California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 3 - General Regulations › Chapter 1 - Collecting Permits › Section 650 - Scientific Collecting Permits: Permits to Take or Possess Wildlife for Scientific, Educational, and/or Propagation Purposes

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) General Provisions. Except as otherwise
				  authorized by the Fish and Game Code or regulations adopted pursuant thereto,
				  it shall be unlawful for any person or entity to take and/or possess live or
				  dead wildlife, or parts thereof in any part of the State of California, for
				  scientific, educational, and/or propagation purposes except as authorized by a
				  permit issued by the department pursuant to this Section. It shall be unlawful
				  for any person operating under a permit issued pursuant to this Section to
				  violate any authorizations, conditions, or terms of the permit, or otherwise
				  fail to comply with, or violate, this Section.
(1) The department may issue permits, subject
				  to the conditions and restrictions determined by the department, which
				  authorize and limit the kind and number of wildlife that may be taken or
				  possessed, the type of equipment and methods to be used, the time and seasons
				  for take, and the geographic locations where take may occur.
(2) Authorized Individual(s) shall carry in
				  their possession a valid, government-issued form of identification at all times
				  when conducting any take and/or possession activity authorized in a permit
				  issued under this Section. The only acceptable forms of identification are
				  driver's licenses or other photo identification cards issued by a U.S. state, a
				  Native American tribe for its member, or an international passport. An
				  identification card from a college, university or school is not a valid form of
				  identification.
(3) In compliance
				  with Section
				  1054.2
				  of the Fish and Game Code, Authorized Individual(s) shall carry in their
				  possession the permit, including any amendments to the permit, and a current
				  List of Authorized Individuals, at all times when conducting any activity
				  authorized in a permit issued under this Section. Such permit documents shall
				  be shown upon request to any person authorized to enforce the Fish and Game
				  Code.
(4) Permits are
				  non-transferable between Permitholders.
(5) The commercial sales, trade, or barter of
				  wildlife taken or possessed pursuant to this Section is prohibited. Personal or
				  human consumption of wildlife taken pursuant to this Section is prohibited,
				  unless specifically allowed by conditions of the permit, or as exempt pursuant
				  to subsection
				  650(u).
				  Educational programs approved by the department are not considered commercial
				  or consumptive activities. Wildlife taken and possessed by biological supplier
				  businesses shall not be used for human consumption or commercial purposes, and
				  shall only be taken and/or possessed for scientific or educational purposes
				  when requested by a researcher or educator.
(6) A permit issued pursuant to this Section
				  is required for any activity conducted for scientific, educational, or
				  propagation purposes that directly or incidentally takes, possesses, injures,
				  or damages wildlife within any Marine Managed Area, Marine Protected Area, or
				  Special Closure, including installation of scientific equipment or sensors for
				  studying or tracking wildlife or monitoring oceanographic conditions, as
				  specified in Section
				  632 of these
				  regulations.
(7) Any permit issued
				  pursuant to Section
				  650 of these regulations
				  (operative 7-18-1996) prior to October 1, 2018 shall be valid until the
				  expiration date listed on the permit. All amendments and renewals following the
				  effective date of these regulations shall comply with the procedures
				  established in this Section, and those forms listed in subsection
				  703(c) of these
				  regulations.