§ 159. Commercial Fishing for Coastal Pelagic Species.
14 CA ADC § 159Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
14 CCR § 159
§ 159. Commercial Fishing for Coastal Pelagic Species.
(a) General provisions. No person shall engage in commercial fishing for coastal pelagic species (CPS) except as provided by the Fish and Game Code and regulations provided herein. Applicable regulations adopted by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act and published in Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Parts 600 and 660 are hereby incorporated and made a part of these regulations. Federal regulations shall be made available upon request from the Department of Fish and Game, Marine Region, 1416 Ninth Street, Box 944209, Sacramento, CA 94244-2090, phone number 916-653-6281.
(8) Federally Designated Routine Management Measures. Routine Management Measures, identified as catch restrictions intended to keep landings within the harvest levels announced by the Secretary of Commerce and noticed in the Federal Register by the National Marine Fisheries Service, are hereby incorporated and made a part of these regulations. Should any federal management measures conflict with existing statutes, including Fish and Game Code Sections 8496 and 8842(b), or regulations of the commission, the provisions in the statutes or regulations which conflict with the federal management measures are made inoperative.
(10) Fishery Management Area. The EEZ off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California between 3 and 200 nautical miles offshore, bounded in the north by the Provisional International Boundary between the United States and Canada, and bounded in the south by the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico.
(20) Person. Any individual, corporation, partnership, association or other entity (whether or not organized or existing under the laws of any state), and any Federal, state, or local government, or any entity of any such government that is eligible to own a documented vessel under the terms of 46 U.S.C. 12102(a).
(21) Processing or to process. Preparing or packaging coastal pelagic species to render the fish suitable for human consumption, pet food, industrial uses or long-term storage, including, but not limited to, cooking, canning, smoking, salting, drying, filleting, freezing, or rendering into meal or oil, but does not mean heading and gutting unless there is additional preparation.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Section 7652, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 7650-7653, 8150.7 and 8411, Fish and Game Code.
History
1. New section filed 9-24-2001; operative 10-24-2001. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 7652(d) (Register 2001, No. 39).
2. Amendment of subsection (b)(9) filed 10-16-2007; operative 11-15-2007 (Register 2007, No. 42).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b)(5) filed 10-19-2023 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2023, No. 42).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 159, 14 CA ADC § 159
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