Title FGC, California Fish & Game Code

(a) It is unlawful to take any marine mammal except in accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (Chapter 31 (commencing with Section 1361) of Title 16 of the United States Code) or provisions of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or pursuan…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that several types of nonpoint source pollution are harmful to sea otters, and that scientific studies point to links between cat feces, the pathogen T-gondii, and sea otter mortality. The Legislature further finds and declares that efforts …

This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Orca Protection Act. (a) It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) and subdivision (c), hold in captivity an orca, whether wild-caught or captive-bred, …

As used in this chapter “general deer hunting season” means the annual season for the area in question as is set by the commission under its general regulatory powers, or set by statute, for the taking of male deer. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 839.)

The department shall designate deer herd management units and designate the manager for the units. Such units may encompass a single deer herd or a group of deer herds having similar management and habitat requirements and characteristics. Boundaries of such units, unless appropr…

The department shall develop plans for such deer herd management units. The objectives of such plans shall be the restoration and maintenance of healthy deer herds in the wild state and to provide for high quality and diversified use of deer in California. (Repealed and added by …

Such management plans shall contain the following program elements: (a) Document existing information on deer herd management units and programs to obtain information that may be needed. (b) Develop programs to maintain and increase the quality of deer habitat statewide. Such pro…

Deer herd management unit plans shall be reviewed annually and shall be the basis for department recommendations to the commission pursuant to this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 839.)

The department shall biennially report to the Legislature and to the commission on the progress that is being made toward the restoration and maintenance of California’s deer herds. The report shall include program activities regarding deer habitat, particularly addressing proble…

(a) Not later than December 15 of each year, the department shall determine its proposed recommendations to the commission relating to the management of deer, including its recommendations as to whether any antlerless deer hunts should be ordered. (b) The recommendations shall in…

(a) Not later than December 15 of each year, the department shall provide notice of the details of its proposed recommendations under Section 457 to the board of supervisors of each county affected by a recommendation, by certified mail. (b) Not later than the February 1 next fol…

(a) Not later than the February 1 next following the department’s notice, the board of supervisors of any affected county that has held a public hearing pursuant to Section 458 may, by resolution, object to one or more proposed recommendations of the department, or may, by resolu…

(a) Prior to each meeting of the commission at which the commission considers the regulation of deer and takes action pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 255, the department shall recommend to the commission the deer herd units to be placed under a general dee…

The Legislature finds and declares that the critical need to conserve, utilize, and manage the state’s marine fish resources and to meet the policies and other requirements stated in this part require that the state’s fisheries be managed by means of fishery management plans. (Ad…

(a) Any white seabass fishery management plan adopted by the commission on or before January 1, 1999, shall remain in effect until amended pursuant to this part. Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 7073, any white seabass fishery management plan adopted by…

(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…

(a) On or before September 1, 2001, the department shall submit to the commission for its approval a master plan that specifies the process and the resources needed to prepare, adopt, and implement fishery management plans for sport and commercial marine fisheries managed by the …

(a) The department shall prepare interim fishery research protocols for at least the three highest priority fisheries identified pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 7073. An interim fishery protocol shall be used by the department until a fishery management pl…

The California Energy Extension Service of the Office of Planning and Research shall implement a revolving loan fund program to assist low-income fishing fleet operators reduce their energy costs and conserve fuel by providing low-interest loans to those operators. (Added by Stat…

Commencing January 1, 1994, and thereafter biennially, the California Energy Extension Service of the Office of Planning and Research shall report to the Legislature on the status of the loan program, including the number and the amounts of loans made, the amount of loans repaid,…