California Fish and Game Code CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management

• Section 1725.
  This act shall be known as the Trout and Steelhead Conservation and Management Planning Act of 1979.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 847.)
• Section 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,...
• Section 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 an enduring...
• Section 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 inventory of all California...
• Section 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 existing wild trout...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 management.(b) The...
• Section 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 the department. Stocking of...
• Section 1730.
  (a) By January 1, 2014, the department shall form an intradepartmental strategic trout management team to provide direction and oversee trout management statewide. Working under the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018