Section 8405.2.

(a) A sea cucumber permit may be transferred by the permittee if the permittee has previously held a valid sea cucumber permit for any four permit years and landed at least 100 pounds of sea cucumbers in each of those permit years, as documented by landing receipts with the name of the permittee shown on the receipts.

(b) A sea cucumber permit may be transferred only to a person who has a valid commercial fishing license issued pursuant to Section 7852, that has not been suspended or revoked. A sea cucumber permit shall not be transferred to any person who has had a sea cucumber permit suspended or revoked while the suspension or revocation is in effect.

(c) An application for transfer shall be submitted to the department, with such reasonable proof as the department may require to establish the qualifications of the permitholder and the person the permit is to be transferred to, accompanied by payment to the department of a nonrefundable transfer fee of two hundred dollars ($200). The transfer shall take effect on the date notice of approval of the application is given to the transferee by the department.

(d) A sea cucumber trawl permit may be transferred to any qualified person as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) to take sea cucumbers by diving or by use of trawl nets. A sea cucumber dive permit may be transferred to any qualified person as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) only to take sea cucumbers by diving. The transferee shall specify the gear type, either trawl or dive, that the transferee intends to use to take sea cucumbers. The gear type of the sea cucumber permit, either trawl or dive, shall not be transferable.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 585, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative April 1, 1998, by Section 8405.4 as added by Ch. 585. Inoperative April 1, 2015. Repealed as of January 1, 2016, pursuant to Section 8405.4.)