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 5 - California Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan
Section 54.02 - Management Process and Timing
Current through Register 2023 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 29, 2023
(a) Spiny lobster management will conform to the goals, objectives, criteria, procedures, and harvest control rule guidelines in the Spiny Lobster FMP, and other applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
(b) Monitoring and assessment of the spiny lobster fisheries will be conducted annually, including the collection and review of catch reports and fishing logbook information. The department will provide management recommendations to the commission as needed.
(c) Conservation and management measures may be developed, considered, and adopted in compliance the Administrative Procedures Act and implemented at any time of year to achieve management plan goals and objectives, and may apply to any or all management areas, or portions of management areas at the discretion of the commission.
1. New section filed 3-2-2017; operative 4-1-2017 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2017, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 7075 and 7078, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 7050, 7055, 7056, 7070, 7071, 7075 and 7078, Fish and Game Code.
