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 6 - Fish, Commercial › Section 150 - Nearshore Fishery Restricted Access Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Nearshore Fishery Permits issued pursuant
				  to Fish and Game Code Section
				  8587,
				  are valid only in the regional management area specified in the
				  permit.
(b) The department shall
				  issue a Nearshore Fishery Permit for a regional management area described in
				  Section 52.04 to each nearshore fishery
				  permittee who meets the regional qualifying criteria below. A person will
				  receive only one Nearshore Fishery Permit for use in only one regional
				  management area and cannot hold a valid permit for more than one regional
				  management area. A person meeting the qualifications for more than one regional
				  management area must make a permanent, irrevocable decision prior to obtaining
				  a Nearshore Fishery Permit for the 2003-2004 permit year to fish in one
				  regional management area. The permit shall not be changed to another regional
				  management area under any circumstances.
(c) Nearshore Fish Stocks Used for Landings
				  Qualification. The following names or market categories and their associated
				  codes as recorded on department fish landing receipts pursuant to Fish and Game
				  Code Section
				  8043
				  will be used to determine eligibility: black-and-yellow rockfish (251), cabezon
				  (261), California scorpionfish (260), California sheephead (145), China
				  rockfish (258), gopher rockfish (263), grass rockfish (652), greenlings of the
				  genus
Hexagrammos
(290), kelp rockfish (659), group nearshore
				  rockfish (973) and group gopher rockfish (962).
(d) Initial Permit Issuance.
(1) North Coast Region. The person has a
				  valid 2002-2003 Nearshore Fishery Permit that has not been suspended or
				  revoked, and has landed nearshore fish stocks as described in Section
				  150.01, Title 14, CCR, from
				  January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1999, as documented by department fish landing
				  receipts submitted in his name and commercial fishing license identification
				  number pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
				  8046,
				  and satisfies the landings and participation requirements below:
(A) has made at least one landing of
				  nearshore fish stocks as described in Section
				  150.01, Title 14, CCR, between
				  January 1, 1994 and December 31, 1999, and
(B) has made at least one landing of
				  nearshore fish stocks as described in Section
				  150.01, Title 14, CCR, in either
				  the 2000 or 2001 calendar year.
(C)
				  landings of nearshore fish stocks used to qualify must have been made at ports
				  located within the North Coast Region as defined in Section
				  52.04, Title 14, CCR.
(D) Nearshore Fishery Permits issued pursuant
				  to subsection (d)(1) are designated North Coast Region Nearshore Fishery
				  Permits, are transferable, and authorize the holder to take, possess aboard a
				  vessel, or land nearshore fish stocks as described in Section
				  150.01, Title 14, CCR, in the
				  North Coast Region only.