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FGC

Division 0.5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Chapter 1 - General Definitions

Chapter 2 - Marine Life Definitions

Division 1 - FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

Chapter 1 - Organization

Chapter 2 - Regulation of Take and Possession Generally

Article 1 - Authority

Article 2 - Procedure

Chapter 3 - Other Regulatory Powers

Article 1 - Generally

Article 2 - Special Seasons

Article 2.1 - Antelope and Elk

Article 3 - Migratory Birds

Article 4 - California-Arizona Compact

Article 5 - Reciprocal Agreements With Adjoining States

Article 6 - Falconry

Chapter 3.5 - Emergency Regulations

Chapter 4 - Acceptance of Federal Acts

Chapter 5 - Management of Deer

Chapter 6 - Damages from Poaching and Illegal Sales

Division 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

Chapter 1 - Organization and General Functions

Article 1 - Generally

Chapter 1.5 - Wildlife Violator Compact

Article 1 - General Provisions

Article 2 - Definitions

Article 3 - Issuing State Violation Procedures

Article 4 - Home State Procedures

Article 5 - Reciprocal Recognition of Suspension

Article 6 - Applicability of Other Laws

Article 7 - Compact Administrator Procedures

Article 8 - Entry Into Compact and Withdrawal

Article 9 - Amendments to the Compact

Article 10 - Construction and Severability

§§ 717.1-717.2

Chapter 2 - Deputies, and Other Employees; County Wardens

Article 1 - State

Article 2 - County Fish and Game Wardens

Chapter 3 - Other Powers and Duties

Article 1 - Generally

Article 2 - General License Provisions

Article 3 - State Fish Hatcheries

Article 4 - County Fish Hatcheries

Article 5 - Private Nonprofit Hatcheries

Article 6 - Cooperative Salmon and Steelhead Rearing Facilities

Article 6.5 - Transgenic Species of Salmonids

Article 7 - Nonprofit Partnerships

Chapter 4 - Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947

Article 1 - Generally

Article 2 - The Wildlife Conservation Board

Article 3 - Powers and Purposes

Article 3.5 - Oak Woodlands Conservation Act

Article 3.7 - Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program

§§ 1374-1374.1

Article 4 - Cooperation With United States

Chapter 4.1 - California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program

Chapter 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program

Article 1 - Definitions

Article 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program

Article 3 - Finances

Chapter 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program

Chapter 5 - Fish and Game Management

Article 1 - Generally

Article 2 - Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms

Article 3 - Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement Program

Article 3.5 - Cooperative Hunting Areas

Article 4 - Ecological Reserves

Article 5 - Classification of Marine Managed Areas with Harvest Restrictions

Chapter 6 - Fish and Wildlife Protection and Conservation

Chapter 6.5 - Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act

Chapter 6.6 - Voluntary Stream Restoration Property Owner Liability

Chapter 6.7 - Restoration Management Permit Act

Chapter 7 - Conservation of Aquatic Resources

Chapter 7.2 - Trout Management

Chapter 7.3 - Black Bass Conservation and Management

Chapter 7.4 - Department-Managed Lands

§§ 1745-1745.2

Chapter 7.5 - Native Species Conservation and Enhancement

§§ 1750-1773.3

Title - Short Title

Article 2 - Findings and Declarations

Article 2.5 - Bird Habitat Conservation

Article 3 - Native Species Conservation and Enhancement Account

Article 4 - Endangered and Rare Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Species Conservation and Enhancement Account

Article 5 - Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund

§§ 1773-1773.3

Chapter 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993

Article 1 - General Provisions

§§ 1775-1779.5

Article 2 - Legislative Goals

Article 3 - Wetlands Mitigation Banks

Article 4 - Wetlands

§§ 1790-1792.5

Article 5 - Discharge into Wetlands

Chapter 7.9 - Conservation Bank and Mitigation Bank Applications and Fees

§§ 1797-1799.1

Chapter 8 - Conservation of Wildlife Resources

Article 1 - Definitions

Article 2 - Policy

Chapter 9 - Advance Mitigation And Regional Conservation Investment Strategies

Chapter 10 - Native Plant Protection

Chapter 11 - California Desert Native Plants

Chapter 11.5 - Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act

§§ 1927-1927.12

Chapter 12 - Significant Natural Areas

Chapter 13 - Nonvehicular Wildlife Crossings

Chapter 13.5 - Wildlife Connectivity Actions

Division 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY

Chapter 1 - Taking and Possessing in General

Chapter 1.5 - Endangered Species

§§ 2050-2089.25

Article 1 - General Provisions

Article 2 - Listing of Endangered Species

§§ 2070-2079.1

Article 3 - Taking, Importation, Exportation, or Sale

Article 3.5 - Incidental Take Associated with Routine and Ongoing Activities

Article 3.7 - California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act

§§ 2089.2-2089.25

Chapter 2 - Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals

Article 1 - Generally

Article 2 - Permits

Article 3 - Regulation and Enforcement

Article 4 - Mammals Used for Hire

Article 5 - Circus Cruelty Prevention Act

Chapter 3 - Importation and Transportation of Live Plants and Animals

Article 1 - Birds

Article 2 - Mammals

Article 3 - Aquatic Plants and Animals

Chapter 3.5 - Aquatic Invasive Species

Chapter 4 - Importation and Transportation of Dead Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibia

Article 1 - Dead Wild Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibia

Article 2 - Dead Domesticated Birds and Mammals

Chapter 5 - Hunting and Fishing Guides

Chapter 6 - Capture, Transport or Sale of Wild Rodents

Chapter 6.5 - Control of Illegally Taken Fish and Wildlife

Chapter 7 - Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Act of 1984

Article 1 - General Provisions

Article 2 - Habitat Enhancement Program

Article 3 - Fiscal Provisions

Chapter 7.5 - Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Program

Article 1 - General Provisions

Article 2 - Habitat Conservation Program

Chapter 8 - Fisheries Restoration

Chapter 9 - California Wildlife Protection Act of 1990

§§ 2780-2799.6

Article 1 - General Provisions

Article 2 - California Wildlife Protection

§§ 2785-2799.6

Chapter 10 - Natural Community Conservation Planning Act

Chapter 10.5 - Marine Life Protection Act

Chapter 11 - Habitat Maintenance Districts

Chapter 13 - Salton Sea Restoration Act

Article 1 - General Provisions

Article 2 - Salton Sea Restoration

Article 3 - Lithium

Division 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS

Part 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

Chapter 2 - Commercial Activities

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

Chapter 2 - Particular Varieties

Chapter 3 - Nongame Birds

Chapter 4 - California Condor

Chapter 5 - Avian Influenza Wildlife Surveillance Act

Part 3 - MAMMALS

Chapter 1 - Game Mammals

Chapter 1.5 - Exotic Game Mammals

Chapter 2 - Fur-Bearing Mammals

Chapter 3 - Nongame Mammals and Depredators

Chapter 4 - Deer

Chapter 5 - Marine Mammals

§§ 4500-4502.5

Chapter 6 - Burros

Chapter 7 - Wild Pigs

Chapter 8 - Fully Protected Mammals

Chapter 9 - Bear

Chapter 10 - Mountain Lions

Chapter 11 - Bighorn Sheep

Division 5 - PROTECTED REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

Chapter 1 - Turtles

Article 1 - Desert Tortoises

Article 2 - Terrapin

Chapter 2 - Fully Protected Reptiles and Amphibians

Chapter 3 - Commercial Use of Reptiles

Division 6 - FISH

Part 1 - GENERALLY

Chapter 1 - Miscellaneous

Chapter 2 - Pollution

Chapter 3 - Dams, Conduits, and Screens

Chapter 4 - Infected or Diseased Fish

Chapter 5 - Fish Planting and Propagation

Chapter 5.5 - California Marine Resources Legacy Act

Chapter 6 - Kelp and Other Aquatic Plants

Chapter 7 - Amphibia

Chapter 8 - Salmon, Steelhead Trout, and Anadromous Fisheries Program Act

Chapter 9 - California Monitoring Program

Part 1.7 - CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

Chapter 1 - General Policies

Chapter 2 - Marine Fisheries Generally

Chapter 3 - Fisheries Science

Chapter 4 - Commission and Department

Chapter 5 - Fishery Management Plans—General Policies

Chapter 6 - Fishery Management Plan Preparation, Approval, and Regulations

Chapter 7 - Contents of Fishery Management Plans

Chapter 8 - Emerging Fisheries

Part 2 - SPORT FISHING

Chapter 1 - Generally

Chapter 2 - Particular Varieties of Fish

Part 3 - COMMERCIAL FISHING

Chapter 1 - Generally

Chapter 2 - Particular Varieties of Fish

§§ 8140-8599.4

Chapter 3 - Nets

Chapter 4 - Other Means of Taking

Chapter 5 - Fuel Conservation Assistance Program

Division 6.5 - STURGEON EGG PROCESSORS

§§ 10000-10005

Division 7 - REFUGES

§§ 10500-10932

Chapter 1 - Refuges and Other Protected Areas

§§ 10500-10741

Article 1 - General Provisions

§§ 10500-10514

Article 2 - Special Provisions for Given Areas

§§ 10650-10667

Article 3 - Federal Bird Reservations

§§ 10680-10685

Article 4 - Clam Refuges

Article 5 - Wilderness Areas

§§ 10740-10741

Chapter 2 - Specific Refuge Boundaries

§§ 10770-10932

Article 1 - Fish and Game Refuges

§§ 10770-10771

Article 2 - Fish Refuges

Article 3 - Game Refuges

§§ 10820-10844

Article 4 - Waterfowl Refuges

§§ 10860-10861

Article 5 - Quail Refuges

§§ 10880-10881

Article 6 - Marine Life Refuge

§§ 10900-10913

Article 7 - Junior Fishing Reserve

Article 8 - Burro Sanctuary

§§ 10930-10932

Division 8 - DISTRICTS

§§ 11000-11039

Chapter 1 - Boundaries

§§ 11000-11039

Division 9 - FINES AND PENALTIES

§§ 12000-12300

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

§§ 12000-12029

Chapter 2 - Forfeitures, Revocation, and Seizures

§§ 12150-12166

Chapter 3 - California Indians

Division 10 - REVENUE

§§ 13000-13205

Chapter 1 - State

§§ 13000-13014

Chapter 2 - County

§§ 13100-13104

Chapter 3 - Accounting

§§ 13200-13205

Division 10.5 - EXPENDITURES

§§ 13220-13231

Division 11 - PACIFIC MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT

§§ 14000-14105

Chapter 1 - The Compact

§§ 14000-14002

Chapter 2 - The Commission

§§ 14100-14105

Division 12 - AQUACULTURE

§§ 15000-15703

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

§§ 15000-15008

Chapter 2 - Aquaculture Development Section

§§ 15100-15105

Chapter 3 - Stocking Aquatic Organisms

§§ 15200-15202

Chapter 4 - Brood Stock Acquisition

§§ 15300-15301

Chapter 5 - Leasing of State Water Bottoms

§§ 15400-15415

Chapter 6 - Disease Control

§§ 15500-15516

Chapter 7 - Importation of Aquatic Plants and Animals

§§ 15600-15605

Chapter 8 - Aquaculture Development Committee

§§ 15700-15703

Division 13 - STATE-TRIBAL AGREEMENTS GOVERNING INDIAN FISHING

§§ 16000-16011

Chapter 1 - Legislative Findings

Chapter 2 - General Provisions

§§ 16001-16005

Chapter 3 - Negotiation and Approval of Agreement

§§ 16006-16009

Chapter 4 - Enforceability of an Agreement or Compact

§§ 16010-16011

Division 13.5 - STATE-TRIBAL AGREEMENTS GOVERNING INDIAN FISHING ON THE KLAMATH RIVER

§§ 16500-16541

Chapter 1 - Legislative Findings

Chapter 2 - General Provisions and Definitions

§§ 16510-16520

Chapter 3 - Negotiation and Approval of Agreement

§§ 16530-16532

Chapter 4 - Enforceability of an Agreement or Compact

§§ 16540-16541

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Division 5 - PROTECTED REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

Chapter 1 - Turtles

Article 1 - Desert Tortoises

Article 1 - Desert Tortoises

California Fish and Game Code — §§ 5000-5002