Legal Opinion
California Gillnetters Ass'n v. Department of Fish & Game
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 30, 1995No. D021547PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McDONALD, J.
In 1990 the California voters passed the Proposition 132 (Cal. Const, art. X B) 1 initiative. Among other things, Proposition 132 banned the use of certain types of fishing gear along large portions of the California coastline. Appellants are fishermen adversely affected by this ban and seek to void Proposition 132.
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Factual and Procedural History
Appellants are commercial fishermen who have fished California’s “inshore” waters within three miles from the coast using gill and trammel nets (collectively gill nets).
In November 1990, California voters passed Proposition 132,…
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