Here is what I think the law allows (after reading it myself.) Of course, it will and can be interpreted other ways by different people. This is my own interpretation based on the wording. I'm no lawyer. I don't work for Fish and Game. This isn't necessarily how an officer will see it:

You can breed a legal (i.e. not a San Diego mtn king) zonata to another legal zonata possessed by another CA fishing license holder. You can't sell the offspring, and you'd have to give away the offspring on or by Dec 31. You can't release the offspring. Any licensee can have one zonata except for the San Diego mtn king and any mtn king found west of I-5.

For example, if my wife has a CA fishing license and so do I, we can have 2 zonata in our household - one for her and one for me. And if they happen to be male and female and happen to produce offspring, well.. But in the end, we can only have one each. We have to give the babies away by Dec 31 of that same year. Can't sell them. Can't release them. That is my take on it. Maybe others will chime in and agree or disagree.

I think the law is there to prevent overcollecting of WCs and commercial sales of WCs and CB offspring. It really doesn't say two legal z's each owned by two different licensees can't be bred. I think anyway. Interesting topic.

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