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 5 - California Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan › Section 54.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Catch, in the
					 context of the harvest control rule, means the total weight of spiny lobster
					 reported on commercial landing receipts in a fishing season.
(b) Catch per unit effort means the number of
					 legal lobsters caught per trap pull for the commercial fishery.
(c) District closure means temporary or
					 permanent closure of one or more Fishing Districts as defined in Fish and Game
					 Code sections
					 11026,
					 11027,
					 11028,
					 11029,
					 11030,
					 11031,
					 11032,
					 11038,
					 and
					 11039
					 to the commercial and/or recreational take of spiny lobster.
(d) Harvest control rule is defined in
					 Section 50.01 of these regulations. In the
					 Spiny Lobster FMP, the harvest control rule is a management framework
					 consisting of three threshold reference points, a harvest control rule matrix,
					 and a harvest control rule "toolbox" of conservation and management
					 options.
(e) Harvest control rule
					 matrix means the matrix prescribed in the Spiny Lobster FMP detailing the
					 possible causes of having one, two, or all three threshold reference points
					 crossed and the management response sequence for those scenarios.
(f) Harvest control rule toolbox means the
					 conservation and management measures identified in the Spiny Lobster FMP
					 harvest control rule that are available to the commission when threshold
					 reference points are crossed and management action is recommended.
(g) Spawning Potential Ratio means the ratio
					 of the number of eggs produced by a fished population over the number of eggs
					 produced by an unfished population.
(h) Spiny lobster means
Panulirus
					 interruptus
as defined in Fish and Game Code Section
					 8250.
(i)
Spiny Lobster FMP
means
					 chapters 1-6 of the California Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan as
					 approved by the commission on April 13, 2016, hereby incorporated by
					 reference.
(j) Threshold reference
					 point means a quantitative value that indicates that the status of a stock is
					 at a level of concern and that management action may be needed to improve stock
					 status. In the Spiny Lobster FMP, threshold reference points are based on
					 commercial catch, catch per unit effort, and spawning potential
					 ratio.
(k) Trap limit means a
					 formal program adopted by the commission that limits the number of traps a
					 commercial fisherman may fish at any one time during a season.
(l) Total allowable catch means a specified
					 numerical catch objective for each fishing season, the attainment (or expected
					 attainment) of which may cause closure of the fishery.
(m) Definitions contained in Chapter 1 and
					 Article 1 of Chapter 5.5 of these regulations, and Chapters 1 and 2 of Division
					 0.5 of the Fish and Game Code apply to the spiny lobster fishery in addition to
					 definitions of this Section.
1. New
						section filed 3-2-2017; operative 4-1-2017 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2017, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  7075
						  and
						  7078,
						  Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						  7071,
						  7082,
						  8252,
						  11026,
						  11027,
						  11028,
						  11029,
						  11030,
						  11031,
						  11032,
						  11038
						  and
						  11039,
						  Fish and Game Code.