Marine Life Definitions

Division 0.5, Chapter 2 of the Fish and Game Code deals with marine life definition.

Section 90 provides that the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of specified chapters and divisions and all regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions.

Section 90.1 defines the term “adaptive management.”

Section 90.5 defines the term “baycatch.”

Section 90.7 defines the term “depressed.”

Section 91 defines the term “discards.”

Section 93 defines the term “essential fishery information.”

Section 94 defines the term “fishery.”

Section 96 defines the term “marine living resources.”

Section 96.5 defines the term “maximum sustainable yield.”

Section 97 defines the term “optimum yield.”

Section 97.5 defines the term “overfished.”

Section 98 defines the term “overfishing.”

Section 98.2 defines the term “participants.”

Section 98.5 defines the terms “population” and “stock.”

Section 99 defines the term “restricted access.”

Section 99.5 defines the term “sustainable,” “sustainable use,” and “sustainability.”