California Fish and Game Code

§ 7056

FGC § 7056 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 6 · Part 1.7 · Ch. 2

Statute text

In order to achieve the primary fishery management goal of sustainability, every sport and commercial marine fishery under the jurisdiction of the state shall be managed under a system whose objectives include all of the following:

(a)The fishery is conducted sustainably so that long-term health of the resource is not sacrificed in favor of short-term benefits. In the case of a fishery managed on the basis of maximum sustainable yield, management shall have optimum yield as its objective.

(b)The health of marine fishery habitat is maintained and, to the extent feasible, habitat is restored, and where appropriate, habitat is enhanced.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1999.