2011 California Code
Fish and Game Code
DIVISION 6. FISH [5500 - 9101]
ARTICLE 9.7. Market Squid
Section 8426

(a) The director shall be responsible for the development of research protocols and the development of recommendations for the management of the squid fishery as set forth in subdivision (c) and for the conduct of public hearings to receive information on the resource and the fishery. The director may establish a Squid Research Scientific Committee consisting of persons with scientific knowledge or expertise on the squid resource or fishery, who may be employed by academic institutions, public or private research institutions, or the private sector. The committee, if established, shall assist in the development of research protocols and the preparation and review of the market squid conservation and management plan as described in subdivision (c). The department shall pay, from revenues derived pursuant to this article, the necessary costs of the committee, including a per diem to all members, as determined by the department.

(b) The director may establish a Squid Fishery Advisory Committee consisting of members representing licensed squid fishermen, squid processors, the recreational fishing industry, squid light boat owners, marine conservation organizations, and the Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program.

(c) The director shall hold public hearings to take testimony on interim measures, squid research needs, and the development of the management recommendations to be included in the report to the Legislature. Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, on or before April 1, 2001, in consultation with the Squid Fishery Advisory Committee, if established, and following public hearings, the director shall submit to the Legislature a report on the status of the market squid fishery with recommendations for a market squid conservation and management plan, including, but not limited to, the following information:

(1) Whether a limited access plan to manage the amount of fishing effort in the market squid fishery is necessary and, if so, what criteria should be used to determine who may participate in the fishery, what the optimum number of vessels should be in the fishery, and the overall fleet capacity.

(2) Whether it is necessary or advisable to reduce the number of days of the week that market squid may be taken for commercial purposes in specified areas of the state to protect the squid resource.

(3) Whether there are areas, if any, that should be declared harvest replenishment areas for squid where the taking of squid would not be permitted.

(4) A research and monitoring program of the market squid resource as may be needed to assist in the management of the market squid fishery to assure sustainable harvests on an annual basis and funding for that program.

(5) The regulation of squid light boats.

(6) Coordination that may be necessary with a federal coastal pelagic species management plan, should one be adopted.

(7) Whether it is necessary or advisable to modify the method of take or the use of fishing gear.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 785, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 8429.7. Repealed as of date prescribed by Section 8429.7.)