California Fish and Game Code

§ 4902

FGC § 4902 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 4 · Part 3 · Ch. 11

Statute text

(a)The commission may adopt all regulations necessary to provide for biologically sound management of Nelson bighorn sheep (subspecies Ovis canadensis nelsoni).

(b)(1) After the plans developed by the department pursuant to Section 4901 for the management units have been submitted, the commission may authorize sport hunting of mature Nelson bighorn rams. Before authorizing the sport hunting, the commission shall take into account the Nelson bighorn sheep population statewide, including the population in the management units designated for hunting.

(2)Notwithstanding Section 219, the commission shall not, however, adopt regulations authorizing the sport hunting in a single year of more than 15 percent of the mature Nelson bighorn rams in a single management unit, based on the department’s annual estimate of the population in each management unit.

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Legislative history

Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 295, Sec. 11. (AB 2151) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative July 1, 2025, by its own provisions.