Title FGC, California Fish & Game Code

The Augmented Deer Tags Account, Bighorn Sheep Permit Account, and Wild Pig Account, within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, shall be consolidated and any remaining funds in these accounts transferred to the Big Game Management Account, consistent with Section 3953. The depar…

The commission may regulate the placing of aquatic plants and animals in waters of the state. Movement of live fish between two registered aquaculturists who are registered for those species does not require a permit. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1486, Sec. 25.)

A permit is required to place fish on public or private land or water in any watershed above an established public or private fish hatchery. The department shall deny the permit if there is evidence that water quality and potential disease transfers will be adverse to the establi…

The commission may prohibit the placement of specific species of aquatic plants or animals in designated waters of the state. The prohibition may not include species that are found to be native or that are stocked by the state in a location where prohibition is contemplated. (Add…

Subject to the approval of the commission, the department may enter into a mutual agreement or compact with the Covelo Indian Community respecting jurisdiction and authority to regulate traditional Indian subsistence fishing practices in the boundary streams of the historic 1873 …

Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006 shall be submitted by the department to the commission for review and approval. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 691, Sec. 1.)

Any agreement or compact entered into pursuant to Section 16006 shall not be effective until they are approved by the commission. The commission may consider and approve an agreement or compact at any of its regular or special meetings. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 691, Sec. 1.)

The commission shall give notice of the time and place of any meeting at which the approval of an agreement or compact entered into under this division will be considered by publishing prior notice in any publication issued by the Resources Agency or the department after determin…

The director may enter into a mutual agreement or compact with the Hoopa Valley Business Council regarding the taking of fish from the Trinity River within the exterior boundaries of the Hoopa Valley Reservation or with the Yurok Tribe, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs acting as t…

Negotiations shall take place following the completion each year of the salmon allocation agreement recommended by the Klamath Fishery Management Council, and subsequently adopted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council and the United States Department of Commerce. Any agreemen…

Notwithstanding Sections 8434, 8685.5, 8685.6, and 8685.7, the compact or agreement may include provisions for commercial sales of salmon allocated to qualified Indian members of the Klamath River Indian Tribes and that the salmon may be taken by traditional Indian methods, inclu…

(a) All birds occurring naturally in California that are not resident game birds, migratory game birds, or fully protected birds are nongame birds. It is unlawful to take any nongame bird except as provided in this code or in accordance with regulations of the commission or, when…

(a) Except as provided in Section 3000 and this section, the following nongame birds may be taken or possessed at any time: (1) English sparrow (Passer domesticus). (2) Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). (3) (A) Mute swan (Cygnus olor). (i) A person taking or possessing a mute swan sha…

Nongame birds not covered by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act which are found to be injuring growing crops or property may be taken by the owner or tenant of the premises. They may also be so taken by officers or employees of the Department of Food and Agriculture or by federal or c…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, it is unlawful to possess the carcass, skin, or other part of any nongame bird. The feathers, carcass, skin, or parts of any nongame bird possessed by any person in violation of any of the…

The department may enter into cooperative contracts with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior in relation to the control or eradication of predatory birds, and for that purpose may expend any money made available to the department for expe…

The department may take any individual bird, or birds of any species, that, in its opinion, are unduly preying upon any species of bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, or fish. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 72. Effective January 1, 2008.)

In order to aid in relieving widespread waterfowl depredation of agricultural crops, the department may issue licenses under regulations which the commission may prescribe to permit the feeding of migratory game birds. The commission may prescribe an annual fee for the license. (…

“Native reptiles” as used in this chapter means snakes, lizards, turtles, or any other members of the class reptilia native to California. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 605.)

The commission shall establish rules and regulations for the commercial take, sale, transport, export, or import of native reptiles. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 605.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no permit shall be issued for the operation of a farm for alligators or any species of the family crocodilidae if the animals are kept for the use and sale of the meat or hides. No permit for the operation of a farm for alligators or an…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that for the purposes of sustainable fishery management and this part, essential fishery information is necessary for federally and state-managed marine fisheries important to the people of this state to provide sustainable economic and recr…

(a) The department shall establish a program for external peer review of the scientific basis of marine living resources management documents. The department, in its discretion and unless otherwise required by this part, may submit to peer review, documents that include, but are …