Title FGC, California Fish & Game Code

A regulation governed by this article shall remain in effect for the period specified in the regulation or until superseded by subsequent regulation of the commission or by statute. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 546, Sec. 18. (SB 1473) Effective January 1, 2017.)

(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commercial hunting club” means property with respect to which a fee is imposed or collected for either of the following: (A) Taking or attempting to take birds or mammals on the property. (B) …

(a) An application for a commercial hunting club license shall be submitted on a form furnished by the department. The application, which shall set forth all of the exemptions and conditions established in Section 3240.5, shall require the applicant to include all of the followin…

(a) The department may issue a commercial hunting club license to any person upon submission of a completed application and payment of the required fee, according to the number of properties used by the club, as follows: (1) The fee for one property shall be two hundred dollars (…

The commission may transfer a commercial hunting club license to other land owned or controlled by the licensee, in the same county as the originally licensed land, without an additional fee, if the commission finds the new land suitable for the purposes of the license and the tr…

Commercial hunting club licenses are valid for a term of one year from July 1st, or, if issued after the beginning of such term, for the remainder thereof. A license authorizes the person to whom it is issued to maintain a hunting club in accordance with the provisions of this co…

Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the commission at one of the commission’s regularly scheduled meetings, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, upon the licensee’s conviction of a violation of this code, and no new license may be issued to the licensee du…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who purposely takes any racing pigeon that at the time of taking is registered with a recognized organization is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) This section does not apply to either of the following: (1) The taking of a register…

(a) In Districts 8 and 9, it is unlawful to take a duck or goose below the incoming or outgoing tidewater’s edge, or from any blind, boat, floating device, island, islet, or exposed tidal flat. (b) Subdivision (a) does not apply on Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays, holidays, and th…

(a) It is unlawful for any person, except a person licensed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 3031, to take any upland game bird species without first procuring an upland game bird hunting validation, as provided in subdivision (b), and having the validation…

(a) Upon full implementation of the Automated License Data System, the department shall continue to prepare, or have prepared, upland game bird stamps depicting upland game birds. (b) Any person who obtains an upland game bird hunting validation pursuant to Section 3682.1 is enti…

Upland game bird species include both of the following: (a) All of the following resident game birds: (1) Doves of the genus Streptopelia, including, but not limited to, spotted doves, ringed turtledoves, and Eurasian collared doves. (2) California quail and varieties thereof. (3…

(a) The Upland Game Bird Account is hereby established within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. (b) (1) All funds derived from the sale of upland game bird hunting validations and upland game bird stamps shall be deposited in the Upland Game Bird Account, except as provided in…

Projects authorized pursuant to Section 3684 shall be governed by Section 1501.5. With the approval of the entity in control of property affected by a project, the department may make grants to, or enter into contracts with, nonprofit organizations for the accomplishment of those…

(a) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, there shall be in the department a program to promote beaver restoration across California by advising on policies and guidelines relating to beavers, coordinating restoration efforts, integrating methods to a…

For purposes of this chapter, “shellfish” means any bivalve mollusk. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1486, Sec. 9.)

It is unlawful to take shellfish used or intended to be used for human consumption from any area from which it shall be determined, as provided in this article, that the taking of shellfish does or may constitute a menace to the lives or health of human beings. (Enacted by Stats.…

The State Department of Public Health may: (a) Examine any area from which shellfish may be taken. (b) Determine whether the area is subject to sewage contamination. (c) Determine whether the taking of shellfish from the area does or may constitute a menace to the lives or health…

Upon the determination by the State Department of Public Health that the area is or may be subject to sewage contamination, and that the taking of shellfish from it does or may constitute a menace to the lives or health of human beings, it shall ascertain as accurately as it can …

The fact of posting the notices shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the contaminated area is situated, if there is such a newspaper, and if there is none, then in such a newspaper publi…

The State Department of Public Health shall enforce the provisions of this article, and for that purpose the inspectors and employees of that agency may enter at all times upon public or private property upon which shellfish may be located. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. …

If examinations are conducted pursuant to this article for purposes of certifying the quality of shellfish-growing waters, certification of water quality shall be commenced within 30 days, and completed within three months of the filing of an application by an aquaculturist. (Add…

No instrument capable of being used to dig clams may be possessed between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, on any beach of this State, except tools and implements used in the work of cleaning, repairing, or maintaining such beach when possessed by a pe…

(a) Sardines may not be taken or possessed on any boat, barge, or vessel except pursuant to Section 8150.7. (b) This section does not prohibit the possession or use of sardines imported into this state under a bill of lading identifying the country of origin. (c) Imported sardine…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the sardine resource be managed with the objective of maximizing the sustained harvest. The department shall manage the sardine resource in conformance with the federal fishery regulations as recommended by the Pacific Fishery Management C…

No person shall receive, possess, or sell sardines for any purpose except for that purpose specified on the fish receipt completed at the time of landing of those sardines pursuant to Section 8043. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 858, Sec. 4.)

The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, appoint a suitable person to serve for a period of two years from the date of his appointment as fish and game warden of the county. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

The board of supervisors shall fix the salary to be paid and the expenses to be allowed the county fish and game warden, which salary and expenses shall be paid from the county treasury. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

The board may by a majority vote of its members remove the warden at any time. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

The county fish and game warden shall enforce the state laws relating to the protection of fish and game. The warden has the powers and authority conferred by law upon peace officers listed in Section 830.6 of the Penal Code. (Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 817, Sec. 3.)

The county fish and game warden shall report quarterly to the board of supervisors, giving a detailed statement of all arrests made, convictions had and fines collected, and a general statement in regard to the management of his office. A copy of such detailed statement shall, at…

The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, appoint a deputy fish and game warden, to serve at the pleasure of the board. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

The deputy shall have such powers, perform such duties, and receive such salary and be entitled to such expenses as the board may provide. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

The salary and expenses of a deputy county fish and game warden shall be paid from the county treasury. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

(a) The areas described in this article are game refuges. (b) An existing reference to a “Fish and Game District” that is a game refuge shall be construed to refer to the “Game Refuge” that continues the former district. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 185. (AB 1760) Effec…

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1C: All that area within the County of Modoc within the following boundaries: Beginning at the boundary of the Modoc National Forest on the east side of Sec. 28, T. 42 N., R. 14 E., where Parker Creek crosses the national forest boundary and …

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1F: All that area within the County of Lassen within the following boundaries: Beginning at the fork of the Puls Camp Road and the Poison Lake-Harvey Valley Road near the quarter section corner between Secs. 33 and 34, T. 33 N., R. 8 E.; then…

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1G: All that area within the County of Tehama within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point where Deer Creek crosses the west township line of T. 25 N., R. 2 E.; thence north along said township line and along the west township line o…

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1H: All that area within the County of Plumas within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point on the Western Pacific Railway known as Quincy Junction; thence following northerly the westerly side of the Old Road to Taylorsville; thence …

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1I: All that area within the County of Placer within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point in Sec. 17, T. 14 N., R. 14 E., M.D.M., where the French House-Big Meadows Road intersects the South Fork of Long Canyon Creek; thence followi…

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1J: All that area within the County of Amador within the following boundaries: Beginning at a point between Secs. 13 and 18, T. 8 N., R. 14 and 15 E., where the Carson Pass Highway (State Sign Route 88) enters Sec. 18, T. 8 N., R. 15 E.; then…

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1N: All that area within the Counties of Siskiyou and Modoc within the following boundaries: Beginning at the junction of the Lava Ranger Station Road and the Egg Lake-Quaking Asp Road, thence following westerly and northerly the northerly an…

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1P: All that area within the County of Plumas, within the following boundaries: Beginning at the junction of the Milford-Beckwourth Road and the Last Chance-Doyle Road, thence following the easterly side of said Milford-Beckwourt h Road to it…

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1R: All that area within the County of Tuolumne within the following boundaries: Beginning at the junction of the North Fork of the Stanislaus River and the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River; thence easterly following the northerly bank of …

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1S: All that area lying within the County of Lassen within the following boundaries: Beginning at the old Haydenhill Post Office in the approximate center of Sec. 36, T. 37 N., R. 9 E.; thence following westerly along the old Juniper Road thr…

The following constitutes Game Refuge 1V: All that area within the County of Plumas within the following boundaries: Beginning at the intersection of U. S. Alternate 40 Highway and U. S. Forest Service Road 24N12; thence following northerly the easterly side of U. S. Forest Servi…