FISH AND GAME LAWS, 
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of the owners thereof, which pond or reservoir has 
>. been stocked with fish ; or who, except with hook 
and line, takes, catches, or kills, any kind of fish 
. in any river or stream upon which a fish hatchery 
is maintained, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing 
in this section, or elsewhere in this code contained 
a shall prohibit the United States Fish Commission 
and the Fish Commission of this state, from^ taking 
at all times such fish as they may deem necessary for 
scientific purposes or for purposes of propagation. 
„ [Enacted 1905.] 
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)!: Penalties for Violating Fish Laws. 
§ 628d. Every person found guilty of a violation 
fi: of any of the provisions of sections 628, 628a, 
isi 628&, and 628c, shall be punished by a fine of not 
ti; less than twenty dollars nor more than five hundred 
A dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, in 
£ the county in which the conviction is had, not less 
iii than twenty nor more than one hundred and fifty 
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. All 
I?: fines collected for any violation of any of the pro- 
n visions of said sections must be paid into the state 
f treasury to the credit of the fish commission fund. 
s!-: [Enacted 1905.] 
Surf-Fish; Yellow-Fin. 
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§ 628e. Every person who, at any time, except 
with hook and line, takes, catches, or kills, any 
If California whiting {Menticirrhus undulatus) also 
its known as surf-fish, or any yellow-fin or any spot-fin 
croaker, is guilty of a misdemeanor. And all fines 
01 collected for any violation of any of the provisions 
rojl of this section shall be paid into the state treasury 
to the credit of the fish commission fund. 
[Enacted 1909.] 
