California Fish and Game Code
§ 7072
FGC § 7072 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 6 · Part 1.7 · Ch. 5
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)Fishery management plans shall form the primary basis for managing California’s sport and commercial marine fisheries.
(b)Fishery management plans shall be based on the best scientific information that is available, on other relevant information that the department possesses, or on the scientific information or other relevant information that can be obtained without substantially delaying the preparation of the plan.
(c)To the extent that conservation and management measures in a fishery management plan either increase or restrict the overall harvest or catch in a fishery, fishery management plans shall allocate those increases or restrictions fairly among recreational and commercial sectors participating in the fishery.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 559, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.