Section 8121.
8121. It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) To buy, sell, trade, process, or possess salmon, or attempt to buy, sell, trade, process, or possess salmon, with the knowledge that the salmon has been, or will be, obtained by high seas interception. (b) To knowingly provide financing, premises, equipment, supplies, services, […]
Section 8122.
8122. It is unlawful for any person to create, circulate, or possess any written instrument related to salmon with the knowledge that the written instrument conveys misleading or untrue information about the ownership, possession, processing, origin, destination, route of shipping, type, or condition of salmon, or the time, place, and manner of the taking of […]
Section 8123.
8123. (a) If any person knows that a vessel contains salmon obtained by high seas interception or that the owner or operator of the vessel intends to engage in the high seas interception of salmon, it is unlawful for that person to do any of the following: (1) Move persons, cargo, or other property to or from […]
Section 8125.
8125. There is hereby established the Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. Fees collected pursuant to Section 8126 shall be deposited into the account. Money in the account shall be used to repay the California fishermen’s share of any federal loans used in the federal West Coast Groundfish Fishery […]
Section 8126.
8126. The commission shall establish a capacity reduction fee on the taking of certain species of fish and shellfish, consistent with the West Coast Groundfish Fishery Capacity Reduction Program. In establishing the fee, the commission shall also consider the administrative cost associated with collecting these fees. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 514, Sec. 1. Effective […]
Section 8120.
8120. The definitions in this section govern the construction of this article: (a) “Environmental purpose” means the intent to prevent or minimize adverse ecological effects to water quality. (b) “High seas interception” means the unauthorized taking of salmon for commercial purposes outside the United States 200-mile fishery conservation zone. “Unauthorized” means contrary to a statute or regulation […]
Section 8077.
8077. No permit shall be issued except after a public hearing and a finding by the commission that the granting thereof would promote the economic utilization of the fish resources of the State in the public interest. In making such finding the commission shall take into consideration the interest of the people of the State […]
Section 8078.
8078. A hearing pursuant to this article shall be held within 30 days after application for a permit, upon such notice as the commission shall prescribe. The commission may extend such a hearing from time to time for a total period of not more than 30 days. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
Section 8079.
8079. The commission shall, whenever necessary to prevent overexpansion, to insure the efficient and economical operation of reduction plants, or to otherwise carry out the provisions of this article, limit the total number of permits which are granted. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
Section 8079.1.
8079.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or regulation adopted pursuant to this code, the director or a representative appointed by the director, may, without notice or a hearing, grant a license to a fish reduction plant to dispose of dead or dying fish. The license may be immediately issued by the director or […]