Fish and Game Code section 99.5


“Sustainable,” “sustainable use,” and “sustainability,” with regard to a marine fishery, mean both of the following:

(a)

Continuous replacement of resources, taking into account fluctuations in abundance and environmental variability.

(b)

Securing the fullest possible range of present and long-term economic, social, and ecological benefits, maintaining biological diversity, and, in the case of fishery management based on maximum sustainable yield, taking in a fishery that does not exceed optimum yield.

Source: Section 99.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FGC§ionNum=99.­5.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1999; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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