SECTIONS 7400 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 7400

7400. (a) The director shall appoint a Recreational Abalone
Advisory Committee consisting of nine members who shall serve without
compensation. The members of the advisory committee shall be
selected as follows:
(1) Six members who are not officers or employees of the
department. The six members shall be residents of California and meet
the following requirements:
(A) Two members shall reside north of the southern boundary line
of Marin County and a line extending due east from the easternmost
point of Marin County located in San Pablo Bay. The two members shall
be selected from nominations submitted by the Northern California
Shellfish Assessment Program or by individuals or organizations that
actively participate in the recreational abalone fishery, except that
not more than one of the members selected shall be an active or
former commercial abalone diver or involved in commercial seafood
processing or marketing.
(B) Two members shall reside south of the southern boundary line
of Marin County and a line extending due east from the easternmost
point of Marin County located in San Pablo Bay and north of the
boundary between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties and a
line extending due east from the easternmost point in that boundary
line. The two members shall be selected from nominations submitted by
the Central California Council of Divers, the Southern California
Shellfish Assessment Program, the Northern California Shellfish
Assessment Program, or by individuals or organizations that actively
participate in the recreational abalone fishery, except that not more
than one of the members selected shall be an active or former
commercial abalone diver or involved in commercial seafood processing
or marketing.
(C) Two members shall reside south of the boundary between Santa
Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties and a line extending due east
from the easternmost point in that boundary line. The two members
shall be selected from nominations submitted by the Greater Los
Angeles Council of Divers, the San Diego Council of Divers, the
Channel Islands Council of Divers, the Southern California Shellfish
Assessment Program, or by individuals or organizations that actively
participate in the recreational abalone fishery, except that not more
than one of the members selected shall be an active or former
commercial abalone diver or involved in commercial seafood processing
or marketing.
(2) One member shall represent the department in enforcement
activities and shall be selected from personnel in the Wildlife
Protection Division.
(3) Two members shall be marine scientists who are or have been
involved in abalone research at universities, state universities, or
in state or federal programs. Not more than one of the persons shall
be an officer or employee of the department.
(b) No member shall be involved in or profit from the culture for
sale (commercial aquaculture) of abalone.
(c) The advisory committee shall meet at least once each calendar
year to review proposals and recommend to the director projects and
budgets for the expenditure of fees received pursuant to Section
7149.8. The committee may review progress reports and the results of
projects funded under this article and make recommendations to the
director regarding abalone resource management.