California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles › Chapter 5.5 - Fishery Management Plans › Article 1 - Fishery Management Plans Generally › Section 50.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Definitions contained in Chapter 1 of Subdivision
						1, Division 1, Title 14, CCR, and
						Chapters 1 and 2 of Division 0.5 of the Fish and Game Code, apply to fishery
						management plans adopted under this Chapter in addition to, and where not in
						conflict with, the definitions of this section or definitions specific to an
						FMP.
(a)
Allowable Biological
					 Catch (ABC)
means the allowable catch, or the range of allowable catch
					 for a species or species group, which is set each year by the Commission based
					 on recommendations by the Department or other scientific advisors.
(b)
Allocation
means
					 apportioning a harvest guideline, quota, or optimum yield between or among
					 segments of the fishery.
(c)
Bait net
means a lampara or roundhaul type net, the mesh of
					 which is constructed of twine not exceeding Standard No. 9 medium cotton seine
					 twine or synthetic twine of equivalent size or strength. Except for drum seines
					 and other round haul nets authorized under a permit issued by the department
					 pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
					 8780,
					 the nets may not have rings along the lead line or any method of pursing the
					 bottom of the net.
(d)
Commission
means the California Fish and Game
					 Commission.
(e)
Department
means the California Department of Fish and
					 Game.
(f)
Director
means the Director of the Department of Fish and Game.
(g)
Executive Director
means
					 the Executive Director of the Fish and Game Commission.
(h)
FMP
means Fishery
					 Management Plan.
(i)
FMP
					 Framework/Framework
structure means the structure and process
					 described in the FMP that provides for the application and adjustment of
					 management measures pursuant to section
					 50.03 within the scope and
					 criteria of the FMP and implementing regulations, without the need to annually
					 amend the FMP.
(j)
Harvest
					 Control Rules
means options for management that describe the amount
					 and type of harvesting that may be applied to a stock or stocks.
(k)
Harvest guideline
means
					 a specified numerical harvest objective that, when attained or expected to be
					 attained, does not require closure of a fishery.
(l)
Management action
means
					 an action taken by the commission or department to implement management
					 measures.
(m)
Management
					 measure
means a specification or measure used to manage and regulate
					 fishing for a stock under an FMP and may include, but is not limited to,
					 resource allocation, harvest control rules, quotas, licenses and permits,
					 season, size, gear, bag, and landing limitations, fishery monitoring and
					 reporting requirements, regulation of bycatch, and enforcement
					 measures.
(n)
Maximum
					 sustainable yield or MSY
means maximum sustainable yield as defined in
					 Fish and Game Code Section
					 96.5 or
					 a substitute for MSY (MSY proxy).
(o)
Optimum yield or OY
means optimum yield as defined in Fish and Game Code Section
					 97 or a
					 substitute for OY.(OY proxy).
(p)
Permit year
means the period from April 1 through March
					 31.
(q)
Quota
means a specified numerical harvest objective for the attainment (or expected
					 attainment) of which may cause closure of the fishery.
(r)
Round weight
means the
					 weight of fish in a whole condition at the time it is caught prior to being
					 cleaned or dressed.
(s)
Round-weight equivalent
means the weight of fish in a cleaned
					 or dressed condition adjusted by a factor to approximate round
					 weight.
(t)
Routine
					 management measure
means a management measure that is likely to be
					 adjusted on a biennial, annual or more frequent basis and is categorized as
					 routine in the plan following an analysis of the need for the measure, its
					 impacts, and the rationale for its use.
(u)
Socioeconomic process
means a process authorizing the commission to apply or adjust management
					 measures pursuant to section
					 50.03 for a species annually or in
					 season based on social or economic factors following preparation of a report
					 including proposed management measures, a description of alternatives
					 considered, and an analysis that addresses five criteria including how the
					 action will accomplish at least one of 15 listed benefits to the
					 fishery.
(v)
Specification
means a numerical or descriptive designation of
					 a management objective, including but not limited to: Allowable Biological
					 Catch (ABC); harvest guideline; quota; allocation; or an allocation for a
					 segment of the fishery or area, gear, season, fishery, or other
					 subdivision.
(w)
Stock
means any species, species complex, population, or
					 subpopulation that is actively managed within a geographic area.
(x)
Weight
means the weight
					 is in pounds and round weight or round-weight equivalent, unless designated
					 otherwise in regulations adopted specific to a fishery management plan. Where
					 round weight is converted to number of fish, a conversion factor shall be based
					 on the most current information readily available to the department.
1. New
						section filed 7-31-2002; operative 8-30-2002 (Register 2002, No.
						31).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  7071,
						  Fish and Game Code. Reference: Section
						  7071,
						  7075
						  and
						  7083,
						  Fish and Game Code.