Section 6455 Of Article 4. Grass Carp From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 4.
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. The department shall impose conditions in the permit to use
triploid grass carp under this article that it finds necessary to
prevent escape of the triploid grass carp from the targeted area. The
conditions shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) No permit shall be issued for the use of triploid grass carp
in waters with an open fresh water connection to other waters of the
state.
(b) Any waters in which triploid grass carp are used under this
article shall be under the control of the permittee. In addition,
barriers to fish movement acceptable to the department shall be in
place before introduction of triploid grass carp under this article.
Movement of triploid grass carp to areas outside the control of the
permittee is prohibited.
(c) Any waters in which triploid grass carp are used under this
article shall have sufficient dissolved oxygen and suitable
vegetation for consumption to sustain the introduced triploid grass
carp, as determined by the department.
(d) Except within closed basins, including the Salton Sea, no
permit shall be issued for the use of triploid grass carp within the
100-year flood plain.
(e) Any person or persons engaging in the introduction of triploid
grass carp into any area, or in the transfer of triploid grass carp
from one site to another, without a permit from the department shall
be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars
($5,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one
year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.