California Fish and Game Code

§ 1022

FGC § 1022 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The commission may authorize, for research, educational, limited testing, data collection, compensation fishing, conservation engineering, or exploratory fishing, or any combination of these purposes, an EFP to be issued by the department that authorizes commercial or recreational marine fishing activity otherwise prohibited by this code or any regulation adopted pursuant to this code, subject, at a minimum, to all of the following:

(1)Activities conducted under the EFP shall be consistent with policies set forth in Section 7050 and any applicable fishery management plan.

(2)An EFP is subject to those conditions the commission deems necessary to ensure the protection of marine resources, and shall be revoked if the continued use would have an adverse impact on any resource or allocation of a resource, or other adverse impact to established fisheries or other marine living resources.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 477, Sec. 4. (AB 1573) Effective January 1, 2019.