With respect to individuals hired as commercial fishermen a “totally unemployed individual” means an individual who, during a particular week, while still attached to his employer from the standpoint that there did not occur any severance of the employer-employee relationship, earned no wages and performed no services because his employer’s boat was tied up for one or more of the following reasons:
(a)
Inclement weather.(b)
Absence of fish in fishable waters.(c)
Lack of orders for fish from buyers.(d)
Boat is laid up for repairs.
Source:
Section 1252.1, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=UIC§ionNum=1252.1..