Section 8047 Of Article 7.5. Landing Taxes From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 7.5.
8047
. (a) (1) A person licensed under Article 7 (commencing with
Section 8030) who takes his or her own fish shall make a legible
record in the form of the landing receipt as required by Sections
8043 and 8043.1 at the time the fish are brought ashore. The original
signed copy of the landing receipt shall be delivered by the
licensee to the department on or before the 16th day or the last day
of the month in which the fish were landed, whichever date occurs
first after landing. A copy of the landing receipt shall be retained
by the licensee for a period of four years and shall be available for
inspection at any time within that period by the department. A copy
of the landing receipt shall be delivered to an agent authorized in
writing by the majority of the persons who participated in the taking
of the fish, excluding the commercial fisherman receiving the
original copy.
(2) A person licensed under Section 8033.5 who sells his or her
fish to a licensed receiver may use a transportation receipt to
transport those fish only to that licensed receiver. The receiver
shall complete a landing receipt for those fish. A person who sells
his or her fish to the ultimate consumer shall complete a landing
receipt pursuant to Sections 8043 and 8043.2. Transportation receipts
shall be completed at the time the fish are transferred from the
fishing vessel.
(b) Every commercial fisherman who sells fish taken from the
waters of this state or brought into this state in fresh condition to
persons not licensed to receive fish for commercial purposes
pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 8030) shall make a
legible record in the form of the landing receipt required by
Sections 8043 and 8043.1. Persons subject to Section 8043 shall remit
the landing tax imposed by Section 8041. The person taking,
purchasing, or receiving the fish, whether or not licensed under
Article 7 (commencing with Section 8030), shall sign the landing
receipt. The original signed copy of the landing receipt shall be
delivered by the commercial fisherman to the department on or before
the first and 16th day of each month. A copy of the landing receipt
shall be retained by the commercial fisherman for a period of four
years and shall be available for inspection at any time within that
period by the department. A copy of the landing receipt shall be
retained by the person taking, purchasing, or receiving the fish
until they are prepared for consumption or otherwise disposed of. A
copy of the landing receipt shall be delivered to an agent authorized
in writing by the majority of the persons who participated in the
taking of the fish, excluding the commercial fisherman receiving the
original copy.
(c) (1) Every commercial fisherman or his or her designee, who
transports, causes to be transported, or delivers to another person
for transportation, any fish, except herring, taken from the waters
of this state or brought into this state in fresh condition, shall
fill out a transportation receipt according to the instructions and
on forms provided by the department at the time the fish are brought
ashore.
(2) The original signed copy of the transportation receipt shall
be delivered by the commercial fisherman to the department on or
before the 16th day or the last day of the month in which the fish
were landed, whichever date occurs first after landing. A copy of the
transportation receipt shall be retained by the commercial fisherman
who filled it out for a period of four years and shall be available
for inspection at any time within that period by the department. A
copy of the transportation receipt shall be given to and retained by
the person transporting the fish until the fish are sold fresh,
processed, or otherwise disposed of.
(3) The transportation receipt is required only for transit
purposes.
(4) A person transporting fish from the point of first landing
under a transportation receipt is not required to be licensed to
conduct the activities of a fish receiver as described in Section
8033.
(5) The transportation book receipt shall be issued to an
individual fisherman and is not transferable.
(d) The transportation receipt shall contain all of the following
information:
(1) The name of each species of fish, pursuant to Section 8045.
(2) The date and time of the receipt.
(3) The accurate weight of the species of fish being transported.
Sablefish may be reported in dressed weight, and if so reported,
shall have the round weights computed, for purposes of management
quotas, by multiplying 1.6 times the reported dressed weight.
(4) The name and identification number of the fisherman. The
signature of the fisherman authorizing transportation.
(5) The name of the person transporting the fish.
(6) The name of the fish business, the fish business
identification number, and the corresponding landing receipt number
issued by the fish business to the commercial fisherman.
(7) The department registration number of the vessel and the name
of the vessel.
(8) The department origin block number where the fish were caught.
(9) The port of first landing.
(10) Any other information the department may prescribe.
(e) The numbered transportation receipt forms in each individual
transportation receipt book shall be completed sequentially. A voided
fish transportation receipt shall have the word "VOID" plainly and
noticeably written on the face of the receipt. A voided fish
transportation receipt shall be submitted to the department in the
same manner as a completed fish transportation receipt is submitted
to the department. A commercial fisherman who is no longer conducting
business as a licensed fisherman shall forward all unused
transportation receipts and transportation receipt books to the
department immediately upon terminating his or her business activity.