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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2828
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2828
Nothing in this chapter prohibits a local government from exercising any power or authority granted to it pursuant to state law to acquire land or water to implement a plan.
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2829
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2829
(a) The department may be compensated for the actual costs incurred in participating in the preparation and implementation of natural community conservation plans. These costs may include consultation with other parties to agreements authorized by Section 2810, providing and comp
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2830
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2830
Nothing in this chapter prohibits the taking or the incidental take of any identified species if the taking is authorized by the department pursuant to any of the following: (a) A natural community conservation plan or amended plan approved by the department prior to January 1, 2
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2831
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2831
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lands designated as of January 1, 2013, as open-space lands in a document entitled “Declaration of the Dedication of Land” approved by a resolution of the San Diego City Council in the same manner in which the city council processes
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2835
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2835
At the time of plan approval, the department may authorize by permit the taking of any covered species, including species designated as fully protected species pursuant to Sections 3511, 4700, 5050, or 5515, whose conservation and management is provided for in a natural community
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2850
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2850
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Marine Life Protection Act.
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2850.5
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2850.5
Notwithstanding any other law and consistent with the authority granted under Section 2860, commencing on July 1, 2013, the Ocean Protection Council shall assume responsibility for the direction of policy of marine protected areas (MPAs).
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2851
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2851
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s marine protected areas (MPAs) were established on a piecemeal basis rather than according to a coherent plan and sound scientific guidelines. Many of these MPAs lack clearly defined purposes, effective mana
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2852
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2852
The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Adaptive management,” with regard to marine protected areas, means a management policy that seeks to improve management of biological resources, particularly in areas of scientific uncertainty, by viewing pro
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2853
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2853
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need to reexamine and redesign California’s MPA system to increase its coherence and its effectiveness at protecting the state’s marine life, habitat, and ecosystems. (b) To improve the design and management of that system, t
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2854
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2854
The State Interagency Marine Managed Areas Workgroup shall, after appropriate consultation with members of the public, determine future actions for implementing the recommendations of its final report.
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2855
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2855
(a) The commission shall adopt a master plan that guides the adoption and implementation of the Marine Life Protection Program adopted pursuant to Section 2853 and decisions regarding the siting of new MPAs and major modifications of existing MPAs. The plan shall be based on the
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2856
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2856
(a) (1) The department and team shall use the best readily available scientific information in preparing the master plan adopted pursuant to Section 2855, and shall organize the location-specific contents, where feasible, by biogeographical region. In preparing the plan, the depa
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2857
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2857
(a) On or before July 1, 2001, the department shall convene, in each biogeographical region and to the extent practicable near major working harbors, siting workshops, composed of interested parties, to review the alternatives for MPA networks and to provide advice on a preferred
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2858
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2858
The department shall establish a process for external peer review of the scientific basis for the master plan prepared pursuant to Section 2855. The peer review process may be based, to the extent practicable, on the peer review process described in Section 7062.
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2859
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2859
(a) On or before January 1, 2005, the department shall submit to the commission a draft of the master plan prepared pursuant to this chapter. (b) On or before April 1, 2005, after public review, not less than three public meetings, and appropriate modifications of the draft plan,
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2860
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2860
(a) The commission may regulate commercial and recreational fishing and any other taking of marine species in MPAs. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the taking of a marine species in a marine life reserve is prohibited for any purpose, including recreational
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2861
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2861
(a) The commission shall, annually until the master plan is adopted and thereafter at least every three years, receive, consider, and promptly act upon petitions from any interested party, to add, delete, or modify MPAs, favoring those petitions that are compatible with the goals
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2862
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2862
The department, in evaluating proposed projects with potential adverse impacts on marine life and habitat in MPAs, shall highlight those impacts in its analysis and comments related to the project and shall recommend measures to avoid or fully mitigate any impacts that are incons
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2863
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2863
The department shall confer as necessary with the United States Navy regarding issues related to its activities.
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 29
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 29
“Closed season” means that period of time during which the taking of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, or reptiles is prohibited.
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2900
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2900
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Habitat Maintenance Funding Act.
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2901
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2901
(a) A local agency may establish an assessment district pursuant to Article 3.1 (commencing with Section 50060) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code for the improvement or maintenance of natural habitat, in a manner consistent with the policies a
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2930
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2930
(a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Salton Sea Restoration Act. (b) The state’s comprehensive management plan for the Salton Sea, established pursuant to the Governor’s directive of May 2015, shall be known, and may be cited, as the John J. Benoit Salton Sea
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Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2931
Fish and Game Code - FGC - FGC § 2931
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of California undertake the restoration of the Salton Sea ecosystem and the permanent protection of the wildlife dependent on that ecosystem. (b) This restoration shall be based on the preferred alternative developed as a res