California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 15 - Herring

• Section 8550.
  Herring may be taken for commercial purposes only under a permit, subject to regulations adopted by the commission. The commission may, whenever necessary to prevent...
• Section 8550.5.
  (a) A herring net permit granting the privilege to take herring with nets for commercial purposes shall be issued to licensed commercial fishermen, subject to regulations...
• Section 8552.
  (a)  It is unlawful to take herring for roe on a vessel unless the operator holds a herring permit issued by the department pursuant to...
• Section 8552.1.
  The commission, in consultation with the department and representatives of the commercial roe herring fishery, and after holding at least one public hearing, may adjust...
• Section 8552.2.
  Notwithstanding Section 1052, a herring permit may be transferred from a herring permitholder to a nonpermitholder having a minimum of 20 or more herring fishery...
• Section 8552.3.
  The commission may, in consultation with representatives of the commercial herring roe fishery, and after holding at least one public hearing, adopt regulations intended to...
• Section 8552.4.
  Herring permits that are revoked or not renewed may be offered by the department for a drawing to persons having 20 or more experience points...
• Section 8552.5.
  The commission shall revoke any herring permit if the holder of the herring permit was convicted of failing to report herring landings or underreported herring...
• Section 8552.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 8552, a herring permit may be issued to two individuals if one of the following criteria is met:(1) The individuals are married to each...
• Section 8552.7.
  The department shall reissue a herring permit which has been transferred pursuant to Section 8552.2 or 8552.6 upon payment of a transfer fee by the...
• Section 8552.8.
  (a) For purposes of this article, the experience points for a person engaged in the herring roe fishery shall be based on the number of years...
• Section 8553.
  The commission may make and enforce such regulations as may be necessary or convenient for carrying out any power, authority, or jurisdiction conferred under this...
• Section 8554.
  The commission, in adopting regulations for the commercial herring fishery, shall provide for the temporary substitution of a permittee to take herring, if the permittee...
• Section 8555.
  The director shall periodically meet and confer with representatives of the commercial herring roe fishery to review regulations and policies of the commission and the...
• Section 8556.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall determine, by regulation, if drift or set gill nets may be used to take herring for...
• Section 8557.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall determine if round haul nets may be used to take herring in Districts 12 and 13...
• Section 8558.
  (a) There is established a herring research and management account within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. The funds in the account shall be expended for...
• Section 8558.1.
  (a) No person shall purchase or renew any permit to take herring for commercial purposes in San Francisco Bay without first obtaining from the department an...
• Section 8558.2.
  The amount of the difference between fees for nonresidents and resident fees, collected pursuant to Section 8550.5, shall be deposited into the herring research and...
• Section 8558.3.
  One-half of all royalties collected by the department from the roe-on-kelp fishery collected pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 164 of Title...
• Section 8559.
  The commission, in determining experience requirements for new entrants into the herring fishery after January 1, 1987, shall require that any person seeking a permit...

Last modified: October 22, 2018