DIVISION 0.5. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS 1-99.5›CHAPTER 2. Marine Life Definitions 90-99.5
§ 99.5
California Fish and Game Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
“Sustainable,” “sustainable use,” and “sustainability,” with regard to a marine fishery, mean both of the following:
(a) Continuous replacement of resources, taking into account fluctuations in abundance and environmental variability.
(b) Securing the fullest possible range of present and long-term economic, social, and ecological benefits, maintaining biological diversity, and, in the case of fishery management based on maximum sustainable yield, taking in a fishery that does not exceed optimum yield.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1052, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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