Section 15101 Of Chapter 2. Aquaculture Development Section From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 2.
15101
. (a) The owner of each aquaculture facility shall register
all of the following information with the department by March 1 of
each year:
(1) The owner's name.
(2) The species grown.
(3) The location or locations of each operation or operations.
(b) The department may provide registration forms for this
purpose, may establish a procedure for the review of the information
provided to ensure that the operation will not be detrimental to
native wildlife, and shall impose a registration fee of five hundred
forty-nine dollars ($549) to recover the cost of reviewing new
registrations. For renewing registrations, the department shall
impose a registration fee of two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275).
It is unlawful to conduct aquaculture operations or to culture
approved species of aquatic plants and animals unless registered
under this section. The registration fees specified in this section
are applicable to the 2004 registration year and shall be adjusted
annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713.
(c) The annual registration of information required by subdivision
(b) is not a project for purposes of the California Environmental
Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the
Public Resources Code).
(d) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2013, and
shall become operative on January 1, 2018, at which time the
registration fees specified in this section shall be adjusted
pursuant to subdivision (b) as if this section had not been
inoperative.