California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Fish and Game Code - FGC |
Division 0.5. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS |
Chapter 2. Marine Life Definitions |
Section 90.7.
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"Depressed," with regard to a marine fishery, means the condition of a fishery for which the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that the commission or department possesses or receives, indicates a declining population trend has occurred over a period of time appropriate to that fishery. With regard to fisheries for which management is based on maximum sustainable yield, or in which a natural mortality rate is available, "depressed" means the condition of a fishery that exhibits declining fish population abundance levels below those consistent with maximum sustainable yield.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)