California Fish and Game Code

§ 8047

FGC § 8047 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 6 · Part 3 · Ch. 1 · Art. 7.5

Statute text

(a)(1) An original printed signed hard copy of the electronic fish ticket as required by Section 8043 or landing receipt as required by Section 8043.1 shall be retained by the licensee for a period of four years and shall be available for inspection at any time within that period by the department. A copy shall be delivered to an agent authorized in writing by the majority of the persons who participated in the taking of the fish, excluding the commercial fisherman receiving the original copy.

(2)A person licensed under Section 8033.5 who sells their fish to a licensed receiver may use a transportation receipt pursuant to subdivision (b) to transport those fish only to that licensed receiver. The receiver shall complete an electronic fish ticket for those fish. Transportation receipts shall be completed at the time the fish are transferred from the fishing vessel.

(b)(1) Every commercial fisherman or their designee, who transports, causes to be transported, or delivers to another person for transportation, any fish, except herring, taken from the waters of this state or brought into this state in fresh condition, shall fill out a transportation receipt according to the instructions and on forms provided by the department at the time the fish are brought ashore. Unless otherwise prescribed by regulation, the receipt or transfer of fish shall not occur at sea or from vessel to vessel.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 876, Sec. 11. (SB 500) Effective January 1, 2024.