Section 8022 Of Article 6. Commercial Fishing Reports From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 6.
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. (a) The receipts, reports, or other records filed with the
department pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 7700) to
Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 8040), inclusive, and the
information contained therein, shall, except as otherwise provided in
this section, be confidential, and the records shall not be public
records. Insofar as possible, the information contained in the
records shall be compiled or published as summaries, so as not to
disclose the individual record or business of any person.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may
release the confidential information described in subdivision (a) to
any federal agency responsible for fishery management activities,
provided the information is used solely for the purposes of enforcing
fishery management provisions and provided the information will
otherwise remain confidential. The department may also release this
information in accordance with Section 391 or pursuant to a court
order, to a public or private postsecondary institution engaged in
research under the terms of a legally binding confidentiality
agreement, or under other conditions as the commission by regulation
may provide.
(c) All forms, logs, books, covers, documents, electronic data,
software, and other records of any kind issued or otherwise supplied,
directly or indirectly, by the department, the purpose of which is
to provide a means for reports, records, or other information to be
filed with the department pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with
Section 7700) to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 8040),
inclusive, continue to be the property of the department. Those
forms, logs, books, covers, documents, electronic data, software,
other records, or portions thereof remain the property of the
department whether used, unused, attached, or detached from their
original binding, packaging, or other medium and shall be immediately
surrendered upon demand to a peace officer of the department acting
in his or her official capacity, without being altered in any manner.