Upon the preparation by the council, and the recommendation by the council to the secretary, of a fishery management plan or amendment thereto pursuant to the act, or upon the approval by the secretary of a fishery management plan, or amendment thereto, pursuant to the act, the director may do the following to conform state law or regulations of the commission to the fishery management plan, or amendment thereto, if the director finds that the action is necessary to achieve optimum yield in California and that it is necessary to avoid a substantial and adverse effect on the plan by that state law or the regulations in order to continue state jurisdiction pursuant to Section 1856 of the act:
(a) Adopt regulations that would make inoperative any statute or regulation of the commission, including, but not limited to, statutes or regulations regulating bag limits, methods of taking, and seasons for taking of fish for commercial purposes.
Any regulation adopted by the director pursuant to this subdivision shall specify the particular statute or regulation of the commission to be inoperative.
(b) Adopt regulations governing phases of the taking of fish for commercial purposes that are not presently regulated by statute or regulation of the commission.
(c) Adopt regulations governing phases of the taking of fish for commercial purposes that are presently regulated by statute or regulation of the commission, but only if the statutes or regulations are first made inoperative pursuant to subdivision (a) for the effective period of the regulations adopted by the director pursuant to this subdivision.
(d) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 870, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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