Section 8599.
8599. (a) It is unlawful to take any white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) for commercial purposes, except under permits issued pursuant to Section 1002 for scientific or educational purposes or pursuant to subdivision (b) for scientific or live display purposes. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), white sharks may be taken incidentally by commercial fishing operations using set gill nets, […]
Section 8599.3.
8599.3. The department shall cooperate, to the extent that it determines feasible, with appropriate scientific institutions to facilitate data collection on white sharks taken incidentally by commercial fishing operations. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1174, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
Section 8599.4.
8599.4. The commission may adopt regulations to manage basking sharks. A basking shark may not be taken commercially unless the commission adopts regulations for that activity and the taking is in accordance with those regulations. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 483, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2000.)
Section 8580.
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. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 246, Sec. 7.)
Section 8581.
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 conviction for a violation of Section 8043 for failure to report, or for inaccurately reporting, shark or swordfish landings by fishermen operating under permits issued pursuant to Section 8394 […]
Section 8582.
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 be a misdemeanor for any person operating under a permit pursuant to this article to sell or possess for sale or personal use any marlin. In the event […]
Section 8583.
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 drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions: (1) A permittee who chooses to participate in the transition program shall indicate the permittee’s intention to the department […]
Section 8583.5.
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. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 844, Sec. 8. (SB 1017) Effective January 1, 2019.)
Section 8585.
8585. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Nearshore Fisheries Management Act. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1999.)
Section 8585.5.
8585.5. The Legislature finds and declares that important commercial and recreational fisheries exist on numerous stocks of rockfish (genus Sebastes), California sheephead (genus Semicossyphus), kelp greenling (genus Hexagrammos), cabezon (genus Scorpaenichthys), and scorpionfish (genus Scorpaena), in the nearshore state waters extending from the shore to one nautical mile offshore the California coast, that there is […]