AB 2488, as introduced, Dababneh. Fish: fully protected species: taking or possession.
Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of a fully protected fish, except as provided.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 5515 of the Fish and Game Code is
2amended to read:
(a) (1) Except as provided in this section, Section
42081.6, Section 2081.7, or Section 2835, a fully protected fishbegin delete mayend delete
5begin insert shallend insert not be taken or possessed at any time. No provision of this
6code or any other law shall be construed to authorize the issuance
7of a permit or license to take a fully protected fish, and no permit
8or license previously issued shall have force or effect for that
9purpose. However, the department may authorize the taking of a
10fully protected fish for necessary scientific research, including
11efforts to recover fully protected, threatened, or endangered species.
P2 1Before authorizing the take of a fully protected fish, the department
2shall
make an effort to notify all affected and interested parties to
3solicit information and comments on the proposed authorization.
4The notification shall be published in the California Regulatory
5Notice Register and be made available to each person who has
6notified the department, in writing, of his or her interest in fully
7protected species and who has provided an email address, if
8available, or postal address to the department. Affected and
9interested parties shall have 30 days after notification is published
10in the California Regulatory Notice Register to provide relevant
11information and comments on the proposed authorization.
12(2) As used in this subdivision, “scientific research” does not
13include an action taken as part of specified mitigation for a project,
14as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code.
15(3) A legally imported fully protected fish may be possessed
16under a permit issued by the department.
17(b) The following are fully protected fish:
18(1) Colorado River squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius).
19(2) Thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda).
20(3) Mohave chub (Gila mohavensis).
21(4) Lost River sucker (Catostomus luxatus).
22(5) Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps).
23(6) Shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris).
24(7) Humpback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus).
25(8) Owens River pupfish (Cyprinoden radiosus).
26(9) Unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus
27williamsoni).
28(10) Rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus).
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