California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
Chapter 5.5 - Fishery Management Plans
Article 2 - White Seabass Fishery Management Plan
Section 51.02 - Process and Timing
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) White seabass management will conform with the goals, objectives, criteria, and procedures of the White Seabass Fishery Management Plan and other applicable laws and regulations, including the points of concern, socioeconomic, and framework review processes.
(b) The director may appoint a White Seabass Scientific and Constituent Advisory Panel (WSSCAP) to assist the department and commission with review of white seabass fishery assessments, management proposals, and plan amendments. Membership on the WSSCAP should be reserved for those knowledgeable in the principals of fisheries science, including stock assessment, and/or those interested in, and involved with, white seabass resource and fisheries. The director may by regulation determine the terms and conditions of membership on the WSSCAP.
(c) Monitoring and assessment of white seabass fisheries shall be conducted annually utilizing best available data, but at a minimum, the collection and review of reported catches. The department will provide management recommendations to the commission annually, and in-season if needed, based on criteria to be developed by the department's White Seabass Management Team in cooperation with the White Seabass Scientific and Constituent Advisory Panel, for approval by the commission by regulation.
(d) When acting to adjust management of a species within a fishery management unit based on non-biological and socioeconomic issues, the commission will follow the process specified in the fishery management plan and Section 50.03.
(e) Annual specifications and management measures are generally developed in the fall and considered and adopted at two commission meetings held during the period from November through April depending on the timing and complexity of the issues. However, management measures and actions may be developed, considered, adopted, and implemented at any time of year according to the criteria and procedures of the points of concern process.
1. New section filed 7-31-2002; operative 8-30-2002 (Register 2002, No. 31).
Note: Authority cited: Section 7071, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 7071, 7075, 7082 and 7083, Fish and Game Code.
