California Fish and Game Code

§ 1700

FGC § 1700Div. 2 · Ch. 7

Statute text

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage the conservation, maintenance, and utilization of the living resources of the ocean and other waters under the jurisdiction and influence of the state for the benefit of all the citizens of the state and to promote the development of local fisheries and distant-water fisheries based in California in harmony with international law respecting fishing and the conservation of the living resources of the oceans and other waters under the jurisdiction and influence of the state. This policy shall include all of the following objectives:

(a)The maintenance of sufficient populations of all species of aquatic organisms to insure their continued existence.

(b)The recognition of the importance of the aesthetic, educational, scientific, and nonextractive recreational uses of the living resources of the California Current.

…

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1486, Sec. 4.