California Fish and Game Code CHAPTER 10.5 - Marine Life Protection Act

• Section 2850.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Marine Life Protection Act.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1015, Sec. 1. Effective January 1,
• Section 2850.5.
  Notwithstanding any other law and consistent with the authority granted under Section 2860, commencing on July 1, 2013, the Ocean Protection Council shall assume responsibility...
• Section 2851.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) California’s marine protected areas (MPAs) were established on a piecemeal basis rather than according to a coherent...
• Section 2852.
  The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:(a) “Adaptive management,” with regard to marine protected areas, means a management policy that seeks to improve management...
• Section 2853.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need to reexamine and redesign California’s MPA system to increase its coherence and its effectiveness at...
• Section 2854.
  The workgroup shall, after appropriate consultation with members of the public, determine future actions for implementing the recommendations of its final report.(Amended by Stats. 2004,...
• Section 2855.
  (a) The commission shall adopt a master plan that guides the adoption and implementation of the Marine Life Protection Program adopted pursuant to Section 2853 and...
• Section 2856.
  (a) (1) The department and team shall use the best readily available scientific information in preparing the master plan adopted pursuant to Section 2855, and shall organize...
• Section 2857.
  (a) On or before July 1, 2001, the department shall convene, in each biogeographical region and to the extent practicable near major working harbors, siting workshops,...
• Section 2858.
  The department shall establish a process for external peer review of the scientific basis for the master plan prepared pursuant to Section 2855. The peer...
• Section 2859.
  (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the department shall submit to the commission a draft of the master plan prepared pursuant to this chapter.(b) On or...
• Section 2860.
  (a) The commission may regulate commercial and recreational fishing and any other taking of marine species in MPAs.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the taking...
• Section 2861.
  (a) The commission shall, annually until the master plan is adopted and thereafter at least every three years, receive, consider, and promptly act upon petitions from...
• Section 2862.
  The department, in evaluating proposed projects with potential adverse impacts on marine life and habitat in MPAs, shall highlight those impacts in its analysis and...
• Section 2863.
  The department shall confer as necessary with the United States Navy regarding issues related to its activities.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1015, Sec. 1. Effective...

Last modified: October 22, 2018