Fish and Game Code section 8550.5

(a)

A herring net permit granting the privilege to take herring with nets for commercial purposes shall be issued to licensed commercial fishermen, subject to regulations adopted under Section 8550, as follows:

(1)

To any resident of this state to use gill nets, upon payment of a fee of two hundred sixty-five dollars ($265).

(2)

To any nonresident to use gill nets, upon payment of a fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b)

The commission shall not require a permit for a person to be a crewmember on a vessel taking herring pursuant to this article.

Source: Section 8550.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FGC§ionNum=8550.­5.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2001; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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