Amended IN Assembly August 20, 2018 Amended IN Assembly June 19, 2018 Amended IN Senate May 25, 2018 Amended IN Senate April 30, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 21, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1017Introduced by Senator Allen(Coauthor: Senator Wieckowski)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Bloom, Brough, Carrillo, Chiu, Friedman, Friedman, Gabriel, Gloria, Levine, Muratsuchi, Quirk, Mark Stone, Waldron, Chu, Kalra, and Maienschein) Maienschein, and Mullin)February 07, 2018 An act to amend Sections 8394.5, 8561, and 8579 of, and to add Sections 8583 and 8583.5 to, the Fish and Game Code, relating to fisheries. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1017, as amended, Allen. Commercial fishing: drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery: permit transition program.(1) Existing law prohibits a person from using or operating, or assisting in using or operating, a boat, aircraft, net, trap, line, or other appliance to take fish for commercial purposes unless the person holds a commercial fishing license issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law prohibits the taking of shark and swordfish for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit (DGN permit) issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery if, after a public hearing, the director determines the action is necessary to protect the swordfish or thresher shark and mako shark resources and requires the director to reopen the fishery if he or she determines that the conditions that necessitated the closure no longer exist. Existing law authorizes a DGN permit to be transferred to another person under certain circumstances. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would require the department, between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, to develop a voluntary permit transition program, as prescribed, and to implement the program upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funding funds received by the department for this purpose. The bill would require a DGN permit issued pursuant to these provisions to be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023. Because a violation of this provision would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The bill would provide that the provisions dealing with the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery do not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a DGN permit.(2) Existing law establishes a swordfish permit that authorizes a person holding that permit to take, possess aboard a boat, and land swordfish for commercial purposes using specified methods but not including use of a drift gill net. Existing law establishes a fee of $330 for a swordfish permit, as adjusted pursuant to the above-described index, but exempts the holder of a DGN permit from payment of that fee.This bill would also exempt any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department from payment of the fee for a swordfish permit. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is in the best interest of the people of the state, the commercial fishing industry, and Californias marine resources that fishermen use the most sustainable fishing gear available to harvest seafood off the California coast.(b) Large-scale pelagic drift gill nets targeting swordfish and sharks have been banned on the high seas and in ocean waters of many countries worldwide and are banned or are no longer permitted by all other states because of the unavoidable impacts to marine wildlife, including whales, dolphins, sharks, pinnipeds, and sea turtles, including the California state marine reptile, the Pacific leatherback sea turtle. Many California species killed by the drift gill net fishery are protected under state and federal law or covered under international agreements, such as the sperm whale, the leatherback sea turtle, the loggerhead sea turtle, the bigeye thresher shark, and the scalloped hammerhead shark.(c) Impacts to Californias marine and coastal resources have been a persistent concern with the use of drift gill nets. According to data collected pursuant to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations observer program, Californias drift gill net fishery discards on average over one-half of all fish caught, kills over 70 different marine species as bycatch, and has among the highest rates of marine mammal and sea turtle interactions across all West Coast fisheries.(d) California should set the standard for sustainable swordfish fishing globally and follow the lead of the other states in implementing sustainable alternatives. Californias standards for sustainability and low environmental impacts in commercial fishing are critical for addressing impacts in foreign fisheries, since these standards frame the scope of international efforts to push for stronger international standards, both diplomatically and as a matter of federal law. Continuing the use of destructive fishing gears in California enables the use of similar gears in fisheries that export seafood into the United States and limits federal efforts to restrict, limit, and reduce impacts from those imports.(e) The Pacific Fishery Management Council is in the process of authorizing a new innovative technology for fishing swordfish known as deep set buoy gear. This gear has been deployed commercially on the East Coast where it has proven to be among the most selective and sustainable gears used to catch swordfish, and results of commercial trials off California demonstrate the gear can effectively catch swordfish with minimal bycatch and bycatch mortality. This gear could be used to improve the fishing practices of Californias swordfish fishery.(f) Given the economic and environmental benefits to the people of the state, it is the intent of the Legislature to direct new entrants into the swordfish fishery toward the use of lower impact fishing gears for a modernized fishery, while allowing current participants in the drift gill net fishery to continue those practices until the end of the 2023 fishing season.SEC. 2. Section 8394.5 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8394.5. The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). This permit fee does not apply to the holder of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit required under Article 16 (commencing with Section 8561) or to any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department pursuant to Section 8583.SEC. 3. Section 8561 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8561. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat.(b) A drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall not be required for the taking of sharks with drift gill nets with a mesh size smaller than eight inches in stretched mesh and twine size no. 18 or the equivalent of this twine size or smaller.(c) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023.SEC. 4. Section 8579 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8579. (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his or her permit to the department.(b) (1) A permittee may surrender his or her permit by notifying the departments Long Beach office of his or her intentions by telegram or certified letter and by sending or delivering his or her permit to a department office.(2) A permittee may reclaim his or her permit surrendered pursuant to paragraph (1) at any time during regular working hours, if the permit has not been suspended or revoked.(c) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) does not apply to any permit surrendered pursuant to Section 8583.SEC. 5. Section 8583 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:8583. (a) Between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, inclusive, the department shall develop a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions:(1) The department shall pay a permittee who has landed swordfish or thresher shark with a large mesh drift gill net between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2018, inclusive, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the following amounts:(A) The fair market value of the drift gill net permit not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(B) The fair market value of a 14-inch mesh drift gill net not to exceed sixty-five one hundred thousand dollars ($65,000), ($100,000), if the permittee surrenders the net pursuant to paragraph (3).(2) The department shall pay a permittee who has not landed swordfish or thresher shark on or after April 1, 2012, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the fair market value of the drift gill net permit, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(3) Any permittee who participates in the transition program by surrendering his or her permit pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be prohibited from obtaining a new California drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, shall agree not to fish under a federal drift gill net permit, shall agree not to transfer or renew a federal drift gill net permit, and shall surrender his or her large mesh drift gill net.(b) (1) The department may obtain funding from federal, state, nonprofit, or private sources for the transition program. The department shall inform both budget committees and all policy committees with jurisdiction over fisheries issues once it has received funding from private or federal entities equal to one-third of the projected cost of the transition program.(2) The department shall implement the transition program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funds received by the department for purposes of implementing the transition program and matching state funds. program.(c) The department shall undertake all reasonable and feasible efforts to obtain funding from the Ocean Protection Council, nonprofit foundations, and federal agencies to implement this section.SEC. 6. Section 8583.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:8583.5. This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.SEC. 7. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
Amended IN Assembly August 20, 2018 Amended IN Assembly June 19, 2018 Amended IN Senate May 25, 2018 Amended IN Senate April 30, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 21, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1017Introduced by Senator Allen(Coauthor: Senator Wieckowski)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Bloom, Brough, Carrillo, Chiu, Friedman, Friedman, Gabriel, Gloria, Levine, Muratsuchi, Quirk, Mark Stone, Waldron, Chu, Kalra, and Maienschein) Maienschein, and Mullin)February 07, 2018 An act to amend Sections 8394.5, 8561, and 8579 of, and to add Sections 8583 and 8583.5 to, the Fish and Game Code, relating to fisheries. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1017, as amended, Allen. Commercial fishing: drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery: permit transition program.(1) Existing law prohibits a person from using or operating, or assisting in using or operating, a boat, aircraft, net, trap, line, or other appliance to take fish for commercial purposes unless the person holds a commercial fishing license issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law prohibits the taking of shark and swordfish for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit (DGN permit) issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery if, after a public hearing, the director determines the action is necessary to protect the swordfish or thresher shark and mako shark resources and requires the director to reopen the fishery if he or she determines that the conditions that necessitated the closure no longer exist. Existing law authorizes a DGN permit to be transferred to another person under certain circumstances. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would require the department, between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, to develop a voluntary permit transition program, as prescribed, and to implement the program upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funding funds received by the department for this purpose. The bill would require a DGN permit issued pursuant to these provisions to be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023. Because a violation of this provision would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The bill would provide that the provisions dealing with the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery do not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a DGN permit.(2) Existing law establishes a swordfish permit that authorizes a person holding that permit to take, possess aboard a boat, and land swordfish for commercial purposes using specified methods but not including use of a drift gill net. Existing law establishes a fee of $330 for a swordfish permit, as adjusted pursuant to the above-described index, but exempts the holder of a DGN permit from payment of that fee.This bill would also exempt any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department from payment of the fee for a swordfish permit. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Amended IN Assembly August 20, 2018 Amended IN Assembly June 19, 2018 Amended IN Senate May 25, 2018 Amended IN Senate April 30, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 21, 2018
Amended IN Assembly August 20, 2018
Amended IN Assembly June 19, 2018
Amended IN Senate May 25, 2018
Amended IN Senate April 30, 2018
Amended IN Senate March 21, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 1017
Introduced by Senator Allen(Coauthor: Senator Wieckowski)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Bloom, Brough, Carrillo, Chiu, Friedman, Friedman, Gabriel, Gloria, Levine, Muratsuchi, Quirk, Mark Stone, Waldron, Chu, Kalra, and Maienschein) Maienschein, and Mullin)February 07, 2018
Introduced by Senator Allen(Coauthor: Senator Wieckowski)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Bloom, Brough, Carrillo, Chiu, Friedman, Friedman, Gabriel, Gloria, Levine, Muratsuchi, Quirk, Mark Stone, Waldron, Chu, Kalra, and Maienschein) Maienschein, and Mullin)
February 07, 2018
An act to amend Sections 8394.5, 8561, and 8579 of, and to add Sections 8583 and 8583.5 to, the Fish and Game Code, relating to fisheries.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1017, as amended, Allen. Commercial fishing: drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery: permit transition program.
(1) Existing law prohibits a person from using or operating, or assisting in using or operating, a boat, aircraft, net, trap, line, or other appliance to take fish for commercial purposes unless the person holds a commercial fishing license issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law prohibits the taking of shark and swordfish for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit (DGN permit) issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery if, after a public hearing, the director determines the action is necessary to protect the swordfish or thresher shark and mako shark resources and requires the director to reopen the fishery if he or she determines that the conditions that necessitated the closure no longer exist. Existing law authorizes a DGN permit to be transferred to another person under certain circumstances. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would require the department, between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, to develop a voluntary permit transition program, as prescribed, and to implement the program upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funding funds received by the department for this purpose. The bill would require a DGN permit issued pursuant to these provisions to be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023. Because a violation of this provision would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The bill would provide that the provisions dealing with the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery do not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a DGN permit.(2) Existing law establishes a swordfish permit that authorizes a person holding that permit to take, possess aboard a boat, and land swordfish for commercial purposes using specified methods but not including use of a drift gill net. Existing law establishes a fee of $330 for a swordfish permit, as adjusted pursuant to the above-described index, but exempts the holder of a DGN permit from payment of that fee.This bill would also exempt any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department from payment of the fee for a swordfish permit. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
(1) Existing law prohibits a person from using or operating, or assisting in using or operating, a boat, aircraft, net, trap, line, or other appliance to take fish for commercial purposes unless the person holds a commercial fishing license issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law prohibits the taking of shark and swordfish for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit (DGN permit) issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the Director of Fish and Wildlife to close the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery if, after a public hearing, the director determines the action is necessary to protect the swordfish or thresher shark and mako shark resources and requires the director to reopen the fishery if he or she determines that the conditions that necessitated the closure no longer exist. Existing law authorizes a DGN permit to be transferred to another person under certain circumstances. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime.
This bill would require the department, between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, to develop a voluntary permit transition program, as prescribed, and to implement the program upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funding funds received by the department for this purpose. The bill would require a DGN permit issued pursuant to these provisions to be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023. Because a violation of this provision would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would provide that the provisions dealing with the drift gill net shark and swordfish fishery do not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a DGN permit.
(2) Existing law establishes a swordfish permit that authorizes a person holding that permit to take, possess aboard a boat, and land swordfish for commercial purposes using specified methods but not including use of a drift gill net. Existing law establishes a fee of $330 for a swordfish permit, as adjusted pursuant to the above-described index, but exempts the holder of a DGN permit from payment of that fee.
This bill would also exempt any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department from payment of the fee for a swordfish permit.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is in the best interest of the people of the state, the commercial fishing industry, and Californias marine resources that fishermen use the most sustainable fishing gear available to harvest seafood off the California coast.(b) Large-scale pelagic drift gill nets targeting swordfish and sharks have been banned on the high seas and in ocean waters of many countries worldwide and are banned or are no longer permitted by all other states because of the unavoidable impacts to marine wildlife, including whales, dolphins, sharks, pinnipeds, and sea turtles, including the California state marine reptile, the Pacific leatherback sea turtle. Many California species killed by the drift gill net fishery are protected under state and federal law or covered under international agreements, such as the sperm whale, the leatherback sea turtle, the loggerhead sea turtle, the bigeye thresher shark, and the scalloped hammerhead shark.(c) Impacts to Californias marine and coastal resources have been a persistent concern with the use of drift gill nets. According to data collected pursuant to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations observer program, Californias drift gill net fishery discards on average over one-half of all fish caught, kills over 70 different marine species as bycatch, and has among the highest rates of marine mammal and sea turtle interactions across all West Coast fisheries.(d) California should set the standard for sustainable swordfish fishing globally and follow the lead of the other states in implementing sustainable alternatives. Californias standards for sustainability and low environmental impacts in commercial fishing are critical for addressing impacts in foreign fisheries, since these standards frame the scope of international efforts to push for stronger international standards, both diplomatically and as a matter of federal law. Continuing the use of destructive fishing gears in California enables the use of similar gears in fisheries that export seafood into the United States and limits federal efforts to restrict, limit, and reduce impacts from those imports.(e) The Pacific Fishery Management Council is in the process of authorizing a new innovative technology for fishing swordfish known as deep set buoy gear. This gear has been deployed commercially on the East Coast where it has proven to be among the most selective and sustainable gears used to catch swordfish, and results of commercial trials off California demonstrate the gear can effectively catch swordfish with minimal bycatch and bycatch mortality. This gear could be used to improve the fishing practices of Californias swordfish fishery.(f) Given the economic and environmental benefits to the people of the state, it is the intent of the Legislature to direct new entrants into the swordfish fishery toward the use of lower impact fishing gears for a modernized fishery, while allowing current participants in the drift gill net fishery to continue those practices until the end of the 2023 fishing season.SEC. 2. Section 8394.5 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8394.5. The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). This permit fee does not apply to the holder of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit required under Article 16 (commencing with Section 8561) or to any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department pursuant to Section 8583.SEC. 3. Section 8561 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8561. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat.(b) A drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall not be required for the taking of sharks with drift gill nets with a mesh size smaller than eight inches in stretched mesh and twine size no. 18 or the equivalent of this twine size or smaller.(c) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023.SEC. 4. Section 8579 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8579. (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his or her permit to the department.(b) (1) A permittee may surrender his or her permit by notifying the departments Long Beach office of his or her intentions by telegram or certified letter and by sending or delivering his or her permit to a department office.(2) A permittee may reclaim his or her permit surrendered pursuant to paragraph (1) at any time during regular working hours, if the permit has not been suspended or revoked.(c) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) does not apply to any permit surrendered pursuant to Section 8583.SEC. 5. Section 8583 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:8583. (a) Between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, inclusive, the department shall develop a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions:(1) The department shall pay a permittee who has landed swordfish or thresher shark with a large mesh drift gill net between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2018, inclusive, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the following amounts:(A) The fair market value of the drift gill net permit not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(B) The fair market value of a 14-inch mesh drift gill net not to exceed sixty-five one hundred thousand dollars ($65,000), ($100,000), if the permittee surrenders the net pursuant to paragraph (3).(2) The department shall pay a permittee who has not landed swordfish or thresher shark on or after April 1, 2012, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the fair market value of the drift gill net permit, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(3) Any permittee who participates in the transition program by surrendering his or her permit pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be prohibited from obtaining a new California drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, shall agree not to fish under a federal drift gill net permit, shall agree not to transfer or renew a federal drift gill net permit, and shall surrender his or her large mesh drift gill net.(b) (1) The department may obtain funding from federal, state, nonprofit, or private sources for the transition program. The department shall inform both budget committees and all policy committees with jurisdiction over fisheries issues once it has received funding from private or federal entities equal to one-third of the projected cost of the transition program.(2) The department shall implement the transition program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funds received by the department for purposes of implementing the transition program and matching state funds. program.(c) The department shall undertake all reasonable and feasible efforts to obtain funding from the Ocean Protection Council, nonprofit foundations, and federal agencies to implement this section.SEC. 6. Section 8583.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:8583.5. This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.SEC. 7. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is in the best interest of the people of the state, the commercial fishing industry, and Californias marine resources that fishermen use the most sustainable fishing gear available to harvest seafood off the California coast.(b) Large-scale pelagic drift gill nets targeting swordfish and sharks have been banned on the high seas and in ocean waters of many countries worldwide and are banned or are no longer permitted by all other states because of the unavoidable impacts to marine wildlife, including whales, dolphins, sharks, pinnipeds, and sea turtles, including the California state marine reptile, the Pacific leatherback sea turtle. Many California species killed by the drift gill net fishery are protected under state and federal law or covered under international agreements, such as the sperm whale, the leatherback sea turtle, the loggerhead sea turtle, the bigeye thresher shark, and the scalloped hammerhead shark.(c) Impacts to Californias marine and coastal resources have been a persistent concern with the use of drift gill nets. According to data collected pursuant to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations observer program, Californias drift gill net fishery discards on average over one-half of all fish caught, kills over 70 different marine species as bycatch, and has among the highest rates of marine mammal and sea turtle interactions across all West Coast fisheries.(d) California should set the standard for sustainable swordfish fishing globally and follow the lead of the other states in implementing sustainable alternatives. Californias standards for sustainability and low environmental impacts in commercial fishing are critical for addressing impacts in foreign fisheries, since these standards frame the scope of international efforts to push for stronger international standards, both diplomatically and as a matter of federal law. Continuing the use of destructive fishing gears in California enables the use of similar gears in fisheries that export seafood into the United States and limits federal efforts to restrict, limit, and reduce impacts from those imports.(e) The Pacific Fishery Management Council is in the process of authorizing a new innovative technology for fishing swordfish known as deep set buoy gear. This gear has been deployed commercially on the East Coast where it has proven to be among the most selective and sustainable gears used to catch swordfish, and results of commercial trials off California demonstrate the gear can effectively catch swordfish with minimal bycatch and bycatch mortality. This gear could be used to improve the fishing practices of Californias swordfish fishery.(f) Given the economic and environmental benefits to the people of the state, it is the intent of the Legislature to direct new entrants into the swordfish fishery toward the use of lower impact fishing gears for a modernized fishery, while allowing current participants in the drift gill net fishery to continue those practices until the end of the 2023 fishing season.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is in the best interest of the people of the state, the commercial fishing industry, and Californias marine resources that fishermen use the most sustainable fishing gear available to harvest seafood off the California coast.(b) Large-scale pelagic drift gill nets targeting swordfish and sharks have been banned on the high seas and in ocean waters of many countries worldwide and are banned or are no longer permitted by all other states because of the unavoidable impacts to marine wildlife, including whales, dolphins, sharks, pinnipeds, and sea turtles, including the California state marine reptile, the Pacific leatherback sea turtle. Many California species killed by the drift gill net fishery are protected under state and federal law or covered under international agreements, such as the sperm whale, the leatherback sea turtle, the loggerhead sea turtle, the bigeye thresher shark, and the scalloped hammerhead shark.(c) Impacts to Californias marine and coastal resources have been a persistent concern with the use of drift gill nets. According to data collected pursuant to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations observer program, Californias drift gill net fishery discards on average over one-half of all fish caught, kills over 70 different marine species as bycatch, and has among the highest rates of marine mammal and sea turtle interactions across all West Coast fisheries.(d) California should set the standard for sustainable swordfish fishing globally and follow the lead of the other states in implementing sustainable alternatives. Californias standards for sustainability and low environmental impacts in commercial fishing are critical for addressing impacts in foreign fisheries, since these standards frame the scope of international efforts to push for stronger international standards, both diplomatically and as a matter of federal law. Continuing the use of destructive fishing gears in California enables the use of similar gears in fisheries that export seafood into the United States and limits federal efforts to restrict, limit, and reduce impacts from those imports.(e) The Pacific Fishery Management Council is in the process of authorizing a new innovative technology for fishing swordfish known as deep set buoy gear. This gear has been deployed commercially on the East Coast where it has proven to be among the most selective and sustainable gears used to catch swordfish, and results of commercial trials off California demonstrate the gear can effectively catch swordfish with minimal bycatch and bycatch mortality. This gear could be used to improve the fishing practices of Californias swordfish fishery.(f) Given the economic and environmental benefits to the people of the state, it is the intent of the Legislature to direct new entrants into the swordfish fishery toward the use of lower impact fishing gears for a modernized fishery, while allowing current participants in the drift gill net fishery to continue those practices until the end of the 2023 fishing season.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) It is in the best interest of the people of the state, the commercial fishing industry, and Californias marine resources that fishermen use the most sustainable fishing gear available to harvest seafood off the California coast.
(b) Large-scale pelagic drift gill nets targeting swordfish and sharks have been banned on the high seas and in ocean waters of many countries worldwide and are banned or are no longer permitted by all other states because of the unavoidable impacts to marine wildlife, including whales, dolphins, sharks, pinnipeds, and sea turtles, including the California state marine reptile, the Pacific leatherback sea turtle. Many California species killed by the drift gill net fishery are protected under state and federal law or covered under international agreements, such as the sperm whale, the leatherback sea turtle, the loggerhead sea turtle, the bigeye thresher shark, and the scalloped hammerhead shark.
(c) Impacts to Californias marine and coastal resources have been a persistent concern with the use of drift gill nets. According to data collected pursuant to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations observer program, Californias drift gill net fishery discards on average over one-half of all fish caught, kills over 70 different marine species as bycatch, and has among the highest rates of marine mammal and sea turtle interactions across all West Coast fisheries.
(d) California should set the standard for sustainable swordfish fishing globally and follow the lead of the other states in implementing sustainable alternatives. Californias standards for sustainability and low environmental impacts in commercial fishing are critical for addressing impacts in foreign fisheries, since these standards frame the scope of international efforts to push for stronger international standards, both diplomatically and as a matter of federal law. Continuing the use of destructive fishing gears in California enables the use of similar gears in fisheries that export seafood into the United States and limits federal efforts to restrict, limit, and reduce impacts from those imports.
(e) The Pacific Fishery Management Council is in the process of authorizing a new innovative technology for fishing swordfish known as deep set buoy gear. This gear has been deployed commercially on the East Coast where it has proven to be among the most selective and sustainable gears used to catch swordfish, and results of commercial trials off California demonstrate the gear can effectively catch swordfish with minimal bycatch and bycatch mortality. This gear could be used to improve the fishing practices of Californias swordfish fishery.
(f) Given the economic and environmental benefits to the people of the state, it is the intent of the Legislature to direct new entrants into the swordfish fishery toward the use of lower impact fishing gears for a modernized fishery, while allowing current participants in the drift gill net fishery to continue those practices until the end of the 2023 fishing season.
SEC. 2. Section 8394.5 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8394.5. The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). This permit fee does not apply to the holder of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit required under Article 16 (commencing with Section 8561) or to any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department pursuant to Section 8583.
SEC. 2. Section 8394.5 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:
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8394.5. The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). This permit fee does not apply to the holder of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit required under Article 16 (commencing with Section 8561) or to any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department pursuant to Section 8583.
8394.5. The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). This permit fee does not apply to the holder of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit required under Article 16 (commencing with Section 8561) or to any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department pursuant to Section 8583.
8394.5. The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). This permit fee does not apply to the holder of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit required under Article 16 (commencing with Section 8561) or to any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department pursuant to Section 8583.
8394.5. The fee for the permit issued pursuant to Section 8394 is three hundred thirty dollars ($330). This permit fee does not apply to the holder of a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit required under Article 16 (commencing with Section 8561) or to any person who participates in the permit transition program established by the department pursuant to Section 8583.
SEC. 3. Section 8561 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8561. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat.(b) A drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall not be required for the taking of sharks with drift gill nets with a mesh size smaller than eight inches in stretched mesh and twine size no. 18 or the equivalent of this twine size or smaller.(c) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023.
SEC. 3. Section 8561 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:
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8561. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat.(b) A drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall not be required for the taking of sharks with drift gill nets with a mesh size smaller than eight inches in stretched mesh and twine size no. 18 or the equivalent of this twine size or smaller.(c) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023.
8561. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat.(b) A drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall not be required for the taking of sharks with drift gill nets with a mesh size smaller than eight inches in stretched mesh and twine size no. 18 or the equivalent of this twine size or smaller.(c) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023.
8561. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat.(b) A drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall not be required for the taking of sharks with drift gill nets with a mesh size smaller than eight inches in stretched mesh and twine size no. 18 or the equivalent of this twine size or smaller.(c) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023.
8561. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8394, shark and swordfish shall not be taken for commercial purposes with drift gill nets except under a valid drift gill net shark and swordfish permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked and is issued to at least one person aboard the boat.
(b) A drift gill net shark and swordfish permit shall not be required for the taking of sharks with drift gill nets with a mesh size smaller than eight inches in stretched mesh and twine size no. 18 or the equivalent of this twine size or smaller.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 8102 or any other law, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be surrendered or revoked as of January 31, 2023.
SEC. 4. Section 8579 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:8579. (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his or her permit to the department.(b) (1) A permittee may surrender his or her permit by notifying the departments Long Beach office of his or her intentions by telegram or certified letter and by sending or delivering his or her permit to a department office.(2) A permittee may reclaim his or her permit surrendered pursuant to paragraph (1) at any time during regular working hours, if the permit has not been suspended or revoked.(c) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) does not apply to any permit surrendered pursuant to Section 8583.
SEC. 4. Section 8579 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:
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8579. (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his or her permit to the department.(b) (1) A permittee may surrender his or her permit by notifying the departments Long Beach office of his or her intentions by telegram or certified letter and by sending or delivering his or her permit to a department office.(2) A permittee may reclaim his or her permit surrendered pursuant to paragraph (1) at any time during regular working hours, if the permit has not been suspended or revoked.(c) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) does not apply to any permit surrendered pursuant to Section 8583.
8579. (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his or her permit to the department.(b) (1) A permittee may surrender his or her permit by notifying the departments Long Beach office of his or her intentions by telegram or certified letter and by sending or delivering his or her permit to a department office.(2) A permittee may reclaim his or her permit surrendered pursuant to paragraph (1) at any time during regular working hours, if the permit has not been suspended or revoked.(c) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) does not apply to any permit surrendered pursuant to Section 8583.
8579. (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his or her permit to the department.(b) (1) A permittee may surrender his or her permit by notifying the departments Long Beach office of his or her intentions by telegram or certified letter and by sending or delivering his or her permit to a department office.(2) A permittee may reclaim his or her permit surrendered pursuant to paragraph (1) at any time during regular working hours, if the permit has not been suspended or revoked.(c) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) does not apply to any permit surrendered pursuant to Section 8583.
8579. (a) A permittee shall be subject to the provisions of this article whenever the permittee is using a drift gill net, unless the permittee has surrendered his or her permit to the department.
(b) (1) A permittee may surrender his or her permit by notifying the departments Long Beach office of his or her intentions by telegram or certified letter and by sending or delivering his or her permit to a department office.
(2) A permittee may reclaim his or her permit surrendered pursuant to paragraph (1) at any time during regular working hours, if the permit has not been suspended or revoked.
(c) Paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) does not apply to any permit surrendered pursuant to Section 8583.
SEC. 5. Section 8583 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:8583. (a) Between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, inclusive, the department shall develop a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions:(1) The department shall pay a permittee who has landed swordfish or thresher shark with a large mesh drift gill net between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2018, inclusive, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the following amounts:(A) The fair market value of the drift gill net permit not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(B) The fair market value of a 14-inch mesh drift gill net not to exceed sixty-five one hundred thousand dollars ($65,000), ($100,000), if the permittee surrenders the net pursuant to paragraph (3).(2) The department shall pay a permittee who has not landed swordfish or thresher shark on or after April 1, 2012, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the fair market value of the drift gill net permit, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(3) Any permittee who participates in the transition program by surrendering his or her permit pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be prohibited from obtaining a new California drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, shall agree not to fish under a federal drift gill net permit, shall agree not to transfer or renew a federal drift gill net permit, and shall surrender his or her large mesh drift gill net.(b) (1) The department may obtain funding from federal, state, nonprofit, or private sources for the transition program. The department shall inform both budget committees and all policy committees with jurisdiction over fisheries issues once it has received funding from private or federal entities equal to one-third of the projected cost of the transition program.(2) The department shall implement the transition program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funds received by the department for purposes of implementing the transition program and matching state funds. program.(c) The department shall undertake all reasonable and feasible efforts to obtain funding from the Ocean Protection Council, nonprofit foundations, and federal agencies to implement this section.
SEC. 5. Section 8583 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:
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8583. (a) Between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, inclusive, the department shall develop a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions:(1) The department shall pay a permittee who has landed swordfish or thresher shark with a large mesh drift gill net between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2018, inclusive, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the following amounts:(A) The fair market value of the drift gill net permit not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(B) The fair market value of a 14-inch mesh drift gill net not to exceed sixty-five one hundred thousand dollars ($65,000), ($100,000), if the permittee surrenders the net pursuant to paragraph (3).(2) The department shall pay a permittee who has not landed swordfish or thresher shark on or after April 1, 2012, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the fair market value of the drift gill net permit, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(3) Any permittee who participates in the transition program by surrendering his or her permit pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be prohibited from obtaining a new California drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, shall agree not to fish under a federal drift gill net permit, shall agree not to transfer or renew a federal drift gill net permit, and shall surrender his or her large mesh drift gill net.(b) (1) The department may obtain funding from federal, state, nonprofit, or private sources for the transition program. The department shall inform both budget committees and all policy committees with jurisdiction over fisheries issues once it has received funding from private or federal entities equal to one-third of the projected cost of the transition program.(2) The department shall implement the transition program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funds received by the department for purposes of implementing the transition program and matching state funds. program.(c) The department shall undertake all reasonable and feasible efforts to obtain funding from the Ocean Protection Council, nonprofit foundations, and federal agencies to implement this section.
8583. (a) Between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, inclusive, the department shall develop a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions:(1) The department shall pay a permittee who has landed swordfish or thresher shark with a large mesh drift gill net between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2018, inclusive, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the following amounts:(A) The fair market value of the drift gill net permit not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(B) The fair market value of a 14-inch mesh drift gill net not to exceed sixty-five one hundred thousand dollars ($65,000), ($100,000), if the permittee surrenders the net pursuant to paragraph (3).(2) The department shall pay a permittee who has not landed swordfish or thresher shark on or after April 1, 2012, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the fair market value of the drift gill net permit, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(3) Any permittee who participates in the transition program by surrendering his or her permit pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be prohibited from obtaining a new California drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, shall agree not to fish under a federal drift gill net permit, shall agree not to transfer or renew a federal drift gill net permit, and shall surrender his or her large mesh drift gill net.(b) (1) The department may obtain funding from federal, state, nonprofit, or private sources for the transition program. The department shall inform both budget committees and all policy committees with jurisdiction over fisheries issues once it has received funding from private or federal entities equal to one-third of the projected cost of the transition program.(2) The department shall implement the transition program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funds received by the department for purposes of implementing the transition program and matching state funds. program.(c) The department shall undertake all reasonable and feasible efforts to obtain funding from the Ocean Protection Council, nonprofit foundations, and federal agencies to implement this section.
8583. (a) Between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, inclusive, the department shall develop a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions:(1) The department shall pay a permittee who has landed swordfish or thresher shark with a large mesh drift gill net between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2018, inclusive, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the following amounts:(A) The fair market value of the drift gill net permit not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(B) The fair market value of a 14-inch mesh drift gill net not to exceed sixty-five one hundred thousand dollars ($65,000), ($100,000), if the permittee surrenders the net pursuant to paragraph (3).(2) The department shall pay a permittee who has not landed swordfish or thresher shark on or after April 1, 2012, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the fair market value of the drift gill net permit, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).(3) Any permittee who participates in the transition program by surrendering his or her permit pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be prohibited from obtaining a new California drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, shall agree not to fish under a federal drift gill net permit, shall agree not to transfer or renew a federal drift gill net permit, and shall surrender his or her large mesh drift gill net.(b) (1) The department may obtain funding from federal, state, nonprofit, or private sources for the transition program. The department shall inform both budget committees and all policy committees with jurisdiction over fisheries issues once it has received funding from private or federal entities equal to one-third of the projected cost of the transition program.(2) The department shall implement the transition program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funds received by the department for purposes of implementing the transition program and matching state funds. program.(c) The department shall undertake all reasonable and feasible efforts to obtain funding from the Ocean Protection Council, nonprofit foundations, and federal agencies to implement this section.
8583. (a) Between January 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, inclusive, the department shall develop a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions:
(1) The department shall pay a permittee who has landed swordfish or thresher shark with a large mesh drift gill net between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2018, inclusive, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the following amounts:
(A) The fair market value of the drift gill net permit not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(B) The fair market value of a 14-inch mesh drift gill net not to exceed sixty-five one hundred thousand dollars ($65,000), ($100,000), if the permittee surrenders the net pursuant to paragraph (3).
(2) The department shall pay a permittee who has not landed swordfish or thresher shark on or after April 1, 2012, and who voluntarily surrenders his or her drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 the fair market value of the drift gill net permit, not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(3) Any permittee who participates in the transition program by surrendering his or her permit pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be prohibited from obtaining a new California drift gill net shark and swordfish permit, shall agree not to fish under a federal drift gill net permit, shall agree not to transfer or renew a federal drift gill net permit, and shall surrender his or her large mesh drift gill net.
(b) (1) The department may obtain funding from federal, state, nonprofit, or private sources for the transition program. The department shall inform both budget committees and all policy committees with jurisdiction over fisheries issues once it has received funding from private or federal entities equal to one-third of the projected cost of the transition program.
(2) The department shall implement the transition program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) upon appropriation by the Legislature of state funds and the private or federal funds received by the department for purposes of implementing the transition program and matching state funds. program.
(c) The department shall undertake all reasonable and feasible efforts to obtain funding from the Ocean Protection Council, nonprofit foundations, and federal agencies to implement this section.
SEC. 6. Section 8583.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:8583.5. This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.
SEC. 6. Section 8583.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:
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8583.5. This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.
8583.5. This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.
8583.5. This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.
8583.5. This article does not create or recognize a property right in fish expected to be caught using a permit issued pursuant to Section 8561.
SEC. 7. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 7. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 7. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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