Section 12002.4 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 1.
12002.4
. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 12000, 12001, and 12002, a
commercial boat registration may be revoked or suspended by the
commission, when requested by the department, for a period not to
exceed one year, upon conviction of the registrant, or the registrant'
s agent, servant, employee, or any other person acting under the
registrant's direction or control, for a violation of Section 7121 or
the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, if the violation in
question involved a vessel licensed pursuant to Section 7920.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 12000, 12001, and 12002, a commercial
boat registration of a vessel licensed pursuant to Section 7920 may
be revoked or suspended by the commission, when requested by the
department, for a period not to exceed one year, upon conviction of
any other person for a violation of Section 7121, if the fish or
amphibia involved in the violation were taken from the vessel and
that person committed a prior violation of Section 7121 within three
years on the vessel.
(c) The commercial boat registration shall not be revoked under
this section for a violation which is unrelated to the vessel for
which the commercial boat registration is to be revoked. Any
violation committed without the knowledge of the master, or an agent
or employee of the registrant, is unrelated to the vessel.