Bill Text: CA SB500 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Fish and wildlife.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 876, Statutes of 2023. [SB500 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB500-Amended.html
Amended
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Assembly
June 30, 2023 |
Amended
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Senate
April 27, 2023 |
Amended
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Senate
April 17, 2023 |
Amended
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Senate
March 28, 2023 |
Introduced by Senator McGuire |
February 14, 2023 |
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This bill would additionally authorize the commission to enter into an agreement with the director regarding the expenses associated with the distribution of $200 of the total fee for a sea urchin permit.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 7857 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:7857.
Unless otherwise specified, the following conditions apply to each commercial fishing license, permit, or other entitlement issued to take, possess aboard a boat, or land fish for commercial purposes and to each commercial boat registration issued by the department, except licenses issued pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 8030):SEC. 2.
Section 8030 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8030.
Any person who engages in any business for profit involving fish shall be licensed pursuant to this article, except as follows:SEC. 3.
Section 8032.5 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8032.5.
Unless otherwise specified, all of the following conditions apply to each commercial fish business license, permit, or other entitlement pursuant to this article:SEC. 4.
Section 8041 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8041.
(a) The following persons shall pay the landing fee determined pursuant to Section 8042:SEC. 5.
Section 8043 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8043.
(a) Every commercial fisherman who sells or delivers fish that(c)The numbered landing receipt forms in each individual landing receipt book shall be completed sequentially. A voided fish landing receipt shall have the word “VOID” plainly and noticeably written on the face of the receipt. A voided fish landing receipt shall be submitted to the department in the same manner as a completed fish landing receipt is submitted to the department. A fish receiver who is no longer conducting business as a licensed receiver shall forward all unused landing receipts and landing receipt books to the department immediately upon terminating his or
her business activity.
SEC. 6.
Section 8043.2 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8043.2.
(a) A commercial fisherman licensed pursuant to Section 8033.5 who sells fish from a vessel directly to the ultimate consumer and who is required pursuant to Section 8043 to makeSEC. 7.
Section 8045 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8045.
The names used in theSEC. 8.
Section 8046 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8046.
(a) TheSEC. 9.
Section 8046.1 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8046.1.
In addition to the requirements of Section 8046, any person landing groundfish subject to federal groundfish regulations adopted pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1801 et seq.) shall keep a copy of theSEC. 10.
Section 8047 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8047.
(a) (1) A person licensed under Article 7 (commencing with Section 8030) who takesSEC. 11.
Section 8280.3 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8280.3.
(a) For purposes of this section, the term “length overall” means the horizontal distance between the forward-most and after-most points on the hull of a vessel. The length overall of a vessel does not include attachments fixed to the stern and bow.SEC. 12.
Section 8285 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8285.
(a) The director may open waters that are otherwise restricted for the commercial take of Dungeness crab or rock crab pursuant to Section 5523 during a time period when the State Department of Public Health authorizes the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale of eviscerated Dungeness crab or rock crab pursuant to Article 15 (commencing with Section 111224) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, in accordance with the following requirements:SEC. 13.
Section 8405.2 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8405.2.
(a) A valid sea cucumber permit may be transferred by the permittee if the permittee has previously held a valid sea cucumber permit for any four permit years and landed at least 100 pounds of sea cucumbers in each of those permit years, as documented bySEC. 14.
Section 8615 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8615.
(a) (1) Within the first six months of operation pursuant to an experimental permit and after a reasonable and concerted effort to utilize a new type of commercial fishing gear, the permittee may request that the experimental permit be terminated if it is economically infeasible to harvest the target species or if the alternative gear is impractical, inefficient, or ineffective within the fishery or regional area selected. The permittee shall submit copies of allSECTION 1.SEC. 15.
Section 9054.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:9054.5.
The commission shall adopt regulations related to commercial sea urchin diving permits, and the vessels used to commercially fish for sea urchin, in order to better manage the number of permits issued.SEC. 2.SEC. 16.
Section 9055 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:9055.
(a) The base fee for a sea urchin permit authorized pursuant to Section 9054 is five hundred(b)The two-hundred-dollar ($200) portion of the fee may be revoked by the California Sea Urchin Commission before February 1 of each calendar year.