California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 2 - Shellfish Area Contamination

  • Section 5669.
    For purposes of this chapter, “shellfish” means any bivalve mollusk.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1486, Sec. 9.)
  • Section 5670.
    It is unlawful to take shellfish used or intended to be used for human consumption from any area from which it shall be determined, as...
  • Section 5671.
    The State Department of Health Services may:(a) Examine any area from which shellfish may be taken.(b) Determine whether the area is subject to sewage contamination.(c) Determine whether the...
  • Section 5672.
    Upon the determination by the State Department of Health Services that the area is or may be subject to sewage contamination, and that the taking...
  • Section 5673.
    The fact of posting the notices shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the...
  • Section 5674.
    The State Department of Health Services shall enforce the provisions of this article, and for that purpose the inspectors and employees of that agency may...
  • Section 5675.
    If examinations are conducted pursuant to this article for purposes of certifying the quality of shellfish-growing waters, certification of water quality shall be commenced within...

Last modified: October 22, 2018