Section 7081 Of Chapter 7. Contents Of Fishery Management Plans From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1.7. >> Chapter 7.
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. Consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 7072, each fishery
management plan or plan amendment prepared by the department shall
include a fishery research protocol that does all of the following:
(a) Describe past and ongoing monitoring of the fishery.
(b) Identify essential fishery information for the fishery,
including, but not limited to, age and growth, minimum size at
maturity, spawning season, age structure of the population, and, if
essential fishery information is lacking, identify the additional
information needed and the resources and time necessary to acquire
the information.
(c) Indicate the steps the department shall take to monitor the
fishery and to obtain essential fishery information, including the
data collection and research methodologies, on an ongoing basis.