Section 8554 Of Article 15. Herring From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 15.

. The commission, in adopting regulations for the commercial herring fishery, shall provide for the temporary substitution of a permittee to take herring, if the permittee is ill or injured, by a crewmember aboard the vessel operated by the permittee. The commission may require that proof of the illness or injury be substantiated to the satisfaction of the department.