Section 1252.1 Of Article 1. Eligibility And Disqualifications From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.

. With respect to individuals hired as commercial fishermen a "totally unemployed individual" means an individual who, during a particular week, while still attached to his employer from the standpoint that there did not occur any severance of the employer-employee relationship, earned no wages and performed no services because his employer's boat was tied up for one or more of the following reasons:
  (a) Inclement weather.
  (b) Absence of fish in fishable waters.
  (c) Lack of orders for fish from buyers.
  (d) Boat is laid up for repairs.