"(a) The department may issue permits, subject to restrictions and regulations that the commission determines are desirable, to take or possess, in any part of the state, for scientific, educational, or propagation purposes, mammals, birds and the nests and eggs thereof, fish, amphibia, reptiles, or any other form of plant or animal life.
(b) The department may issue a permit that is valid for 24 months from the date of issuance to a resident of this state on the payment of a base fee of thirty dollars ($30), as adjusted under Section 713.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the department may issue a permit without fee that is valid for 12 months from the date of issuance for either of the following purposes: (1) To authorize only the banding of birds and the exhibition of live or dead wildlife specimens by public zoological gardens, scientific, or educational institutions. (2) To a student who is regularly enrolled in a commercial fishing class in a school operating under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education or in a commercial fishing class in a community college and to a faculty member of those schools or a community college when conducting a regularly enrolled class in commercial fishing. Any permit issued under this paragraph shall be valid only when the student is under the direct supervision of the instructor who is approved by the school or community college to teach the class and who has obtained a permit under subdivision (b) or this paragraph from the department. All fish taken shall be taken in accordance with state law, except that Sections 7850, 7880, and 7881 do not apply to persons or equipment operating under this paragraph. All fish taken under a permit issued under this paragraph may be sold only to a person licens
California Fish & Game Code Section 1002 states:
