(a) Except as provided in Section 8033.1 or 8033.5, or subdivision (b) of Section 8047, any person who purchases or receives fish for commercial purposes from a fisherman who is required to be licensed under Section 7850, or any person who removes fish from the point of the first landing that the person has caught for his or her own processing or sale, shall obtain a fish receiver’s license.

(b) The annual fee for a fish receiver’s license is five hundred forty-nine dollars ($549).

Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 8033

  • Fish: means a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of any of those animals. See California Fish and Game Code 45
  • Person: means any natural person or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other type of association. See California Fish and Game Code 67
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Fish and Game Code 73

(c) A cooperative association of fishermen may be licensed as fish receivers.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 876, Sec. 4. (SB 500) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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