Section 8552.8 Of Article 15. Herring From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 15.
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. (a) For purposes of this article, the experience points for
a person engaged in the herring roe fishery shall be based on the
number of years holding a commercial fishing license and the number
of years having served as a crewmember in the herring roe fishery,
and determined by the sum of both of the following:
(1) One point for each year in the previous 12 years (prior to the
current license year) that the person has held a commercial fishing
license issued pursuant to Section 7852, not to exceed a maximum of
10 points.
(2) Five points for one year of service as a paid crewmember in
the herring roe fishery, as determined pursuant to Section 8559,
three points for a second year of service as a paid crewmember, and
two points for a third year as a paid crewmember, beginning with the
1978-79 herring fishing season, not to exceed a maximum of 10 points.
(b) The department shall maintain a list of all individuals
possessing the maximum of 20 experience points and of all those
persons holding two points or more, grouped in a list by number of
points. The list shall be maintained annually and shall be available
from the department to all pointholders and to all herring
permittees. All pointholders are responsible for providing the
department with their current address and for verifying points
credited to them by the department.
(c) A herring permittee may use the department's list and rely
upon that list in making offers for transfer of his or her permit
until the date of the annual distribution of the new list. On and
after the date of the annual revision of the list, the permittee
shall use the new list.
(d) The point provisions in this section are for purposes of sale
of a permit or transfer to a partner of a coowned permit.