76501-76580

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 76501-76580




76501.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the
"California Salmon Marketing and Development Act."



76502.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.



76510.  "Council" means the California Salmon Council.



76511.  "Commercial salmon vessel operator" is a commercial
fisherman who operates a commercial salmon vessel for which a valid
commercial salmon vessel permit has been issued pursuant to Article
4.5 (commencing with Section 8230) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division
6 of the Fish and Game Code.



76520.  "Exporter" means any individual who is, or an individual
working for a partnership, corporation, or any other business unit or
organization which is, engaged in the export to a foreign nation or
nations of salmon which has been landed in California.



76525.  "Fiscal year" means from April 1 of a year to March 31 of
the next succeeding year.



76530.  "Fisherman" means an individual licensed to commercially
harvest fish pursuant to Sections 7850 to 7852, inclusive, of the
Fish and Game Code.


76535.  "Handler" means any of the following:
   (a) A processor.
   (b) A receiver.
   (c) A wholesaler.
   (d) An exporter.
   (e) An individual licensed or working for a partnership,
corporation, or any other business unit or organization licensed
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8032 of the Fish and Game Code
and engaged in the California commercial salmon fishery.



76537.  "Individual" means a person, as defined in Section 64506.



76540.  "Marketing association" means any commercial fishermen's
organization established on either a local, county, or statewide
level, incorporated in this state, to enable fishermen to
collectively negotiate and issue orders and agreements with receivers
for the purchase of their catches, or to otherwise engage in
activities permitted of agricultural cooperatives, and whose members
are involved in the salmon fishery.



76550.  "Processor" means any individual licensed or working for a
partnership, corporation, or any other business unit or organization
licensed pursuant to Section 8034 of the Fish and Game Code and
engaged in the California commercial salmon fishery.




76560.  "Receiver" means any individual licensed or working for a
partnership, corporation, or any other business unit or organization
licensed pursuant to Section 8033 of the Fish and Game Code and
engaged in the California commercial salmon fishery.




76570.  "Salmon" means the following species of fish:
   (a) King or chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
   (b) Silver or coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch).
   (c) Pink or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorhuscha).



76571.  "Salmon fishery" means either of the following:
   (a) One or more species of salmon taken offshore California with
troll lines for commercial usage, treated as a unit for the purposes
of conservation, restoration, management, marketing, or promotion.
   (b) Any economic activity involving the harvesting, receiving,
processing, manufacturing, or distributing of salmon described in
subdivision (a) and products therefrom.



76572.  "Salmon products" means any item manufactured which contains
50 percent or more of salmon flesh or parts from salmon, including
the head, scales, skin, bone, or entrails, and which is intended for
human consumption, medicine, animal feed, fertilizer, or other
purposes.



76580.  "Wholesaler" means any individual licensed or working for a
partnership, corporation, or any other business unit or organization
licensed pursuant to Section 8035 of the Fish and Game Code and
engaged in the California commercial salmon fishery.