California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 3 - General Regulations
Chapter 1 - Collecting Permits
Section 658 - Commercial Take of Bullfrogs (Rana Catesbeiana) for Sale to Scientific or Educational Institutions
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Permit Required of Supplier. Permits shall be issued only to qualified scientific supply houses which sell bullfrogs to bona fide scientific or educational institutions. Such supply houses shall be responsible for compliance by its employees with these regulations. The commission shall approve the qualifications of applicants under this section, and the department shall issue the permit following approval by the commission. See subsection 699(b) of these regulations for the fee for this permit.
(b) Market Order Issued by Supplier. A qualified scientific supply house shall issue a market order to each employee before that employee collects bullfrogs Each market order shall specify the exact number of bullfrogs to be collected, the collecting locality, and the dates, not to exceed seven (7) consecutive days, required for the employee to fill that order.
(c) Licenses and Permits Required of Employees. Each employee who collects bullfrogs for a qualified scientific supply house shall have a commercial fishing license and a scientific collecting permit issued by the department. Each boat used for this purpose shall be registered as a commercial fishing vessel.
(d) Market Order in Possession of Employees. Each employee shall have a market order in his possession when bullfrogs are being collected. No bullfrogs in excess of the numbers specified on the market order may be taken or possessed by the employee of a qualified scientific supply house.
(e) Commercial Fishing Reports Required. The commercial fishing provisions of the Fish and Game Code shall apply to the take of bullfrogs.
(f) Closed Areas. No bullfrogs may be taken for sale north of Interstate 80 in the Valley Sportfishing District described in section 12.00, title 14, California Administrative Code.
(g) Open Areas and Seasons. Bullfrogs may be taken for sale for scientific or educational purposes only in the following sportfishing districts or parts thereof, and only during the specified dates, except as provided in subsection (h):
(h) The department may issue permits to owners of biological supply houses to collect bullfrogs during the closed season, but only for sale to a bona fide scientific or educational institution as determined by the department. The supply house owner shall submit a written request to the department for the permit. An original letter, under the scientific or educational institution's letterhead and from a staff or faculty member requesting the purchase of a stated number of bullfrogs, shall accompany the request.
(i) Restricted Sale. Except for bullfrogs sold, leased, or rented for use in frog jumping contests as defined in Fish and Game Code section 6880, bullfrogs taken under authority of a permit issued pursuant to this section may be sold only to bona fide scientific or educational institutions and may be used only for scientific or educational purposes, and may not be sold, purchased, or traded for any other use.
(j) Delivery of Bullfrogs. A licensed employee shall deliver or ship all captured bullfrogs to the premises of the scientific supply house.
(k) Bullfrog Capture Methods. Bullfrogs may be captured only by hand. No spears, gigs, hooks, or other devices which might injure bullfrogs may be used.
(l) Application Requirements. Permit applications shall be submitted on forms furnished by the department. They may be filed with the department at any time. Application for renewal of a permit for the following calendar year may be filed concurrently with the annual report in December.
(m) Notification of Warden. Before collecting bullfrogs, the supplier shall notify a warden in the area where the employee wishes to collect. Such notification may be given by letter, telephone, or personal contact and shall include the canals and exact location on each of entry and departure, the dates of collection, and approximate length of time during which collecting is to be done. The employee shall carry his commercial fishing license, scientific collecting permit and market order at all times when collecting. These documents and specimens shall be shown upon demand to any person authorized by the department to enforce the provisions of the Fish and Game Code or regulation made pursuant thereto.
(n) Cancellation and Suspension of Permits. Any permit may be cancelled or suspended at any time by the commission for cause after notice and opportunity to be heard, or without a hearing upon conviction of a violation of these regulations by a court of competent jurisdiction.
1. Amendment
of subsection (d) filed 4-13-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
72, No. 16). For prior history, see Register 71, No. 41.
2.
Amendment filed 6-6-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No.
23).
3. Amendment of NOTE filed 7-16-81; effective thirtieth day
thereafter (Register 81, No. 29).
4. Amendment of subsections (f)
and (g) filed 6-4-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No.
23).
5. Order of Repeal of subsection (e) filed 6-3-85 by OAL
pursuant to Government Code section
11349.7;
effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 26).
6.
Editorial correction of NOTE filed 9-20-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 85, No. 38).
7. Amendment filed 9-8-86; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 37).
8. Amendment of
subsection (a) filed 4-18-91; operative 5-18-91 (Register 91, No.
21).
9. Amendment of subsection (i) and NOTE filed 1-25-95;
operative 2-24-95 (Register 95, No. 4).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 205, 1002, 6851, 6896, 7121 and 7709, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 1002, 6851, 7121 and 7709, Fish and Game Code.
