California Fish and Game Code CHAPTER 1 - Miscellaneous
- Section 5500.
It is unlawful to use explosives in the waters of this state inhabited by fish, except under a permit first obtained by the user from...
- Section 5501.
The department may take any fish which, in its opinion, is unduly preying upon any bird, mammal, or fish. The commission may prescribe the terms...
- Section 5503.
It is unlawful to take any fish for the sole purpose of removing its eggs except for the purpose of developing a brood stock for...
- Section 5505.
Mollusks, crustaceans, and amphibia may be used for bait or released in the same waters wherein taken.(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
- Section 5507.
It is unlawful for any person to possess, except in his home, any fish spear or gaff within 300 feet of any lake or stream...
- Section 5508.
It is unlawful to possess on any boat or to bring ashore any fish upon which a size or weight limit is prescribed in such...
- Section 5509.
It is unlawful to possess on any boat or to bring ashore any fish in such a condition that the species cannot be determined, except...
- Section 5510.
The commission may adopt regulations to prevent deterioration and waste of fish taken for purposes other than profit, and to regulate the disposal of the...
- Section 5511.
Except under permit of the department, it is unlawful to carry on any fish cultural operations on any stream above the point where water is...
- Section 5514.
(a) It is unlawful to kill or retain in possession any chinook, coho, or kokanee salmon or any steelhead that has not taken the bait or...
- Section 5515.
(a) (1) Except as provided in this section or Section 2081.4, 2081.6, 2081.7, 2081.10, 2089.7, or 2835, a fully protected fish shall not be taken or possessed...
- Section 5516.
Any river, stream, lake, or other body of water restricted by the commission to the use of artificial flies or artificial lures only for fishing...
- Section 5517.
It is unlawful to take any white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), except under permits issued pursuant to Section 1002 for scientific or educational purposes.(Amended by Stats....
- Section 5520.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission undertake management of abalone in a manner consistent with the abalone recovery and management plan...
- Section 5521.
A moratorium is imposed on the taking, possessing, or landing of abalone (genus Haliotis) for commercial or recreational purposes in ocean waters of the state...
- Section 5521.5.
(a) In addition to the moratorium imposed by Section 5521, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is unlawful to take abalone for commercial purposes...
- Section 5521.6.
Notwithstanding Sections 5521 and 5521.5, a registered aquaculturist may collect abalone for broodstock, in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 15301. (Added by Stats. 1999,...
- Section 5522.
(a) On or before January 1, 2003, the department shall submit to the commission a comprehensive abalone recovery and management plan. The plan shall contain all...
- Section 5523.
(a) (1) If the Director of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, in consultation with the State Public Health Officer, determines, based on thorough and adequate scientific evidence, that...
Last modified: October 22, 2018