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DIVISION 6. FISH 5500-9101›PART 1.7. CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MARINE LIVING RESOURCES 7050-7090›CHAPTER 5. Fishery Management Plans—General Policies 7070-7074

§ 7074

California Fish and Game Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) The department shall prepare interim fishery research protocols for at least the three highest priority fisheries identified pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 7073. An interim fishery protocol shall be used by the department until a fishery management plan is implemented for that fishery.

(b) Consistent with Section 7059, each protocol shall be prepared with the advice, assistance, and involvement of participants in the various fisheries and their representatives, marine conservationists, marine scientists, and other interested persons.

(c) Interim protocols shall be submitted to peer review as described in Section 7062 unless the department, pursuant to subdivision (d), determines that peer review of the interim protocol is not justified. For the purpose of peer review, interim protocols may be combined in the following circumstances:

(1) For related fisheries.

(2) For two or more interim protocols that the commission determines will require the same peer review expertise.

(d) The commission, with the advice of the department, shall adopt criteria to be applied in determining whether an interim protocol may be exempted from peer review.

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 483, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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