Fish & G. Code, § 98 · Chapter 2. Marine Life Definitions
Fish & G. Code, § 98
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“Overfishing” means a rate or level of taking that the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that the commission or department possesses or receives, indicates is not sustainable or that jeopardizes the capacity of a marine fishery to produce the maximum sustainable yield on a continuing basis.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.
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