Section 8232.5 Of Article 4.5. Commercial Salmon Vessel Permits From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.5.
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. (a) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful to
take salmon for sport purposes on a permitted vessel.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not prohibit taking salmon for sport
purposes under a sportfishing or a sport ocean fishing license, which
is issued pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 7145) of
Chapter 1, on a vessel licensed as a commercial passenger fishing
boat pursuant to Section 7920 and engaged in that business on any day
when salmon are not being taken for commercial purposes on that
vessel.
(c) Subdivision (a) does not prohibit taking salmon for sport
purposes under a sportfishing or a sport ocean fishing license, which
is issued pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 7145) of
Chapter 1, on a permitted vessel in the Klamath Management Zone, as
designated by the federal Pacific Fisheries Management Council, when
the commercial salmon season is closed and after 24 hours after the
time when salmon taken during the commercial salmon season are
required to be landed.
(d) The use of a vessel pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be
considered as being engaged or employed exclusively in the taking and
possession of fish or other living resource of the sea for
commercial purposes for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 227 of
the Revenue and Taxation Code.