ARTICLE 3. Other Appliances [9050. - 9056.]

Cal. Fish and Game Code - FGC 3.
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Cal. Fish and Game Code - FGC § 9050. Section 9050.

A spade, shovel, hoe, rake, or other appliance operated by hand may be used to take mollusks, sand crabs, and shrimps in Districts 1, 1 1 2 , 2, 2 1 2 , 3, 3 1 2 , 4, 4 1 8 , 4 3 4 , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 19A, 20, 20A, and 21, except as specified in Section 7332, except that freshwater clams shall not be taken by means of any of those appliances on any levee or on the berm of any levee.

Cal. Fish and Game Code - FGC § 9051. Section 9051.

(a) Spears, harpoons, and bows and arrows may be used for taking all varieties of skates, rays, and sharks, except soupfin sharks. (b) This section shall become operative January 1, 1999.

Cal. Fish and Game Code - FGC § 9053. Section 9053.

(a) Powered equipment of such design as may be prescribed by the commission may be used to take crustaceans and mollusks under a revocable permit issued by the department and under such regulations as the commission shall prescribe. (b) Taking of lobster or crabs under this section is subject to Article 5 (commencing with Section 8250) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 8275) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 6.

Cal. Fish and Game Code - FGC § 9054. Section 9054.

Sea urchins shall not be taken for commercial purposes except under a valid sea urchin diving permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked, subject to regulations adopted by the commission. Rakes, airlifts, or other handheld appliances may be used to take sea urchins. The commission may, whenever necessary to prevent overutilization or to ensure efficient and economic operation of the fishery, limit the number of permits that may be issued. The commission, as it determines appropriate to protect the resource, may limit the number of permits either on a statewide basis or within selected geographical areas.

Cal. Fish and Game Code - FGC § 9054.5. Section 9054.5.

The commission shall adopt regulations related to commercial sea urchin diving permits, and the vessels used to commercially fish for sea urchin, in order to better manage the number of permits issued.

Cal. Fish and Game Code - FGC § 9055. Section 9055.

(a) The base fee for a sea urchin permit authorized pursuant to Section 9054 is five hundred ninety-eight dollars and fifty cents ($598.50). (b) Upon notification from the California Sea Urchin Commission, the department shall charge an additional two hundred dollars ($200) for a sea urchin permit to be distributed to the California Sea Urchin Commission by the department, less the department’s distribution expenses, to be used for the purposes of Section 79056 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The California Sea Urchin Commission shall notify the department of the intent to charge the additional two-hundred-dollar ($200) fee by December 1 of the preceding license year. (c) The base fee and additional two-hundred-dollar ($200) fee for the California Sea Urchin Commission specified in this section are applicable to the 2024 license year and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713.
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