California Fish and Game Code 8598.2 – (a) Marine organisms identified in subdivision (a) of Section …
(a) Marine organisms identified in subdivision (a) of Section 8597 shall not be taken except by the following methods:
(1) Hook and line.
Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 8598.2
- 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
- Net: means any gear made of any kind of twine, thread, string, rope, wire, wood, or other materials used for the gilling, entangling, trapping, or impounding of fish. See California Fish and Game Code 56
- 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
(2) Drop net.
(3) Dip Net.
(4) Trap.
(5) Hand.
(6) Slurp gun.
(7) Spatula.
(b) Chemical anesthetics, poisons, or irritants shall not be used or possessed by any person taking or possessing fish, plants, or other marine organisms for the marine aquaria industry. For the purposes of this section, chemicals commonly used aboard vessels for insect and rodent control may be possessed if no means of delivering those chemicals, including, but not limited to, squirt bottles, used to target those marine organisms is possessed.
(c) Appliances shall be used so that rocks or other mineral matter, aquatic plants, fish, or other aquatic life not listed in subdivision (b) of Section 8597 are not removed from the bottom or otherwise disturbed.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 742, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1993.)