California Fish and Game Code CHAPTER 2 - Marine Life Definitions

• Section 90.
  The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1700) of Division 2 and Division 6 (commencing with Section 5500)...
• Section 90.1.
  “Adaptive management,” in regard to a marine fishery, means a scientific policy that seeks to improve management of biological resources, particularly in areas of scientific...
• Section 90.5.
  “Bycatch” means fish or other marine life that are taken in a fishery but which are not the target of the fishery. “Bycatch” includes discards.(Added...
• Section 90.7.
  “Depressed,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the condition of a fishery for which the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that...
• Section 91.
  “Discards” means fish that are taken in a fishery but are not retained because they are of an undesirable species, size, sex, or quality, or...
• Section 93.
  “Essential fishery information,” with regard to a marine fishery, means information about fish life history and habitat requirements; the status and trends of fish populations,...
• Section 94.
  “Fishery” means both of the following:(a) One or more populations of marine fish or marine plants that may be treated as a unit for purposes of...
• Section 96.
  “Marine living resources” includes all wild mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and plants that normally occur in or are associated with salt water, and the marine...
• Section 96.5.
  “Maximum sustainable yield” in a marine fishery means the highest average yield over time that does not result in a continuing reduction in stock abundance,...
• Section 97.
  “Optimum yield,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the amount of fish taken in a fishery that does all of the following:(a) Provides the greatest...
• Section 97.5.
  “Overfished,” with regard to a marine fishery, means both of the following:(a) A depressed fishery.(b) A reduction of take in the fishery is the principal means for...
• Section 98.
  “Overfishing” means a rate or level of taking that the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that the commission or department possesses or...
• Section 98.2.
  “Participants” in regard to a fishery means the sportfishing, commercial fishing, and fish receiving and processing sectors of the fishery.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052,...
• Section 98.5.
  “Population” or “stock” means a species, subspecies, geographical grouping, or other category of fish capable of management as a unit.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052,...
• Section 99.
  “Restricted access,” with regard to a marine fishery, means a fishery in which the number of persons who may participate, or the number of vessels...
• Section 99.5.
  “Sustainable,” “sustainable use,” and “sustainability,” with regard to a marine fishery, mean both of the following:(a) Continuous replacement of resources, taking into account fluctuations in abundance...

Last modified: October 22, 2018