Gaines & Associates
This Gaines & Associates “California Fish and Game Commission Update” is intended to provide our clients with the status of items of concern currently in front of the California Fish and Game Commission – including what to expect at tomorrow’s meeting of the Commission, and a recap of what took place on related agenda items at the Commission’s April 2021 meeting.
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CALIFORNIA FISH & GAME COMMISSION – May 2021 Meeting Agenda
The May 2021 meeting of the California Fish and Game Commission is a brief, one-day webinar/teleconference meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 11 th. The May 2021 meeting will only cover two items of interest to some of our clients – Central Valley sport fishing regulations and Klamath River Basin sport fishing regulations.
For instructions on how watch or listen to the meeting, or how to provide public comment during the meeting, visit FGC Meeting – Watch/Participate
To view the full agenda, click FGC – May 2021 Mtg Agenda Tuesday, May 11, 2021 – 9:15 AM
Agenda Item 3 – Central Valley Sport Fishing
This item will serve as the final adoption hearing for 2021 Central Valley sport fishing regulations. The Commission generally adopts Central Valley sport fishing regulations on an annual basis to align state regulations with federal fishery management goals set by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC). At their December 2020 meeting, the Commission authorized publication of a notice of proposed changes to Sacramento River fall-run Chinook salmon (SRFC) size, bag, and possession limits for the American, Feather, Mokelumne and Sacramento rivers that were intentionally broad to encompass possible PFMC 2021 recommendations for SRFC stocks.
Under this agenda item DFW will recommend for Commission consideration of adoption specific size, bag and possession limits, and season dates for Sacramento River fall-run Chinook (SRFC) salmon based on the PFMC final recommendations.
Jonathan Nelson of DFW’s Anadromous Fisheries Branch will open this item with a presentation which will first provide mapping of the four rivers covered under Central Valley sport fishing regulations – the American, Mokelumne, Feather, and Sacramento rivers. Mr. Nelson will then remind the Commission that the bag and possession limits adopted in 2020 for the American, Mokelumne, and Sacramento was a daily bag of two and a possession limit of four, while the 2020 bag and possession limit for the Feather River was three and six, respectively.
Following a quick reminder of the three regulatory options DFW had previously brought forth for 2021 (See April 2021 meeting below), Mr. Nelson will state that, with the PFMC final recommendations now in hand, DFW is recommending a bag limit of two fish and a possession limit of four of any size salmon for all four rivers in 2021. Mr. Nelson should then close by stating that DFW is recommending the same season dates as 2020.
To view the Fish and Game Commission Meeting Binder which includes detail on agenda item 3 regarding 2021 Central Valley sport fishing regulations – including Mr. Nelson’s presentation, click FGC – May 2021 Mtg Binder
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Gaines Report — California Fish and Game Commission Update — May 2021 (1)
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