California Fish and Game Code

§ 8583

FGC § 8583 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 6 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 16

Statute text

(a)By March 31, 2020, the department shall establish a program to transition the holders of drift gill net permits issued pursuant to Section 8561 out of the drift gill net fishery that includes the following conditions:

(1)A permittee who chooses to participate in the transition program shall indicate the permittee’s intention to the department to participate by submitting a notarized form provided by the department on or before January 1, 2020.

(2)A permittee who has landed swordfish or thresher shark with a shark or swordfish gill net or with a deep-set buoy gear authorized pursuant to a federal exempted fishing permit between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2018, inclusive, and who voluntarily surrenders the permittee’s drift gill net permit issued pursuant to Section 8561 and shark or swordfish gill net or nets shall receive, to the extent that funds for the transition program are available, the following amounts:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 119. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.