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2025 California Code
Public Resources Code - PRC
DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT
CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies
ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment
Section 30230.
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CA Pub Res Code § 30230 (2025)
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30230. Marine resources shall be maintained, enhanced, and, where feasible, restored. Special protection shall be given to areas and species of special biological or economic significance. Uses of the marine environment shall be carried out in a manner that will sustain the biological productivity of coastal waters and that will maintain healthy populations of all species of marine organisms adequate for long-term commercial, recreational, scientific, and educational purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
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