California Fish and Game Code

§ 99.5

FGC § 99.5 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 0.5 · Ch. 2

Statute text

“Sustainable,” “sustainable use,” and “sustainability,” with regard to a marine fishery, mean both of the following:

(a)Continuous replacement of resources, taking into account fluctuations in abundance and environmental variability.

(b)Securing the fullest possible range of present and long-term economic, social, and ecological benefits, maintaining biological diversity, and, in the case of fishery management based on maximum sustainable yield, taking in a fishery that does not exceed optimum yield.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.