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CA Fish & Game Code § 1617 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 6 - Fish and Wildlife Protection and Conservation|Section 1617.

1617.  (a) The department may adopt general agreements for the cultivation of cannabis.(b) Any general agreement adopted by the department subsequent to adoption of regulations under this section shall be in lieu of an individual agreement described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 1602.(c) Subparagraph (D) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 1602 and all other time periods to process agreements specified in this chapter do not apply to the issuance of a general agreement adopted by the department pursuant to this section.(d) Any general agreement issued by the department pursuant to this section is a final agreement and is not subject to Section 1603 or 1604.(e) The department shall charge a fee for a general agreement adopted by the department under this section in accordance with Section 1609.(f) If the department adopts or amends a general agreement under this section, it shall do so as an emergency regulation. An emergency regulation adopted pursuant to this section, and any amendments to it, shall be adopted by the department in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The adoption of these regulations is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, an emergency regulation adopted by the department, or any amendments to it made by the department pursuant to this section, shall stay in effect until revised by the department.(g) Regulations adopted pursuant to this section, and any amendment thereto, shall not be subject to Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 27, Sec. 109. (SB 94) Effective June 27, 2017.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 6.5 - Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act|Section 1650.

1650.  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 604, Sec. 2. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 1657.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 6.5 - Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act|Section 1651.

1651.  As used in this chapter:(a) “Fish passage guidelines” means those guidelines specified in the department’s California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual and the National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, Guidelines for Salmonid Passage at Stream Crossings, and subsequent amendments or updates to either document.(b) “Habitat restoration or enhancement project” means a project with the primary purpose of improving fish and wildlife habitat. A habitat restoration or enhancement project shall meet the eligibility requirements for the State Water Resources Control Board’s Order for Clean Water Act Section 401 General Water Quality Certification for Small Habitat Restoration Projects, or its current equivalent at the time the project proponent submits a written request pursuant to Section 1652 or 1653. The order or current equivalent may include programmatic waivers or waste discharge requirements for small habitat restoration projects.(c) “Project proponent” means a person, public agency, or nonprofit organization seeking to implement a habitat restoration or enhancement project.(d) “Species recovery plan” means a guidance document prepared by a government agency that identifies recovery actions, based upon the best scientific and commercial data available, necessary for the protection and recovery of listed species.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 604, Sec. 2. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 1657.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1654 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 6.5 - Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act|Section 1654.

1654.  (a) The director’s approval of a habitat restoration or enhancement project pursuant to Section 1652 or 1653 shall be in lieu of any other permit, agreement, license, or other approval issued by the department, including, but not limited to, those issued pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1600) and Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1900) of this division and Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3.(b) This chapter shall not be construed as expanding the scope of projects requiring a permit, agreement, license, or other approval issued by the department.(c) (1) If the director determines at any time that the project is no longer consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 1652 or subdivision (b) of Section 1653, as applicable, due to a material change between the project as submitted and the project being implemented or a change in the environmental circumstances in the area of implementation, the director shall notify the project proponent in writing and project implementation shall be suspended. Written notice from the director shall be delivered in person, by certified mail, or by electronic communication to the project proponent and shall specify the reasons why approval of the project was suspended. The approval for a project shall not be revoked pursuant to this subdivision unless it has first been suspended pursuant to this subdivision.(2) Within 30 days of receipt of a notice of suspension, the project proponent may file an objection with the director. Any objection shall be in writing and state the reasons why the project proponent objects to the suspension. The project proponent may provide additional environmental protection measures, design modifications, or other evidence that the project is consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 1652 or subdivision (b) of Section 1653, as applicable, and request that the notice of suspension be lifted and approval granted.(3) The director shall revoke approval or lift the suspension of project approval within 30 days after receiving the project proponent’s objection pursuant to paragraph (2).(d) Pursuant to Section 818.4 of the Government Code, the department and any other state agency exercising authority under this section shall not be liable with regard to any determination or authorization made pursuant to this section.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 167. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 1657.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1655 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 6.5 - Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act|Section 1655.

1655.  (a) The Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.(b) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds from any public agency, person, business entity, or organization to achieve the purposes of this chapter. The department shall deposit any funds so received in the account. The funds received shall supplement existing resources for department administration and permitting of projects and programs included in this chapter.(c) The department shall assess an application fee for a project submitted to the department pursuant to Section 1652 or 1653 consistent with the fees adopted by the department pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1600), but the application fee shall not exceed the reasonable administrative and implementation costs of the department relating to the project.(d) Moneys in the account shall be available to the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of administering and implementing this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 604, Sec. 2. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 1657.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1656 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 6.5 - Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act|Section 1656.

1656.  (a) The department shall submit a report no later than December 31, 2020, and an additional report no later than December 31, 2025, on the implementation of this chapter to the Legislature that shall include, but not be limited to, the number, type, and geographical distribution of approved projects, funding adequacy, and recommendations for changes and improvements in the program.(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 735, Sec. 1. (SB 716) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 1657.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1657 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 6.5 - Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act|Section 1657.

1657.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 735, Sec. 2. (SB 716) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 6.5, commencing with Section 1650.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1700 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7 - Conservation of Aquatic Resources|Section 1700.

1700.  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage the conservation, maintenance, and utilization of the living resources of the ocean and other waters under the jurisdiction and influence of the state for the benefit of all the citizens of the state and to promote 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. This policy shall include all of the following objectives:(a) The maintenance of sufficient populations of all species of aquatic organisms to insure their continued existence.(b) The recognition of the importance of the aesthetic, educational, scientific, and nonextractive recreational uses of the living resources of the California Current.(c) The maintenance of a sufficient resource to support a reasonable sport use, where a species is the object of sport fishing, taking into consideration the necessity of regulating individual sport fishery bag limits to the quantity that is sufficient to provide a satisfying sport.(d) 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.(e) The management, on a basis of adequate scientific information promptly promulgated for public scrutiny, of the fisheries under the state’s jurisdiction, and the participation in the management of other fisheries in which California fishermen are engaged, with the objective of maximizing the sustained harvest.(f) The development of commercial aquaculture.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1486, Sec. 4.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1725 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management|Section 1725.

1725.  This act shall be known as the Trout and Steelhead Conservation and Management Planning Act of 1979.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 847.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1726 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management|Section 1726.

1726.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to do all of the following:(a) Establish and maintain wild trout stocks, that, to the extent possible, should be native fish, in suitable waters of the state that are readily accessible to the general public as well as in those waters in remote areas.(b) Establish angling regulations designed to maintain the wild trout fishery in those waters by natural reproduction.(c) Discourage artificial planting of hatchery-raised hybrid and nonnative fish species in wild trout waters or in other areas that would adversely affect native aquatic and nonaquatic species.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 565, Sec. 6. (SB 1148) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1726.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management|Section 1726.1.

1726.1.  The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following:(a) Hatchery production and stocking of California’s waters started over 140 years ago and is an enduring part of California’s history and attempts to steward its natural resources.(b) Sustainable and adaptive management provides and improves recreational angling opportunities while protecting and maintaining native and wild trout fisheries, other species, and their mutual habitat.(c) Management of the genetic diversity of California’s native trout species is imperative.(d) Habitat restoration and the protection of cold water ecosystems are both of utmost importance to maintaining healthy wild trout populations, ensuring and promoting angler opportunities, and the sustainability of the inland trout fishery.(e) The department shall seek to provide and enhance diverse recreational angling opportunities in California.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 565, Sec. 7. (SB 1148) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1726.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management|Section 1726.4.

1726.4.  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “trout” includes steelhead trout.(b) The department, in administering its existing wild trout program, shall maintain an inventory of all California trout streams and lakes to determine the most suitable angling regulations for each stream or lake. The department shall determine for each stream or lake whether it should be managed as a wild trout fishery, or whether its management should involve the temporary planting of native trout species to supplement wild trout populations that is consistent with this chapter. In maintaining the inventory, the department shall give priority to those streams and lakes that have the highest biological potential for producing sizeable wild trout, which are inhabited by rare species, or where the quality of the fishery is threatened or endangered and take into consideration public use. The biological and physical inventories prepared and maintained for each stream, stream system, or lake shall include an assessment of the resource status, threats to the continued well-being of the fishery resource, the potential for fishery resource development, and recommendations, including necessary changes in the allowed take of trout, for the development of each stream or lake to its full capacity as a fishery, consistent with this chapter.(c) This section does not provide any public entity or private party with any new or additional authority to affect the management of, or access to, any private land without the written consent of the owner. Privately owned lakes and ponds not open to the use of the general public shall be subject to this section only with the written consent of the owner. This chapter shall not be construed as authorizing or requiring special treatment of adjacent land areas or requiring land use restrictions. It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter should not diminish the existing authority of the department.(d) The department shall make the inventory maintained pursuant to subdivision (b) publicly available on the department’s Internet Web site and the department shall continuously revise that inventory with the goal of reviewing every watershed once per decade.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 565, Sec. 8. (SB 1148) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1726.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management|Section 1726.5.

1726.5.  The Legislature further finds and declares that activities and programs mandated by this chapter are a continuation and perpetuation of the department’s existing wild trout program and other programs, and as such they shall be funded from existing budgetary resources.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 847.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1727 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management|Section 1727.

1727.  (a) In order to provide for a diversity of available angling experiences throughout the state, it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission maintain the existing wild trout program, and as part of the program, develop additional wild trout waters in the more than 20,000 miles of trout streams and approximately 5,000 lakes containing trout in California.(b) The department shall prepare a list of no less than 25 miles of stream or stream segments and at least one lake that it deems suitable for designation as wild trout waters. The department shall submit this list to the commission for its consideration at the regular October commission meeting.(c) The commission may remove any stream or lake that it has designated as a wild trout fishery from the program at any time. If any of those waters are removed from the program, an equivalent amount of stream mileage or an equivalent size lake shall be added to the wild trout program.(d) The department shall prepare and complete management plans for all wild trout waters not more than three years following their initial designation by the commission and update the management plan every five years following completion of the initial management plan.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 275, Sec. 4. (AB 1420) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1729 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management|Section 1729.

1729.  (a) The department shall give priority to stocking native hatchery-produced species in California’s waters, where stocking is determined to be appropriate by the department. Stocking of hatchery-produced fish is not appropriate in all of California’s waters, including, but not limited to, stocking in California’s waters that would adversely affect species listed under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.) or the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3).(b) Hatchery-produced trout shall be stocked to support sustainable angling recreation and promote angler access to trout fishing, including, but not limited to, urban fisheries.(c) The department may provide outreach and educational materials to all anglers to promote awareness of environmental sustainability, ecosystem health, fish genetics, angling opportunities, and fish population management.(d) Educational programs utilizing the hatcheries shall be encouraged.(e) The department shall ensure that all trout stocked in waters of the state for recreational purposes are unable to reproduce through triploidy or other means, with the exception of fish planted into brood stock lakes, surplus brood stock planted according to fishery management decisions, fish planted to supplement waters that the department has determined to be genetically isolated from native fish populations, and native trout species produced for recovery and restoration within their native range.(f) The department may develop, conduct, and respond to regular angler preference and satisfaction surveys. This is not a substitute for a preferred scientific data collection and monitoring program that would facilitate adaptive management of California’s inland trout fisheries.(g) The department shall review angling regulations periodically and adjust those regulations to ensure consistency with the strategic plan described in Section 1728.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 565, Sec. 12. (SB 1148) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1730 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management|Section 1730.

1730.  (a) By January 1, 2014, the department shall form an intradepartmental strategic trout management team to provide direction and oversee trout management statewide. Working under the framework of the Strategic Plan for Trout Management, the strategic trout management team shall direct and implement focused management and monitoring efforts for trout at the watershed level, in cooperation with local stakeholders.(b) The strategic trout management team shall be responsible for developing basin management plans that are conservation based and are consistent throughout California for inland watersheds.(c) The basin plans in subdivision (b) shall be reviewed by an ad hoc peer review committee, which may be convened under the guidance of the department’s Science Institute to ensure compliance with sound management practices and utilization of the best available scientific information.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 565, Sec. 13. (SB 1148) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1740 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.3 - Black Bass Conservation and Management|Section 1740.

1740.  This chapter shall be known as the Black Bass Conservation and Management Act of 1980.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1302, Sec. 1.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1741 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.3 - Black Bass Conservation and Management|Section 1741.

1741.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to preserve and enhance black bass resources and to manage black bass populations to provide satisfactory recreational opportunities to the public.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1302, Sec. 1.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1742 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.3 - Black Bass Conservation and Management|Section 1742.

1742.  The Legislature further finds and declares that the black bass management program components specified in this chapter are a continuation of the department’s existing warmwater fisheries program, and, as such, shall be funded from existing department budgetary resources.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1302, Sec. 1.)