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6903
. It is the policy of the state and the department to encourage
nonprofit salmon release and return operations subject to this code
operated by, or on behalf of, licensed commercial salmon fishermen
for the purpose of enhancing California's salmon populations and
increasing the salmon harvest by commercial and recreational
fishermen. The department shall, to the extent that funds and
personnel are available, cooperate with fishing organizations in the
siting and establishment of those operations to ensure the protection
of natural spawning stocks of native salmon. The organizations
conducting the operations may receive salmon eggs and juvenile salmon
for the purposes of the operation, and, where appropriate, shall
have priority to receive salmon eggs and juvenile salmon for those
purposes after the needs of habitat mitigation efforts, and state
hatcheries are met.