California Fish and Game Code

§ 6450

FGC § 6450 Effective Oct 12, 2001Div. 6 · Part 1 · Ch. 5 · Art. 4

Statute text

The department shall adopt regulations that provide for the control of aquatic plant pests using artificially introduced triploid grass carp under a permit issued by the department. The regulations shall do all of the following:

(a)Restrict triploid grass carp introductions to those triploid grass carp that have been rendered sterile immediately after the eggs have been fertilized.

(b)Require individual fish to be checked to ensure that a third, triploid, set of chromosomes has been retained, preventing further reproduction by that individual fish.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 56. Effective October 12, 2001.