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 6 - Fish, Commercial
Section 111 - Designated Forage Fish Species or Species Groups (Federal Shared Ecosystem Component Species)
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) General Provisions. The intent of this section is to conform regulations for California state waters to federal regulations established in Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 600 and 660, 81 Fed. Reg. 19054-19058 (April 4, 2016). In order to prevent development of new large-scale directed commercial fisheries for designated forage fish species (otherwise known as Federal Shared Ecosystem Component Species), except as provided in a federal exempted fishing permit (EFP) issued pursuant to Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 600.745, it is unlawful for any person to engage in directed commercial fishing for designated forage fish species or species groups from a vessel, as defined in (b)(2) below. No person shall take designated forage fish species while engaged in commercial fishing activities except as authorized in (b)(2) below, and as otherwise specified by the Fish and Game Code and regulations provided herein.
(b) General Definitions.
1. New section filed 4-12-2017; operative 4-15-2017. Pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 7652, this action is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act and is submitted to OAL for filing and printing only (Register 2017, No. 15).
Note: Authority cited: Section 7652, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 7650, 7652, 7652.1, 7652.2, 7652.3 and 7653, Fish and Game Code; and Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 600 and 660, 81 Fed. Reg. 19054-19058 (April 4, 2016).