SECTIONS 7920-7925 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 7920-7925

7920. The owner of any boat or vessel who, for profit, permits any
person to take fish, shall procure a commercial passenger fishing
boat license.
This article applies only to a boat or vessel whose owner or his
or her employee or other representative is with it when it is used
for fishing.
A person operating a guide boat, as defined in Section 46, is not
required to obtain a commercial passenger fishing boat license.

7921. The base fee for a commercial passenger fishing boat license
is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in the 2004 license year, which
shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713. The
commercial passenger fishing vessel license shall be issued to the
holder of a commercial boat registration issued pursuant to Section
7881.

7923. The holder of a license shall keep a true record in the
English language of all fish taken, and shall comply with such
regulations as the commission may prescribe. Such a record and the
information contained in it shall be confidential, and the record
shall not be a public record.

7924. Licenses issued under this article are subject to forfeiture,
suspension, or revocation for a violation of Section 7121 and for
any offense for which a commercial fishing license may be forfeited,
suspended, or revoked.

7925. (a) If a vessel is licensed under this article and is used to
take salmon or has salmon aboard in ocean waters north of Point
Arguello, there shall be on board that vessel, a total number of
commercial fishing salmon stamps sufficient to have at least one for
the operator and one for each crewmember required by United States
Coast Guard regulations, excepting an operator or a crewmember who is
exempt from the requirement under subdivision (b) of Section 7860.
The commercial fishing salmon stamps shall be affixed to either the
commercial fishing licenses of the operator and the crewmembers or,
pursuant to subdivision (b), to the commercial passenger fishing
license. No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, any vessel
licensed under this article in violation of this subdivision.
Vessels permitted as commercial salmon fishing vessels pursuant to
Section 8234 are exempt from the requirements of this subdivision.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 1053, the department may issue to the
owner or operator of a vessel licensed pursuant to this article, upon
application and payment of the fees prescribed in subdivision (c) of
Section 7860, one commercial fishing salmon stamp for the operator
and not more than one additional commercial salmon stamp for each
crewmember required by the United States Coast Guard regulations. The
commercial fishing salmon stamps issued under this subdivision shall
be affixed to the vessel's commercial passenger fishing boat license
issued pursuant to this article.