Title FGC — California Fish & Game Code

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, th…

As used in this article, “frog” means all species of frog.

Except as otherwise provided in this code or in regulations adopted by the commission, it is unlawful to take or possess any frog for commercial purposes. This article does not apply to frogs grown pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 15000).

Any person who conducts a place of business where frogs are sold to the public for food, or who takes or possesses frogs for sale to, or for use by, educational or scientific institutions for scientific purposes, may possess only at the place of business any number of frogs which…

It is unlawful to take frogs by the use of firearms of any caliber or type.

The department may issue a permit to take and dispose of frogs under such limitations as the commission may prescribe, when, in the judgment of the department, such frogs are polluting the water supply in any area, or otherwise constitute a nuisance. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. …

As used in this article, “frog-jumping contest” means a contest generally and popularly known as a frog-jumping contest which is open to the public and is advertised or announced in a newspaper. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Frogs to be used in frog-jumping contests shall be governed by this article only. Frogs to be so used may be taken at any time and without a license or permit. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

If the means used for taking such frogs can, as normally used, seriously injure the frog, it shall be conclusively presumed the taking is not for the purposes of a frog-jumping contest. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

Any person may possess any number of live frogs to use in frog-jumping contests, but if such a frog dies or is killed, it must be destroyed as soon as possible, and may not be eaten or otherwise used for any purpose. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

A frog which is not kept in a manner which is reasonable to preserve its life is not within the coverage of this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

The commission has no power to modify the provisions of this article by any order, rule, or regulation. (Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)

“Native amphibians” as used in this article means salamanders, toads, or any other member of the class amphibia native to California.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the commission shall establish rules for the commercial take, sale, transport, export, or import of native amphibians.

As used in this chapter “wildlife” means birds, mammals, and reptiles not raised in captivity.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage the preservation, conservation, and maintenance of wildlife resources under the jurisdiction and influence of the state. This policy shall include the following objectives: (a) To maintain sufficient populations of …

The department has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species. The department, as trustee for fish and wildlife resources, shall consult with lead…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries Program Act.

The Legislature, for purposes of this chapter, finds as follows: (a) According to the department, the natural production of salmon and steelhead trout in California has declined to approximately 1,000,000 adult chinook or king salmon, 100,000 coho or silver salmon, and 150,000 st…

The Legislature, for purposes of this chapter, declares as follows: (a) It is the policy of the state to significantly increase the natural production of salmon and steelhead trout by the end of this century. The department shall develop a plan and a program that strives to doubl…

It is the policy of the state and the department to encourage nonprofit salmon release and return operations subject to this code operated by, or on behalf of, licensed commercial salmon fishermen for the purpose of enhancing California’s salmon populations and increasing the sal…

The department shall encourage other nonprofit hatcheries and nonprofit artificial propagation operations, operated by, or on behalf of, licensed fishermen, for the purpose of rebuilding or enhancing marine fish populations, including, but not limited to, those for Dungeness crab…

Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Production” means the survival of fish to adulthood as measured by the abundance of the recreational and commercial catch together with the return of fish to the state’s spawning streams.

“Program” means the program for protecting and increasing the naturally spawning salmon and steelhead trout of the state provided for in Article 3 (commencing with Section 6920).

(a) The department shall, with the advice of the Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout and the Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee, prepare and maintain a detailed and comprehensive program for the protection and increase of salmon, steelhead trout, and anadr…

The program shall identify the measures the department will carry out to achieve the policies set forth in Section 6902.

The program shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following elements: (a) Identification of streams where the natural production of salmon and steelhead trout can be increased primarily through the improvement of stream and streambank conditions without effect on land …

Measures which are the responsibility of other agencies or persons, such as the repair or replacement of dysfunctional fish screens, are not eligible for funding under the program.

(a) Subject to the availability of funds for the purposes of this section, the department shall contract with the University of California to conduct a study of the effects that reduced waterflows at the mouths and upstream estuaries of rivers selected under subdivision (b) would…

The people of California find and declare all of the following: (a) Protection, enhancement, and restoration of wildlife habitat and fisheries are vital to maintaining the quality of life in California. As the state’s human population increases, there is an urgent need to protect…

The people of California find and declare that wildlife and fisheries conservation is in the public interest and that it is necessary to keep certain lands in open space and natural condition to protect significant environmental values of wildlife and native plant habitat, ripari…

The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Acquisition” includes but is not limited to, gifts, purchases, leases, easements, the exercise of eminent domain if expressly authorized, the transfer or exchange of property for other property of like value,…

Except as otherwise expressly provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2787, the money in the Habitat Conservation Fund, which is hereby created, shall be used for the following purposes: (a) The acquisition of habitat, including native oak woodlands, necessary to …

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, as follows: (a) To the Department of Parks and Recreation, four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) annually for allocation as …

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the board. This section shall become operative only if, and on the date that, Section 2787 is repealed.

In areas where habitats are or may become isolated or fragmented, preference shall be given by the agencies expending money from the fund to projects which will serve as corridors linking otherwise separated habitat so that the genetic integrity of wildlife populations will be ma…

Each agency receiving money from the fund pursuant to Section 2787 shall report to the board on or before July 1 of each year the amount of money that was expended and the purposes for which the money was expended. The board shall prescribe the information in the agencies reports…

The board shall expend the money appropriated to it from the fund subject to the following conditions: (a) Not more than one and one-half (11/2) percent shall be expended for administration of this chapter. (b) The board shall, to the extent practicable, expend the money in a man…

If any agency designated in Section 2787 ceases to exist, or is otherwise unable to expend the funds appropriated by Section 2787 to that agency for the period specified, the board or its successor agency shall expend the same funds for the same purpose.

The board and any other state or local agency that expends any funds appropriated from the fund on environmental enhancement, restoration, or improvement projects shall utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps and local community conservation corps to the extent …

In implementing this chapter, the state or local agency that manages lands acquired with funds appropriated from the fund shall prepare, with full public participation, a management plan for lands that have been acquired, which plan shall reasonably reduce possible conflicts with…

(a) The Controller shall annually transfer 10 percent of the funds in the Unallocated Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund. (b) No additional allocation of funds from that account shall be made by the Legislature for purposes …

(a) The Controller shall annually transfer the sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) from the General Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from, but not limited to, the following accounts and funds: (1) The Publ…

(a) The people find it necessary to acquire, restore, and improve the rapidly disappearing wildlife habitat of southern California in the quickest and most efficient manner possible using existing governmental resources. Therefore, notwithstanding Section 33216 of the Public Reso…

Acquisitions of real property made pursuant to this chapter shall be done in compliance with the land acquisition law as existing or as hereafter amended and as it applies to the agencies designated in Section 2787, and in compliance with subdivision (a) of Section 5929 of the Pu…

Every expenditure made pursuant to this chapter shall comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

Reasonable public access to lands acquired in fee with funds made available pursuant to this chapter shall be provided except when that access may interfere with habitat protection.

Only those amounts of money which are transferred to the fund from the General Fund pursuant to Section 2796 may be reappropriated for purposes of this chapter by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature.

(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Salton Sea Restoration Act. (b) The state’s comprehensive management plan for the Salton Sea, established pursuant to the Governor’s directive of May 2015, shall be known, and may be cited, as the John J. Benoit Salton Sea…