Fish and Game Code § 7920

7920.

The owner of any boat or vessel who, for profit, permits any person to take fish, shall procure a commercial passenger fishing boat license.

This article applies only to a boat or vessel whose owner or his or her employee or other representative is with it when it is used for fishing.

A person operating a guide boat, as defined in Section 46, is not required to obtain a commercial passenger fishing boat license.