California Boating Law

CALIFORNIA BOATING LAW

(b) The Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge may authorize any person to enter the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge for the purpose of taking fish or marine plants under the conditions that the department determines necessary for the protection and propagation of fish and wildlife and related scientific purposes in that refuge. (c) The Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge, upon recommendation of the Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center, may authorize any person involved in oceanographic and scientific research in and around Catalina Island to anchor or moor a vessel in the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge. 10655. Catalina Marine Refuge, vessels. (a) A person involved in oceano- graphic and scientific research in and around Santa Catalina Island may be authorized by the Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge to enter the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge and to anchor or moor a vessel therein. (b) The Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge, or any person that the Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge has authorized under Section 10502.8, may take, for scientific purposes, any fish or specimen of marine plant life under the conditions prescribed by the department under Section 10502.8. 10655.5. Catalina Marine Refuge, vessel restrictions. (a) Except as expressly provided in this division, it is unlawful to enter the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge for the purpose of taking or possessing any fish or marine plants or to take or possess any fish or marine plants in the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge. (b) Except as permitted by federal law or emergency caused by hazardous weather, it is unlawful to anchor or moor a vessel in the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge without authorization by the Director of the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge pursuant to Section 10502.8. (c) Section 10655 and this section do not prohibit or restrict navigation in the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge pursuant to federal law. 10932. Catalina Marine Refuge, legal boundary. The following constitutes a marine life refuge and shall be designated the Catalina Marine Science Center Marine Life Refuge: All that area bounded on the south and southeast by the mean high tide line and by the present seaward boundary of the lease to tide and submerged lands now held by the University of Southern California from the State Lands Commission (No. 3692.1 Public Resources Code Series) and extending from a point on the mean high tide line at 33° 26 ′ 39 ″ North Latitude 118° 29 ′ 19 ″ West Longitude, thence to 33° 26 ′ 50 ″ North Latitude 118° 29 ′ 08 ″ West Longitude, thence to 33° 26 ′ 57.5 ″ North Latitude 118° 28 ′ 33.5 ″ West Longitude, thence to 33° 26 ′ 55 ″ North Latitude 118° 28 ′ 32 ″ West Longitude, and thence to a point on the mean high tide line at 33° 26 ′ 53.5 ″ North Latitude 118° 28 ′ 35 ″ West Longitude.

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