Section 1505 Of Article 1. Generally From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The department may manage, control, and protect the
portions of the following spawning areas that occupy state-owned
lands, to the extent necessary to protect fishlife in these areas:
(1) The Sacramento River between Keswick and Squaw Hill Bridge,
near Vina.
(2) The Feather River between Oroville and the mouth of Honcut
Creek.
(3) The Yuba River between Englebright Dam and a point
approximately four miles east of Marysville.
(4) The American River between Nimbus Dam and a point one mile
downstream from Arden Way.
(5) The Mokelumne River between Pardee Dam and Lockeford.
(6) The Stanislaus River between Goodwin Dam and Riverbank.
(7) The Tuolumne River between La Grange Dam and the Geer Road
(J14) Bridge.
(8) The Merced River between Crocker Huffman Dam and Cressey.
(9) The Trinity River between Lewiston Dam and the confluence of
the North Fork Trinity, near Helena.
(10) The Eel River, from Fort Seward to Lake Pillsbury.
(11) The South Fork Eel River.
(12) The Middle Fork Smith River, from its mouth to Knopti Creek.
(13) The South Fork Smith River, from its mouth to Harrington
Creek.
(14) The Salmon River, from its mouth to Rush Creek on the South
Fork Salmon River, to Carter Meadow on the east fork of the South
Fork Salmon River, and to Finley Camp on the North Fork Salmon River.
(15) Battle Creek, from its mouth to Coleman Powerhouse.
(16) The Cosumnes River, from Meiss Road Bridge to Latrobe Road
Bridge.
(17) The Van Duzen River, from Yager Creek to the falls 1 1/2
miles above Bloody Run Creek.
(18) The Mad River, from Blue Lake Bridge to Bug Creek.
(19) The Middle Fork Eel River.
(20) The Mattole River.
(21) The Noyo River.
(22) The Big River, Mendocino County.
(23) The Gualala River.
(24) The Garcia River, Mendocino County.
(b) In the event of a conflict between an action of the department
pursuant to this section and the action of another department or
agency of the state or another public agency, the action of the
Department of Fish and Wildlife taken pursuant to this section shall
prevail, except in the event of conflict with the following actions:
(1) An action of the state or regional water quality control
boards in establishing waste discharge requirements.
(2) An action required for commerce and navigation.
(3) An action by a public agency that is reasonably necessary for
bridge crossings, water conservation or utilization, or flood
protection projects, including the construction, maintenance, and
operation thereof. This paragraph shall not apply to the depositing
of materials, other than necessary structural materials, in, or the
removing of materials from the streambeds in the areas designated in
this section, other than as necessary for the installation of
structures.
(c) The director shall disapprove a stream alteration of a prime
salmon or steelhead spawning area on land of which ownership has not
been legally determined, when in the director's opinion the
alteration would prove deleterious to fishlife.