Section 8010 Of Article 6. Commercial Fishing Reports From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 6.
8010
. The department shall:
(a) Gather and prepare data of the commercial fisheries, showing
particularly the extent of the fisheries and the extent to which the
various species abound.
(b) Make such investigations of the biology and the environment of
the living marine resources as will aid in the collection and
preparation of the statistical information necessary to determine the
population dynamics of the species relative to their scientific
management.
(c) Make such investigations as will disclose the optimum
sustainable yield of the various marine resources.
(d) Determine what measures may be advisable to conserve any
fishery, or to enlarge and assist any fishery where that may be done
without danger to the supply.