California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 17 - Nearshore Fisheries Management Act

• Section 8585.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Nearshore Fisheries Management Act.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 14. Effective January 1,
• Section 8585.5.
  The Legislature finds and declares that important commercial and recreational fisheries exist on numerous stocks of rockfish (genus Sebastes), California sheephead (genus Semicossyphus), kelp greenling...
• Section 8586.
  The following definitions govern the construction of this article:(a) “Nearshore fish stocks” means any of the following: rockfish (genus Sebastes) for which size limits are established...
• Section 8586.1.
  Funding to pay the costs of this article shall be made available from the revenues deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund pursuant to...
• Section 8587.
  Any person taking, possessing aboard a boat, or landing any species of nearshore fish stock for commercial purposes shall possess a valid nearshore fishery permit...
• Section 8587.1.
  (a) The commission may adopt regulations as it determines necessary, based on the advice and recommendations of the department, to regulate nearshore fish stocks and fisheries....
• Section 8589.
  Funding to prepare the plan pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7072 and any planning and scoping meetings shall be derived from moneys deposited in...
• Section 8589.5.
  The commission shall temporarily suspend and may permanently revoke the nearshore fishing permit of any person convicted of a violation of this article. In addition...
• Section 8589.7.
  (a) Fees received by the department pursuant to Section 8587 shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund to be used by the department...

Last modified: October 22, 2018