Cal. FGC § 8682
This is the official text of Cal. FGC § 8682, part of California’s Fish and Game Code — regulates hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.
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(a) The commission shall establish regulations for the issuance of gill net and trammel net permits as necessary to establish an orderly gill net and trammel net fishery. In promulgating regulations, the commission shall consider recommendations of the gill net and trammel net advisory committee created pursuant to subdivision (b). The regulations shall include, but are not limited to, a requirement that persons being granted a permit have had previous experience as a crewmember of a vessel using gill nets or trammel nets or have successfully passed a proficiency test administered by the department, under such regulations as the commission shall prescribe.
(b) The director shall establish an advisory committee, consisting of fishermen experienced in the use of gill nets and trammel nets, to advise the department in developing regulations to be proposed to the commission governing the use of gill nets and trammel nets.
(c) In accordance with Section 4 of Article X B of the California Constitution, this section contains the provisions in effect on January 1, 1989.
(b) The director shall establish an advisory committee, consisting of fishermen experienced in the use of gill nets and trammel nets, to advise the department in developing regulations to be proposed to the commission governing the use of gill nets and trammel nets.
(c) In accordance with Section 4 of Article X B of the California Constitution, this section contains the provisions in effect on January 1, 1989.
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