Fish and Game Code
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
DIVISION 0.5. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL DEFINITIONS (1-89)
CHAPTER 2. MARINE LIFE DEFINITIONS (90-99.5)
DIVISION 1. FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
CHAPTER 1. ORGANIZATION (101-106)
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL REGULATORY POWERS
Article 1. Regulations (200-220)
Article 1.5. Emergency Regulations (240)
Article 2. Continuance of Regulations (250)
CHAPTER 3. OTHER REGULATORY POWERS
Article 1. Generally (300-317)
Article 2. Special Seasons (325-330)
Article 2.1. Antelope and Elk (331-332)
Article 3. Migratory Birds (355-357)
Article 4. California-Arizona Compact (375)
Article 5. Reciprocal Agreements With Adjoining States (390-391)
Article 6. Falconry (395-398)
CHAPTER 4. ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL ACTS (400-401)
CHAPTER 5. MANAGEMENT OF DEER (450-460)
CHAPTER 6. DAMAGES FROM POACHING AND ILLEGAL SALES (500)
DIVISION 2. DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
CHAPTER 1. ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL FUNCTIONS
Article 1. Generally (700-714)
CHAPTER 1.5. WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT
Article 1. General Provisions (716-716.2)
Article 2. Definitions (716.3)
Article 3. Issuing State Violation Procedures (716.4)
Article 4. Home State Procedures (716.5)
Article 5. Reciprocal Recognition of Suspension (716.6)
Article 6. Applicability of Other Laws (716.7)
Article 7. Compact Administrator Procedures (716.8)
Article 8. Entry Into Compact and Withdrawal (716.9)
Article 9. Amendments to the Compact (717)
Article 10. Construction and Severability (717.1-717.2)
CHAPTER 2. DEPUTIES AND OTHER EMPLOYEES; COUNTY WARDENS
Article 1. State (850-858)
Article 2. County Fish and Game Wardens (875-882)
CHAPTER 3. OTHER POWERS AND DUTIES
Article 1. Generally (1000-1019)
Article 2. General License Provisions (1050-1110)
Article 3. State Fish Hatcheries (1120-1126)
Article 4. County Fish Hatcheries (1150)
Article 5. Private Nonprofit Hatcheries (1170-1175)
Article 6. Cooperative Salmon and Steelhead Rearing Facilities 1200-1206
CHAPTER 4. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LAW OF 1947
Article 1. Generally (1300-1301)
Article 2. The Wildlife Conservation Board (1320-1324)
Article 3. Powers and Purposes (1345-1356)
Article 3.5. Oak Woodlands Conservation Act (1360-1372)
Article 4. Cooperation With United States (1375)
CHAPTER 4.1. CALIFORNIA RIPARIAN HABITAT CONSERVATION PROGRAM (1385-1391)
CHAPTER 4.3. INLAND WETLANDS CONSERVATION PROGRAM
Article 1. Definitions (1400-1405)
Article 2. The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program (1410-1422)
Article 3. Finances (1430-1431)
CHAPTER 5. FISH AND GAME MANAGEMENT
Article 1. Generally (1500-1507)
Article 2. Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms (1525-1530)
Article 3. Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational
Enhancement Program (1570-1574)
Article 4. Ecological Reserves (1580-1586)
Article 5. Classification of Marine Managed Areas with Harvest
Restrictions (1590-1591)
CHAPTER 6. FISH AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION (1600-1616)
CHAPTER 7. CONSERVATION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES (1700)
CHAPTER 7.2. TRUST MANAGEMENT (1725-1728)
CHAPTER 7.3. BLACK BASS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (1740-1743)
CHAPTER 7.5. NATIVE SPECIES CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT
Article 1. Short Title (1750)
Article 2. Findings and Declarations (1755-1756)
Article 3. Native Species Conservation and Enhancement Account 1760-1769
Article 4. Endangered and Rare Fish, Wildlife, and Plant
Species Conservation and Enhancement Account (1770-1772)
CHAPTER 7.8. SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WETLANDS
MITIGATION BANK ACT OF 1993
Article 1. General Provisions (1775-1779.5)
Article 2. Legislative Goals (1780-1781)
Article 3. Wetlands Mitigation Banks (1784-1787)
Article 4. Wetlands (1790-1792.5)
Article 5. Discharge into Wetlands (1793-1796)
CHAPTER 8. CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
Article 1. Definitions (1800)
Article 2. Policy (1801-1802)
CHAPTER 9. WETLANDS MITIGATION BANKING
Article 1. General Provisions (1850-1852)
CHAPTER 10. NATIVE PLANT PROTECTION (1900-1913)
CHAPTER 11. CALIFORNIA DESERT NATIVE PLANTS (1925-1926)
CHAPTER 12. SIGNIFICANT NATURAL AREAS (1930-1933)
DIVISION 3. FISH AND GAME GENERALLY
CHAPTER 1. TAKING AND POSSESSING IN GENERAL (2000-2019)
CHAPTER 1.5. ENDANGERED SPECIES
Article 1. General Provisions (2050-2068)
Article 2. Listing of Endangered Species (2070-2079)
Article 3. Taking, Importation, Exportation, or Sale (2080-2085)
Article 3.5. Incidental Take Associated with Routine and
Ongoing Activities (2086-2089)
Article 5. Funding (2098-2100)
Article 7. Recovery Strategy Pilot Program (2105-2115.5)
CHAPTER 2. IMPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND SHELTERING OF
RESTRICTED LIVE WILD ANIMALS
Article 1. Generally (2116-2127)
Article 2. Permits (2150-2157)
Article 3. Regulation and Enforcement (2185-2195)
Article 4. Mammals Used for Hire (2200-2203)
CHAPTER 3. IMPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE PLANTS
AND ANIMALS
Article 1. Birds (2225)
Article 2. Mammals (2250)
Article 3. Aquatic Plants and Animals (2270-2272)
CHAPTER 3.5. CAULERPA ALGAE (2300)
CHAPTER 4. IMPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF DEAD BIRDS,
MAMMALS, FISH, REPTILES, AND AMPHIBIA
Article 1. Dead Wild Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and
Amphibia (2345-2371)
Article 2. Dead Domesticated Birds and Mammals (2400-2401)
CHAPTER 5. HUNTING AND FISHING GUIDES (2535-2546)
CHAPTER 6. CAPTURE, TRANSPORT OR SALE OF WILD RODENTS (2575-2576)
CHAPTER 6.5. CONTROL OF ILLEGALLY TAKEN FISH AND WILDLIFE (2580-2589)
CHAPTER 7. FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1984
Article 1. General Provisions (2600-2602)
Article 2. Habitat Enhancement Program (2620-2627)
Article 3. Fiscal Provisions (2640-2651)
CHAPTER 7.5. WILDLIFE AND NATURAL AREAS CONSERVATION PROGRAM
Article 1. General Provisions (2700-2702)
Article 2. Habitat Conservation Program (2720-2729)
CHAPTER 8. FISHERIES RESTORATION (2760-2765)
CHAPTER 9. CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT OF 1990
Article 1. General Provisions (2780-2781)
Article 2. California Wildlife Protection (2785-2799.6)
CHAPTER 10. NATURAL COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PLANNING ACT (2800-2835)
CHAPTER 10.5. MARINE LIFE PROTECTION ACT (2850-2863)
CHAPTER 11. HABITAT MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS (2900-2901)
CHAPTER 13. SALTON SEA RESTORATION ACT (2930-2933)
DIVISION 4. BIRDS AND MAMMALS
PART 1. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Methods of Taking (3000-3012)
Article 2. Hunting Licenses (3031-3039)
Article 2.5. Hunter's Safety (3049-3055.1)
Article 3. Special Colorado River Hunting Licenses (3060-3063)
Article 4. Possession of Birds and Mammals After Season (3080-3087)
CHAPTER 2. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
Article 1. Domesticated Game Breeding (3200-3219)
Article 2. Commercial Hunting Clubs (3240.5-3246)
Article 3. Licensed Domesticated Game Bird Hunting Clubs (3270)
Article 4. Licensed Domesticated Migratory Game Bird Shooting
Areas (3300-3311)
Article 5. Enhancement and Management of Fish and Wildlife
and their Habitat on Private Lands (3400-3409)
Article 6. Management of Fish and Wildlife on Military Lands 3450-3453
Article 7. The California Waterfowl Habitat Program (3460-3467)
PART 2. BIRDS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (3500-3516)
CHAPTER 2. PARTICULAR VARIETIES
Article 1. Pheasants (3660)
Article 2. Other Species (3680-3686)
Article 3. Migratory Birds (3700-3705)
CHAPTER 3. NONGAME BIRDS (3800-3806)
CHAPTER 4. CALIFORNIA CONDOR (3850-3857)
CHAPTER 5. Avian Influenza Wildlife Surveillance Act (3860-3864)
PART 3. MAMMALS
CHAPTER 1. GAME MAMMALS (3950-3961)
CHAPTER 2. FUR-BEARING MAMMALS
Article 1. Trapping Provisions (4000-4012)
Article 2. Fur Dealer License (4030-4043)
CHAPTER 3. NONGAME MAMMALS AND DEPREDATORS
Article 1. Nongame Mammals (4150-4154)
Article 2. Depredators (4180-4190)
CHAPTER 4. DEER
Article 1. Taking Deer (4301-4304)
Article 2. License Tags (4330-4341)
Article 3. Archery Deer Hunting (4370-4371)
CHAPTER 5. MARINE MAMMALS (4500-4501)
CHAPTER 6. BURROS (4600)
CHAPTER 7. WILD PIGS (4650-4657)
CHAPTER 8. FULLY PROTECTED MAMMALS (4700)
CHAPTER 9. BEAR (4750-4763)
CHAPTER 10. MOUNTAIN LIONS (4800-4809)
CHAPTER 11. BIGHORN SHEEP (4900-4904)
DIVISION 5. PROTECTED REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
CHAPTER 1. TURTLES
Article 1. Desert Tortoises (5000-5002)
Article 2. Terrapin (5020)
CHAPTER 2. FULLY PROTECTED REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS (5050)
CHAPTER 3. COMMERCIAL USE OF REPTILES (5060-5062)
DIVISION 6. FISH
PART 1. GENERALLY
CHAPTER 1. MISCELLANEOUS (5500-5522)
CHAPTER 2. POLLUTION
Article 1. General (5650-5656)
Article 2. Shellfish Area Contamination (5669-5675)
Article 2.5. Purification of Mollusks (5700-5702)
Article 3. Trinity and Klamath River Fish and Game District (5800-5803)
CHAPTER 3. DAMS, CONDUITS, AND SCREENS
Article 1. General Provisions (5900-5904)
Article 2. Dams and Obstructions (5930-5948)
Article 3. Conduits and Screens: Diversions Over 250 Cubic
Feet per Second (5980-5993)
Article 4. Conduits and Screens: Diversions Less Than 250
Cubic Feet per Second (6020-6028)
Article 5. Diversion of Water From Streams (6100)
CHAPTER 4. INFECTED OR DISEASED FISH (6300-6306)
CHAPTER 5. FISH PLANTING AND PROPAGATION
Article 1. General Provisions (6400-6403)
Article 2. Artificial Reefs (6420-6425)
Article 4. Grass Carp (6440-6460)
Article 8. Ocean Fishery Research (6590-6599)
CHAPTER 6. KELP AND OTHER AQUATIC PLANTS
Article 1. General Provisions (6650-6657)
Article 2. Royalties (6680)
Article 3. Exclusive Leases (6700-6711)
Article 4. Noncommercial Use of Kelp (6750-6751)
CHAPTER 7. AMPHIBIA
Article 1. Frogs (6850-6855)
Article 2. Frog-Jumping Contests (6880-6885)
Article 3. Commercial Use of Amphibians Except Frogs (6895-6896)
CHAPTER 8. SALMON, STEELHEAD TROUT, AND ANADROMOUS FISHERIES
PROGRAM ACT
Article 1. Citation and Legislative Findings (6900-6903.5)
Article 2. Definitions (6910-6912)
Article 3. Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries
Program (6920-6924)
Article 4. Effect of Reduced Water Flows (6930)
PART 1.7. CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MARINE LIVING
RESOURCES
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL POLICIES (7050-7051)
CHAPTER 2. MARINE FISHERIES GENERALLY (7055-7059)
CHAPTER 3. FISHERIES SCIENCE (7060-7062)
CHAPTER 4. COMMISSION AND DEPARTMENT (7065-7066)
CHAPTER 5. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS--GENERAL POLICIES (7070-7074)
CHAPTER 6. FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN PREPARATION, APPROVAL, AND
REGULATIONS (7075-7078)
CHAPTER 7. CONTENTS OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS (7080-7088)
CHAPTER 8. EMERGING FISHERIES (7090)
PART 2. SPORT FISHING
CHAPTER 1. GENERALLY
Article 1. Application of Part (7100)
Article 2. General Provisions (7120-7123)
Article 3. Sport Fishing Licenses (7145-7155)
Article 4. Reciprocal Sport Fishing Licenses (7180-7186.1)
Article 5. Processing and Preserving of Fish Taken Under
Sport Fishing License (7230-7232)
CHAPTER 2. PARTICULAR VARIETIES OF FISH
Article 1. Spiny Lobster (7256)
Article 1.3. Native California Trout (7260-7261)
Article 1.5. Pismo Clams (7290)
Article 2. Clams Generally, Mollusks, and Crustaceans (7332)
Article 3. Giant Seabass (7350)
Article 4. Bay-Delta Sport Fishing (7360-7363)
Article 5. Sturgeon (7370)
Article 6. Steelhead Trout (7380-7382)
Article 7. Recreational Abalone Advisory Committee (7400)
PART 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING
CHAPTER 1. GENERALLY (7600-7601)
Article 1.3. Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Program (7630)
Article 1.5. Federal Regulation (7650-7655)
Article 1.6. Salmon Management (7660-7662)
Article 1.7. Vessel, Hull, and Machinery Loss Pooling (7690)
Article 2. General Provisions (7700-7715)
Article 3. Commercial Fishing Licenses (7850-7858)
Article 3.5. Commercial Salmon Trollers Enhancement and
Restoration Program (7860-7863)
Article 4. Vessel Registration (7880-7892)
Article 5. Commercial Passenger Fishing Boat Licenses (7920-7925)
Article 6. Commercial Fishing Reports (8010-8026)
Article 7. Commercial Fish Business Licenses (8030-8039)
Article 7.5. Landing Taxes (8040-8070)
Article 8. Reduction Permits (8075-8080)
Article 9. Limited Entry Fisheries (8100-8104)
Article 10. Far Offshore Fishing (8110-8114)
Article 11. High Seas Interception of Salmon (8120-8123)
Article 12. Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Program (8125-8126)
CHAPTER 2. PARTICULAR VARIETIES OF FISH
Article 1. General Season (8140)
Article 2. Sardines (8150.5-8154)
Article 3. Anchovies (8180-8190)
Article 4. Salmon (8210.2-8226)
Article 4.5. Commercial Salmon Vessel Permits (8230-8248)
Article 5. Lobster (8250-8259)
Article 6. Crab (8275-8284)
Article 7. Abalones
Article 8. Clams and Other Mollusks (8340-8346)
Article 9. Salt-water and Anadromous Fish Generally (8370-8403)
Article 9.1. Sea Cucumbers (8405-8405.4)
Article 9.5. Pacific Mackerel (8411-8412)
Article 9.7. Market Squid (8420-8429.7)
Article 10. Fresh-water Fish Generally (8430-8437.1)
Article 11. Fresh-water Fish for Bait (8460-8475)
Article 12. Crayfish (8490-8494)
Article 13. Halibut Trawl Grounds (8495-8497)
Article 14. Tidal Invertebrates (8500)
Article 14.5. Krill (8510)
Article 15. Herring (8550-8559)
Article 16. Drift Gill Net Shark and Swordfish Fishery (8561-8582)
Article 17. Nearshore Fisheries Management Act (8585-8589.7)
Article 18. Prawns and Shrimp (8590-8595)
Article 19. Marine Aquaria Pets (8596-8598.6)
Article 20. White Sharks and Basking Sharks (8599-8599.4)
CHAPTER 3. NETS
Article 1. Generally (8601-8609)
Article 1.4. Marine Resources Protection Act of 1990 (8610.1-8610.16)
Article 1.5. Development of Alternative Fishing Gear (8614-8615)
Article 2. Nets for Particular Varieties of Fish (8623-8626)
Article 3. Seizure (8630-8635)
Article 4. Nets Generally in Particular Districts (8660-8670)
Article 5. Gill and Trammel Nets (8680-8700)
Article 6. Trammel Nets (8720-8725)
Article 7. Round Haul Nets (8750-8757)
Article 8. Bait Nets (8780-8780.1)
Article 9. Beach Nets (8800-8807)
Article 10. Trawl Nets (8830-8843)
Article 11. Dip Nets (8870)
Article 12. Other Nets (8890)
CHAPTER 4. OTHER MEANS OF TAKING
Article 1. Traps (9000-9024)
Article 2. Fishing Lines (9025.1-9029.5)
Article 3. Other Appliances (9050-9055)
CHAPTER 5. FUEL CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (9100-9101)
DIVISION 6.5. STURGEON EGG PROCESSORS (10000-10005)
DIVISION 7. REFUGES
CHAPTER 1. REFUGES AND OTHER PROTECTED AREAS
Article 1. General Provisions (10500-10514)
Article 2. Special Provisions for Given Areas (10650-10667)
Article 3. Federal Bird Reservations (10680-10685)
Article 4. Clam Refuges (10711)
Article 5. Wilderness Areas (10740-10741)
CHAPTER 2. SPECIFIC REFUGE BOUNDARIES
Article 1. Fish and Game Refuges (10770-10771)
Article 2. Fish Refuges (10801)
Article 3. Game Refuges (10820-10843)
Article 4. Waterfowl Refuges (10860-10861)
Article 5. Quail Refuges (10880-10881)
Article 6. Marine Life Refuge (10900-10913)
Article 7. Junior Fishing Reserve (10925)
Article 8. Burro Sanctuary (10930-10932)
DIVISION 8. DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 1. BOUNDARIES (11000-11039)
DIVISION 9. FINES AND PENALTIES
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (12000-12026)
CHAPTER 2. FORFEITURES, REVOCATION, AND SEIZURES (12150-12166)
CHAPTER 3. CALIFORNIA INDIANS (12300)
DIVISION 10. REVENUE
CHAPTER 1. STATE (13000-13014)
CHAPTER 2. COUNTY (13100-13104)
CHAPTER 3. ACCOUNTING (13200-13203)
DIVISION 10.5. EXPENDITURES (13220-13231)
DIVISION 11. PACIFIC MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT
CHAPTER 1. THE COMPACT (14000-14002)
CHAPTER 2. THE COMMISSION (14100-14105)
DIVISION 12. AQUACULTURE
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS (15000-15008)
CHAPTER 2. AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT SECTION (15100-15105)
CHAPTER 3. STOCKING AQUATIC ORGANISMS (15200-15202)
CHAPTER 4. BROOD STOCK ACQUISITION (15300-15301)
CHAPTER 5. LEASING OF STATE WATER BOTTOMS (15400-15415)
CHAPTER 6. DISEASE CONTROL (15500-15516)
CHAPTER 7. IMPORTATION OF AQUATIC PLANTS AND ANIMALS (15600-15605)
CHAPTER 8. AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (15700-15703)
DIVISION 13. STATE-TRIBAL AGREEMENTS GOVERNING INDIAN FISHING
CHAPTER 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS (16000)
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS (16001-16005)
CHAPTER 3. NEGOTIATION AND APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT (16006-16009)
CHAPTER 4. ENFORCEABILITY OF AN AGREEMENT OR COMPACT (16010-16011)
DIVISION 13.5. STATE-TRIBAL AGREEMENTS GOVERNING INDIAN
FISHING ON THE KLAMATH RIVER
CHAPTER 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS (16500)
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS (16510-16520)
CHAPTER 3. NEGOTIATION AND APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT (16530-16532)
CHAPTER 4. ENFORCEABILITY OF AN AGREEMENT OR COMPACT (16540-16541)
