Title FGC, California Fish & Game Code

No person who is licensed or required to be licensed pursuant to Section 4005 and who is convicted of a violation of any provision of Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 4 or of Section 4150 shall take any fur-bearing or nongame mammal in t…

(a) The judge before whom any guide, as defined in Section 2535, is arraigned for a violation of this code, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may, upon the conviction of the person, order the revocation of the person’s privilege to hunt, fish, or guide for a period not to e…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the judge before whom any person is tried for a violation of any provision of this code, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may, upon the conviction of the person tried, order the forfeiture of any device or apparatus that is design…

The judge before whom any person is tried and convicted of violating Sections 2004 and 2016 and, at the same proceeding, is also tried and convicted of violating Section 2001 or 2005 may, in his discretion, order the forfeiture of any motor vehicle or snowmobile used in committin…

The sport fishing or hunting license of any person to whom such a license has been issued, may, in the discretion of the court, be suspended or revoked upon his conviction of a violation of any provision of this code or regulation made pursuant thereto relating to hunting or fish…

For the purpose of invoking any provision of this code, or any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under this code, relating to the suspension, revocation, or forfeiture of any license or permit, a plea of nolo contendere or “no contest” to, or forfeiture of bail from, a c…

All birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, aquaculture animals and products, plants, or amphibians, or any part thereof, which have been taken, possessed, sold, imported, or transported contrary to any of the laws of this state shall be seized by the department, and, in accordance with …

The judge before whom any person is tried for a violation of a provision of this code that prohibits the taking of any endangered species, threatened species, or fully protected bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, or fish, as specified by Sections 12008 and 12008.1, may, in the cou…

All birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, aquaculture animals and products, plants, or amphibians, or any part thereof, seized in accordance with Section 12159, the sale of which is not prohibited and which have a current market value of one hundred dollars ($100) or more, shall be pac…

The judge before whom any person is tried for taking, possessing, selling, importing, or transporting birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, aquaculture animals and products, plants, or amphibians or parts thereof contrary to the laws of this state shall upon the conviction of the accus…

A bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian seized under circumstances in which it cannot be determined who took, possessed, sold, imported, or transported the bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian contrary to law may be sold or donated to a state, county, city, city and coun…

A person who purchases birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians from the department pursuant to the preceding sections shall, upon delivery, pay to the department, for deposit in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, the prevailing market price for legal birds, mammals, fish,…

The court before whom a person has been convicted of trespassing under Section 602 of the Penal Code shall, in addition to any other fine or forfeiture imposed, confiscate any bird or mammal taken while trespassing, and shall dispose of the bird or mammal to a charitable institut…

When any person licensed as a guide under Section 2536 is adjudged guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of violating or permitting the violation of any provision of this code or regulation made pursuant thereto, in addition to any fine or other punishment imposed, the cour…

A termination of probation and dismissal of charges pursuant to Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code or a dismissal of charges pursuant to Section 1203.4a of the Penal Code does not affect either a past revocation or suspension of any license or permit to take fish or game or the aut…

(a) The amounts paid to and retained in the county treasury pursuant to Sections 12009 and 13003 shall be deposited in a county fish and wildlife propagation fund and expended for the protection, conservation, propagation, and preservation of fish and wildlife, under the directio…

(a) The board of supervisors of any county may enter into a written agreement with the board of supervisors of one or more counties for the expenditure of any funds deposited in its fish and wildlife propagation fund pursuant to Section 13100 for any purpose authorized by Section…

Expenditures from the fish and game propagation fund of any county shall be subject to the provisions of Division 3 (commencing with Section 29000) of Title 3 of the Government Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Expenditures from the fish and wildlife propagation fund of any county may be made only for the following purposes: (a) Public education relating to the scientific principles of fish and wildlife conservation, consisting of supervised formal instruction carried out pursuant to a …

The department may audit, or require the county to audit, expenditures by the county from its fish and wildlife propagation fund in order to determine compliance with this chapter. If, after reviewing the audit, the department determines that expenditures are not in compliance wi…

In furtherance of the provisions contained in the compact there shall be three members of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission from the State of California, appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One such commissioner shall be the ad…

The term of each commissioner shall be four years. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor shall be appointed and qualified but such successor’s term shall expire four years from the legal date of expiration of the term of his predecessor. Any commissioner may be rem…

Each commissioner who is not also a state officer shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day performing official duties pursuant to the direction of the commission, and each commissioner shall receive actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in performing official…

All officers of the State are authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. The policy of this State is to perform and carry out the compact and t…

The commission shall keep accurate accounts of its activities and shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on or before the thirty-first day of December in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during that calendar year and shall make recomme…

When the Governor on behalf of the State executes the compact, he shall attach his signature thereto under a recital that such compact is executed pursuant to the provisions thereof, subject to the limitations and qualifications contained in the sections of this division in aid a…

There is within the department an aquaculture coordinator who shall perform all of the following duties as part of the department’s aquaculture program: (a) Promote understanding of aquaculture among public agencies and the general public. (b) Propose methods of reducing the nega…

(a) The owner of each aquaculture facility shall register all of the following information with the department by March 1 of each year: (1) The owner’s name. (2) The species grown. (3) The location or locations of each operation or operations. (b) The department may provide regis…

The department may prohibit an aquaculture operation or the culturing of any species at any location where it is determined it would be detrimental to adjacent native wildlife. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1486, Sec. 25.)

(a) In addition to the fees specified in Section 15101, a surcharge fee of four hundred twelve dollars ($412) shall be paid at the time of registration by the owner of an aquaculture facility if the gross annual sales of aquaculture products of the facility during the prior calen…

(a) If any person engages in the business of aquaculture, as regulated under this division, without having paid the registration fee or surcharge fee within one calendar month of the commencement of business, or, for renewal of registration, on or before April 1 of the registrati…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13001 or 13002, all moneys collected by the department pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund and shall be expended solely on the department’s aquaculture program pursuant to this division. (b) Notwithstandi…

The definition in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 691, Sec. 1.)

“Covelo Indian Community” means the confederated tribes of the Round Valley Indian Reservation located in Mendocino County, California, recognized as an Indian tribe by the Secretary of the Interior. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 691, Sec. 1.)

“Take” means pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to pursue, catch, capture, or kill. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 691, Sec. 1.)

“Traditional Indian fishing practice” means a mode, method, or way of taking fish that is recognized in the customs and traditions of the Covelo Indian Community. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 691, Sec. 1.)

“Historic 1873 Round Valley Indian Reservation” means the reservation described and set aside by Congress for the Covelo Indian Community in the Act of March 3, 1873 (17 Stat. 633). (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 691, Sec. 1.)

The definition in this chapter shall govern the construction of this division. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1186, Sec. 1.)

“Klamath River Indian Tribes” means those tribes existing within the boundaries of the Yurok Reservation and the Hoopa Valley Reservation, located in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties in California, which tribes are recognized as Indian tribes by the Secretary of the Interior. (Ame…

“Take” means pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to pursue, catch, capture, or kill. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1186, Sec. 1.)

“Traditional Indian fishing practice” means a mode, method, or way of taking fish that is recognized in the customs and traditions of the Klamath River Indian Tribes. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1186, Sec. 1.)

“Yurok Reservation” means the land extending one mile in width on each side of the Klamath River from the mouth of the Klamath River to the confluence of the Trinity and Klamath Rivers. “Hoopa Valley Reservations” means those lands lying within the Hoopa Square. (Amended by Stats…

“Disputed area” means that part of the Klamath River or Trinity River where jurisdiction to regulate Indian fishing is asserted by both the State of California and by one or more of the Indian tribes in the Klamath River Indian Tribes or by the United States government acting as …

“Subsistence purposes” means fish or game taken by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes for personal consumption by the tribal members or their immediate families. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1186, Sec. 1.)

“Ceremonial or religious purposes” means fish taken by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes for recognized religious or ceremonial activities, which activities are consistent with the customs and traditions of the particular tribe in the Klamath Rive…

“Commercial fishing” means the taking of fish by qualified Indian tribal members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes, for sale or to be offered for sale within California. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1186, Sec. 1.)