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CA Pub Res Code § 35625 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 26.5 - CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Ocean Protection Council|Section 35625.

35625.  (a) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, the council shall administer its affairs, and provide the staff services that the council needs to carry out this division, including, but not limited to, both of the following:(1) Administering grants and expenditures authorized by the council from the fund or other sources, including, but not limited to, block grants from other state boards, commissions, or departments.(2) Arranging meetings, agendas, and other administrative functions in support of the council.(b) The Legislature may make appropriations to be used for the purposes of this division directly to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, for expenditures authorized by the council. If an expenditure has been approved by the council for the purposes of this division, approval of the secretary is not required, except in the case of block grants provided by the council to be administered by the secretary.(c) Any bond funds received by the State Coastal Conservancy, on or before July 1, 2013, which authorized the use of funds for council programs, shall be transferred to the Natural Resources Agency for use for those programs.(d) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that, on the effective date of the act adding this subdivision during the 2013–14 Regular Session, various contracts and grants will be pending or remain subject to management and control by the State Coastal Conservancy on behalf of the council. On and after that date, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency is hereby designated as the legal successor to the State Coastal Conservancy, and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall assume management and control of those contracts and grants and shall have all of the same powers and duties as the State Coastal Conservancy.(2) In addition to the powers and duties described in paragraph (1), on and after the effective date of the act adding this subdivision during the 2013–14 Regular Session, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall have the following powers and duties on behalf of the council:(A) The management of all contracts and grants, including the completion, modification, and cancellation of those contracts and grants in accordance with existing law.(B) The negotiation and settlement of claims relating to contracts and grants.(C) Responsibility for the completion, maintenance, and disposal of any records relating to the transfer of responsibilities from the State Coastal Conservancy to the Natural Resources Agency.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 32. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 35630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 26.5 - CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 3.1 - Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Mitigation|Section 35630.

35630.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Ocean acidification and hypoxia, an abnormal deficiency of oxygen in marine environments, are two major threats to ocean and coastal ecosystems globally, and west coast states are particularly vulnerable, according to the April 2016 findings of the West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel.(b) The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel was a binational collaboration of leading scientists from California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia that was convened at the request of the council and the California Ocean Science Trust. The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel’s executive summary report outlines findings, recommendations, and actions to address ocean acidification and hypoxia.(c) Ocean acidification is caused primarily by global carbon dioxide emissions. Local carbon dioxide emissions and local nutrient inputs can intensify the effects of ocean acidification.(d) The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel recommends that California and other west coast states actively employ strategies that address local factors that can reduce ocean acidification and hypoxia exposure, including protecting and restoring critical coastal and aquatic habitats.(e) Eelgrass ecosystems are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world, with particular importance to farmed shellfish aquaculture and other forms of sustainable aquaculture and to commercially and recreationally valuable species, including shellfish, crabs, finfish, waterfowl, and shorebirds.(f) Eelgrass protection and restoration efforts help promote a healthier ocean for ecosystems and industry.(g) Since the 1850s, 90 percent of California’s eelgrass acreage has been destroyed, and the remaining 10 percent is continuously exposed to multiple stressors and threats.(h) Scientific research has shown that eelgrass habitat provides multiple benefits, including the following:(1) Providing essential habitat for salmon, groundfish, and Pacific herring, providing Dungeness crab nurseries, and supporting commercial fisheries important to California’s coastal economy.(2) Improving water quality by filtering polluted runoff and by absorbing excess nutrients.(3) Helping to mitigate hypoxia.(4) Sequestering carbon in the underlying sediments.(5) Protecting the shoreline from erosion by absorbing wave energy and helping to mitigate the impacts of sea level rise.(i) Advancing the protection and restoration of eelgrass beds in California’s coastal environments, based on scientific and evidence-based approaches, is a critical strategy in enhancing California’s ability to cope with ocean acidification and hypoxia.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 846, Sec. 1. (SB 1363) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Res Code § 35631 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 26.5 - CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 3.1 - Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Mitigation|Section 35631.

35631.  (a) Subject to the availability of funding, the council may develop an ocean acidification and hypoxia science task force to ensure that decisionmaking is supported by the best available science.(b) Subject to the availability of funding, the council shall do both of the following:(1) Take actions to address ocean acidification and hypoxia, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(A) Implement measures to facilitate climate change adaptation in the ocean, consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 71154.(B) Develop, refine, and integrate predictive models that identify the relative contributions of global and local drivers of ocean acidification and hypoxia in California waters.(C) Work with other agencies to coordinate and ensure that criteria and standards for coastal water health to address ocean acidification and hypoxia are developed and informed by the best available science.(D) Develop a comprehensive inventory of areas in California vulnerable to ocean acidification and hypoxia.(E) Facilitate agreements with other national, state, and regional governments and private entities to establish and advance joint priorities for ocean acidification and hypoxia research.(F) In coordination with relevant federal, state, and academic entities, identify gaps between the monitoring of ocean acidification and hypoxia and management needs, and the actions necessary to address these gaps. (2) Beginning January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, at its first meeting of the year, adopt recommendations for further actions that may be taken to address ocean acidification and hypoxia.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 352, Sec. 2. (AB 2139) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Res Code § 35632 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 26.5 - CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 3.1 - Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Mitigation|Section 35632.

35632.  (a) To the extent funds are available from bonds or other sources, the council, in consultation with the State Coastal Conservancy and other relevant entities, shall establish and administer the Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Reduction Program for the purpose of achieving the following goals:(1) Developing demonstration projects to research how important environmental and ecological factors interact across space and time to influence how geographically dispersed eelgrass beds function for carbon dioxide removal and hypoxia reduction.(2) Generating an inventory of locations where conservation or restoration of aquatic habitats, including eelgrass, can be successfully applied to mitigate ocean acidification and hypoxia.(3) Incorporating consideration of carbon dioxide removal for eelgrass restoration projects during the habitat restoration planning process in order to fully account for the benefits of long-term carbon storage of habitat restoration in addition to the habitat value.(4) Supporting science, monitoring, and coordination to ensure that ocean and coastal policy and management in California reflect best readily available science on strategies to reduce ocean acidification and hypoxia to implement this section.(b) In advancing approaches in the program to remove carbon dioxide from seawater, the council shall consider approaches that provide multiple cobenefits, including, but not limited to, providing essential fish and bird habitat, improving water quality, and mitigating the impacts of sea level rise.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 846, Sec. 1. (SB 1363) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Res Code § 35651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 26.5 - CALIFORNIA OCEAN PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 4 - California Ocean Protection Trust Fund|Section 35651.

35651.  The council shall use one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the amount appropriated to it in Item 0540-101-0001 of Section 2.0 of the Budget Act of 2018 (Chapter 29 of the Statutes of 2018) for whale and sea turtle entanglement to fund the transition program established pursuant to Section 8583 of the Fish and Game Code. The council shall enter into an agreement with the fiscal agent described in Section 8583 of the Fish and Game Code to provide funds to the fiscal agent for permittees who participate in the transition program. If the amount described in this section is not necessary due to the number of participants who have indicated an intention to participate in the transition program pursuant to Section 8583 of the Fish and Game Code, the council may redirect the remaining funds to other purposes related to whale and sea turtle entanglement.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 228. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Findings and Declarations|Section 36000.

36000.  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Ocean Resources Management Act of 1990 (CORMA).(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1637, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Findings and Declarations|Section 36001.

36001.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The Pacific Ocean and its many renewable and nonrenewable resources are of economic, environmental, aesthetic, recreational, military, and scientific importance to the people of the state and the nation.(b) Humankind will benefit from ocean resources as technology continues to develop. Our ability to protect, preserve, coordinate, develop, and utilize these resources requires that we do so in an informed and balanced manner.(c) On March 10, 1983, President Reagan established by proclamation an exclusive economic zone for the United States, declaring sovereign rights over living and nonliving resources within the 200-mile United States exclusive economic zone (EEZ).(d) On December 27, 1988, President Reagan extended by proclamation the seaward limit of United States territorial waters from 3 to 12 nautical miles.(e) The establishment of the exclusive economic zone and the extension of the Territorial Sea create zones under federal jurisdiction adjacent to state waters, and provide opportunity for all coastal states of the United States to more fully exercise and assert their responsibilities pertaining to the protection, conservation, and development of ocean resources under United States jurisdiction. (f) Exploration, scientific research, development, and production of ocean resources resulting from differing jurisdictions and multiple programs in federal and state waters, will increase the chance of conflicting demands on ocean resources and uses, such as those for food, energy, minerals, and waste disposal.(g) Resolution of conflicting interests in the use, development, and conservation of ocean resources will become one of the major policy issues facing the state. The problems which will emerge in the future due to interactions of competing users are already prevalent to some degree today.(h) State agencies do have particular regulatory or program interests in protecting and managing resources and uses in state waters and for coordinating state interests in the territorial sea and the EEZ, but the state needs to formulate a framework of statewide objectives for management of ocean resources and their uses, and outline a clear statement of functional responsibility for state ocean resources management.(i) The exclusive economic zone, the territorial sea, state waters, and terrestrial environments are an interdependent system that has to be managed through a cooperative effort between appropriate federal, state, and local agencies. The fluid, dynamic nature of the ocean and the migration of many of its living resources beyond state and federal boundaries extend the ocean management interests of this state beyond the three-nautical-mile limit currently managed by the state pursuant to the federal Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1301 et seq.).(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Findings and Declarations|Section 36002.

36002.  The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is the policy of the State of California to do the following:(1) Assess the long-term values and benefits of the conservation and development of ocean resources and uses with the objective of restoring or maintaining the health of the ocean ecosystem and ensuring the proper management of renewable and nonrenewable resources.(2) Encourage ocean resources development which is environmentally sound, sustainable, and economically beneficial.(3) Provide for efficient and coordinated resources management in state and federal waters.(4) Assert the interests of this state in cooperation with federal agencies in the sound management of ocean resources.(5) Promote research, study, and understanding of ocean processes and resources to acquire the scientific information necessary to understand the ocean ecosystem and life-support systems and the relationships of ocean development activities and associated impacts on ocean and coastal resources of the state and adjacent zones of federal jurisdiction.(6) Encourage research and development of innovative, environmentally compatible marine technologies for protection, exploration, and utilization of ocean resources.(b) It is further the policy of the State of California to develop and maintain an ocean resources planning and management program to promote and ensure coordinated management of federal resources and uses with those in state waters, and with adjacent states, to ensure effective participation in federal planning and management of ocean resources and uses which may affect this state, and to coordinate state agency management of ocean resources with local government management of coastal zone uses and resources above the mean high tide line.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 1 - Findings and Declarations|Section 36003.

36003.  (a) No authority is created under this division, nor shall any of its purposes or provisions be used by any public or private agency or person, to delay or deny any existing or future project or activity during the preparation and delivery of the report and plan required by this division. (b) No authority is created under this division to supersede current state agency statutory authority. (c) The task force established pursuant to Section 36300 shall cease to exist upon delivery of its report and plan to the Governor and the Legislature.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1027, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36100.

36100.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the interpretation of this division.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36101 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36101.

36101.  “Advisory committee” means the California Ocean Resources Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 36302.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36102 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36102.

36102.  “Exclusive economic zone (EEZ)” means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line seaward to 200 nautical miles as set forth in the Presidential Proclamation 5030 of March 10, 1983, in which the United States proclaimed jurisdiction over the resources of the ocean within 200 miles of the coastline.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36103 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36103.

36103.  “High Seas” means offshore waters beyond 200 nautical miles from the coastline.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36104 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36104.

36104.  “Program” means the California Ocean Resources Management Program established by Section 36200.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36105 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36105.

36105.  “Ocean” and “marine” mean those waters from the coastline into the high seas.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36106 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36106.

36106.  “Ocean resources” means all living and nonliving resources found in the Pacific Ocean and its contiguous saline or brackish bays and estuaries.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36107 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36107.

36107.  “Report and plan” means the report and plan prepared by the task force.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1027, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36108 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36108.

36108.  “State waters” means the zone as measured from the mean high tide line to three nautical miles offshore, as set forth by the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1311) in which the United States released to adjacent coastal states title, ownership, and the right to manage natural resources from the mean high tide line seaward to three miles.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36109 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36109.

36109.  “Task force” means the Ocean Resources Task Force created by Section 36300.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36110 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Definitions|Section 36110.

36110.  “Territorial sea” means the zone as measured from mean high tide line to 12 nautical miles offshore as set forth in the Presidential Proclamation on December 27, 1988, in which the United States extended its sovereignty and jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - California Ocean Resources Management Program|Section 36200.

36200.  To ensure the conservation and development of ocean resources consistent with purposes of this division, a coordinated program of ocean resources planning and management is established.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1215, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - California Ocean Resources Management Program|Section 36201.

36201.  The California Ocean Resources Management Program consists of all of the following:(a) The Ocean Resources Task Force. (b) The California Ocean Resources Advisory Committee. (c) The report and plan prepared and adopted pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 36500).(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1027, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Res Code § 36202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 27 - OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - California Ocean Resources Management Program|Section 36202.

36202.  (a) The State of California is hereby authorized to participate with the States of Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington in a joint liaison program with the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with the objective of assisting the states in taking maximum advantage of the oceanographic data, products, and services available from the federal government through the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction.(b) The liaison program shall include all of the following:(1) Assist state and local governments to become fully aware of oceanographic data and products available from the federal government and especially from the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction.(2) Assist the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to become more fully aware of state and local problems and the requirements of state and local governments.(3) Assist in setting up lines of communications to move oceanographic data and products from the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction to the people in the states who need those data and products.(c) The liaison program shall include workshops for small groups of technical experts from state and local governments, academic institutions, and the private sector. The workshops shall be held at the Center for Ocean Analysis and Prediction in Monterey and at other facilities in the western states as appropriate. (d) This section shall not become operative until at least one other state participates in the joint liaison program.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1637, Sec. 2. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions.)