A person seeking to gain entry into the commercial salmon fishery may obtain a permit under either of the following conditions: (a) By legally obtaining the…
§ 8243 (a) If the department determines that the number of permitted vessels is less than 2,500, the department shall determine the number and vessel classification…
§ 8244 (a) An applicant may apply for a new, original permit as an individual, a joint venture, or a corporation. The applicant may submit only one application…
§ 8245 (a) The department shall conduct a drawing from the applicants determined to be eligible for new, original permits pursuant to Section 8244 on the first Friday…
§ 8246 (a) At any time after notice of an order suspending or revoking of a person’s commercial salmon fishing privilege is issued by the commission, and before the…
§ 8246.2 (a) The commission, in consultation with the department, shall adopt regulations for the determination of civil damages provided for in subdivision (a) of…
§ 8246.4 The commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, shall revoke a commercial salmon vessel permit issued pursuant to this article if the vessel permit…
§ 8246.6 A person whose commercial salmon fishing vessel permit is revoked by the commission or who has been denied a permit transfer may appeal the revocation or…
§ 8246.7 (a) The commission shall reverse an order of revocation, order the permit renewed, or order the approval of a permit transfer only if it finds one of the…
§ 8246.8 The commission and the department may make and enforce regulations that may be necessary or convenient for carrying out any power, authority, or jurisdiction…
§ 8248 If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions…