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Fish and Game Code - Chapter 1 of Division 7; Refuges and Other Protected Areas (secs. 10500 - 10741).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
California
Document type
Legislation
Date
1957 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Inland fisheries Fishing authorization Protected fishing area Fishery management and conservation Authorization/permit Hunting/capture Hunting gear/hunting methods Hunting authorization/permit Protected area Protection of species
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of Division 7 of the Fish and Game Code of California places restrictions on the taking of animals and other hunting-related activities in a game refuge and the taking of fish in a fish refuge and sets out special provisions for given areas. It also concerns wilderness areas, clam refuges and federal bird reservations. The Fish and Game commission may: (a) exercise control over all mammals and birds in a game refuge, and exercise control over all fish in a fish refuge; (b) authorize the Department of Fish and Game to issue, under any restrictions it deems best, permits that authorize the use of gear; (c) authorize the Department to issue permits that authorize the person named therein to take birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, or reptiles within a refuge; (d) adopt Regulations not in conflict with any law for the protection of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, or marine life within a refuge.

Full text
English
Website
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov