CA Fish & Game Code Section 8552.3

The commission may, in consultation with representatives of the commercial herring roe fishery, and after holding at least one public hearing, adopt regulations intended to facilitate the transfer of herring permits, including, but not limited to, regulations that would do the following:

(a)

Allow an individual to own a single permit for each of the different herring gillnet platoons in San Francisco Bay.

(b)

Eliminate the point system for qualifying for a herring permit.

(c)

Allow a herring permit to be passed from a parent to child, or between husband and wife.