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Fish and Game Code - Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 6 (Fish); Pollution (secs. 5650 - 5803).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
California
Document type
Legislation
Date
1957 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Sea, Water
Keyword
Marine pollution Offences/penalties Indigenous peoples Inland fisheries Food quality control/food safety Fish products Toxicity/poisoning Freshwater pollution Pollution control
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of Division 4 of the Fish and Game Code of California provides with respect to water pollution generally and in particular with respect to the prevention of water pollution and water management generally for the protection of fish resources. Civil penalties collected under this Chapter shall be distributed equally among the county fish and wildlife propagation fund of the county in which the action is prosecuted and the Fish and Game Preservation Fund of the State of California. The Chapter also: Places restrictions on the use of vacuum or suction dredge equipment near rivers and lakes; provides with respect to measures in case of a spill or discharge in areas where any fishing, including all commercial, recreational, and non-licensed subsistence fishing, may take place, or where aquaculture operations are taking place; places restrictions mining in a specified areas; provides with respect to contamination of shellfish and the purification of mollusks destined for human consumption.

Full text
English
Website
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov