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Fish and Game Code - Chapter 7 of Division 2; Department of Fish and Wildlife - Conservation of Aquatic Resources (secs. 1700- 1700).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
California
Document type
Legislation
Date
1970 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Fishery management and conservation Marine fisheries Inland fisheries Policy/planning
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Part of Division 2 of the Fish and Game Code of California declares the policy of California with respect to aquatic resources. One of the elements of the policy is the development of local fisheries and distant-water fisheries based in California in harmony with international law respecting fishing and the conservation of the living resources of the oceans and other waters under the jurisdiction and influence of the state. Objectives of the policy include: (a) The maintenance of sufficient populations of all species of aquatic organisms to insure their continued existence; b) the growth of local commercial fisheries, consistent with aesthetic, educational, scientific, and recreational uses of such living resources, the utilization of unused resources, taking into consideration the necessity of regulating the catch within the limits of maximum sustainable yields, and the development of distant-water and overseas fishery enterprises.

Full text
English
Website
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov