Section 7051 Of Chapter 1. General Policies From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1.7. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) A regulation adopted pursuant to this part shall apply
only to ocean waters and bays. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this part, nothing contained in this part grants the department or
any other agency of the state any regulatory authority not in
existence on January 1, 1999, in any river upstream of the mouth of
such river, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta or in any other
estuary.
(b) The policies in this part shall apply only to fishery
management plans and regulations adopted by the commission on or
after January 1, 1999. No power is delegated to the commission or the
department by this part to regulate fisheries other than the
nearshore fishery, the white sea bass fishery, emerging fisheries,
and fisheries for which the commission or department had regulatory
authority prior to January 1, 1999.