California Fish and Game Code 97 – “Optimum yield,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the amount of …
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“Optimum yield,” with regard to a marine fishery, means the amount of fish taken in a fishery that does all of the following:
(a) Provides the greatest overall benefit to the people of California, particularly with respect to food production and recreational opportunities, and takes into account the protection of marine ecosystems.
Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 97
- Fish: means a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of any of those animals. See California Fish and Game Code 45
- Fishery: means both of the following:
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(b) Is the maximum sustainable yield of the fishery, as reduced by relevant economic, social, or ecological factors.
(c) In the case of an overfished fishery, provides for rebuilding to a level consistent with producing maximum sustainable yield in the fishery.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)