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4.131.223.143
State of California
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
(916) 653-4899
www.fgc.ca.gov
Meeting of Best Western Stockton Inn 1
March 6, 2008 (Thursday) Fremont Room
10:00 a.m. 2 4219 East Waterloo Road
Stockton
AGENDA3
ALL MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOTE: Items may be heard on either day and in any order pursuant to the determination
of the Commission President.
1. PUBLIC FORUM– Any member of the public may address and/or ask questions of the Commission
relating to the implementation of its policies or any other matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission. As
a general rule, action cannot be taken on issues not listed on the agenda. Staff will normally be requested to
follow up on such items at the discretion of the Commission. Submittal of written comments is encouraged to
ensure that all comments will be included in the record before the Commission. Please be prepared to
summarize your comments to the time allocated by the President.
2. PRESENTATION IN MEMORY OF COMMISSIONER ROBERT HATTOY.
3. DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION REGARDING PELAGIC ORGANISM DECLINE IN
THE SACRAMENTO DELTA.
4. PRESENTATION FROM THE PARTNERSHIP OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF
COASTAL OCEANS (PISCO) ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
SYMPOSIUM.
5. ANNUAL REVIEW OF WHITE STURGEON WILD BROODSTOCK COLLECTION
PROGRAM AND CONSIDERATION OF CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM WITH
AUTHORIZATION OF BROODSTOCK COLLECTION PERMITS.
1 These facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact
California Relay Service at 1 (800) 735-2929 (TT) or 1 (800) 735-2922 (Voice) and ask them to contact the California Fish and Game
Commission at (916) 653-4899.
2 The Commission may break for lunch at approximately 12:00 noon.
3 The public is encouraged to comment on any item on the agenda. In order for the Commission to adequately consider public comments,
the public is requested to submit written comments no later than ten days prior to the meeting. Written comments received fewer than
ten days preceding the meeting will be submitted to the Commission at the meeting; however, Commission staff is unable to deliver
material received one day before and on the day of the meeting to the Commissioners when the meeting is not in Sacramento. Please
send your comments to be received no later than two days before the meeting.
If you decide to speak at the Commission meeting, please begin by giving your name and affiliation (if any) and the number of people
represented by your organization. Then tell the Commission your concerns in five minutes or less. Time allotted for each agenda item
depends upon the number of speakers for each item and the length of the agenda. The Commission is interested in your views; don't
worry about how to say them. If several people have spoken, try not to be repetitious. If there are several with the same concerns,
please try to appoint a spokesperson. The Commission is particularly interested in the specific reasons you are for or against a proposal
because the Commission's decision needs to be based on specific reasons.
If you would like to present handouts/written material to the Commission at the meeting, please provide eight (8) copies.
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6. DFG LEGISLATIVE REPORT UPDATE AND POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF
COMMISSION POSITIONS ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
7. RECEIPT OF DFG DIRECTOR’S REPORT.
(A) UPDATE ON THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FORESTRY AND COMMISSION
JOINT POLICY ON PACIFIC SALMON AND ANADROMOUS TROUT.
(B) UPDATE ON PFMC ISSUES.
(C) UPDATE ON ENFORCEMENT.
(D) UPDATE ON GROUNDFISH STATUS AND POTENTIAL FOR REGULATORY
ACTIONS IN 2008 BASED ON IN-SEASON ADJUSTMENTS.
(E) UPDATE ON THE KLAMATH RIVER BASIN RESTORATION AGREEMENT.
(F) UPDATE ON THE 2008 DUCK STAMP ARTWORK SELECTION PROCESS.
(G) UPDATE ON PROPOSED NUISANCE CANADA GEESE REGULATIONS.
(H) OTHER.
8. RECEIPT OF COMMISSION INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.
(A) STAFF REPORTS.
I. UPDATE ON FUTURE LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
(B) OTHER.
9. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
(A) MARINE RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
(B) AL TAUCHER'S PRESERVING HUNTING AND SPORT FISHING
OPPORTUNITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
10. RECEIPT OF FEDERAL AGENCIES INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.
11. RECEIPT OF LEGAL COUNSEL INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.
I. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION OF
PERMITS AND LICENSES UPON CONVICTION.
12. NEW BUSINESS.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
(NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC)
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 11126(a)(1) AND
(e)(1), AND SECTION 309 OF THE FISH AND GAME CODE, THE COMMISSION WILL MEET
IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO
CONSIDER:
A. PENDING LITIGATION TO WHICH THE COMMISSION IS A PARTY.
I. CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY vs. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME
COMMISSION RE: TIGER SALAMANDER.
II. CALIFORNIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, ET AL., vs. CALIFORNIA FISH AND
GAME COMMISSION RE: COHO SALMON.
III. BIG CREEK LUMBER COMPANY AND CENTRAL COAST FOREST ASSOC.
vs. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION RE: COHO LISTING,
SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO.
IV. LINDY O’LEARY vs. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION RE:
R.R.S.A.C. AND R.R.S.S. PERMIT DENIALS.
V. NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, ET AL., vs. CALIFORNIA FISH
AND GAME COMMISSION RE: CALIFORNIA CONDORS EXPOSURE TO
LEAD AMMUNITION.
VI. ROBERT LARRY EDER, JUSTIN WESLEY YAGER AND BYRAN D. RANDALL
vs. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION RE: DUNGENESS CRAB
VESSEL PERMITS.
VII. STEVE ANGELI vs. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION RE:
RESTRICTED SPECIES BREEDING PERMIT.
VIII. COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE DELTA, ET AL., vs. CALIFORNIA FISH AND
GAME COMMISSION RE: SPORTFISH REGULATIONS AND TAKE OF LISTED
SPECIES.
B. POSSIBLE LITIGATION INVOLVING THE COMMISSION.
C. STAFF PERFORMANCE AND COMPENSATION.
D. RECEIPT OF HEARING OFFICER RECOMMENDATIONS ON LICENSE AND PERMIT
ITEMS AND ADOPTION OF COMMISSION FINDINGS:
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State of California
FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
(916) 653-4899
www.fgc.ca.gov
Meeting of Best Western Stockton Inn
March 7, 2008 (Friday) Fremont Room
8:30 a.m. 4219 East Waterloo Road
Stockton
AGENDA
ALL MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOTE: Items may be heard on either day and in any order pursuant to the determination
of the Commission President.
13. ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
14. RECEIPT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON PROPOSED ADDITION OF SECTION 355,
TITLE 14, CCR, RE: CERTIFICATION OF NONLEAD AMMUNITION AND LIST OF
CERTIFIED NONLEAD AMMUNITION, PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF AB 821.
(Note: The adoption hearing is scheduled for April 11, 2008, in Bodega Bay.)
15. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO TITLE 14, CCR, RE: CENTRAL VALLEY
SALMON SPORT FISHING.
16. RECEIPT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO SECTION 27.80,
TITLE 14, CCR, RE: OCEAN SALMON SPORT FISHING. (Note: Additional public
testimony is scheduled for April 11, 2008, in Bodega Bay.)
17. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSALS FOR TAG QUOTA CHANGES, CLARIFICATIONS
AND URGENCY CHANGES FOR THE 2008-2009 MAMMAL HUNTING
REGULATIONS. (Note: Additional public testimony is scheduled for April 11, 2008,
in Bodega Bay.)
18. RECEIPT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO SUBSECTION (b)(91.1)
OF SECTION 7.50, TITLE 14, CCR, RE: KLAMATH RIVER SPORT FISHING
REGULATIONS. (Note: Additional public testimony is scheduled for April 11, 2008,
in Bodega Bay.)
19. RECEIPT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO SECTION 120.7, TITLE 14,
CCR, REGARDING CHANGING THE DAYS OF THE WEEK TO HARVEST SEA URCHINS
AND THE LOTTERY DATE. (Note: The adoption hearing is scheduled for
April 11, 2008, in Bodega Bay.)
20. (A) RECEIPT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY OF PROPOSED ADDITION OF
SECTION 124, TITLE 14, CCR, RE: CALIFORNIA HALIBUT TRAWL
GROUNDS.
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(B) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, REVIEW OF INFORMATION, POSSIBLE
CONSIDERATION OF AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF FINDINGS ON
HALIBUT TRAWLING PURSUANT TO FISH AND GAME CODE
SECTION 8495. (Note: The questions before the Commission include whether
the bottom trawl fishery minimizes bycatch, is likely not damaging sea floor
habitat, is not adversely affecting ecosystem health, and is not impeding
reasonable restoration of kelp, coral, or other biogenic habitats.)
21. RECEIPT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND CONSIDERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
STATUS REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE PETITION TO
DELIST THE CALIFORNIA BROWN PELICAN (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) AS
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
22. RECEIPT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND CONSIDERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S
STATUS REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PETITIONS TO REMOVE
THE FOLLOWING PLANTS FROM THE LIST OF RARE AND ENDANGERED
SPECIES: MARIN BENT GRASS (Agrostis blasdalei var. marinensis), HANGING
GARDENS MANZANITA (Arctostaphylos edmundsii var. parvifolia), SLENDER-POD
JEWELFLOWER (Caulanthus stenocarpus), AND TRUCKEE BARBERRY (Mahonia
sonnei).
23. PURSUANT TO SECTION 2074.2 OF THE FISH AND GAME CODE,
CONSIDERATION OF DEPARTMENT’S INITIAL REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION
ON THE PETITION TO LIST THE AMERICAN PIKA (Ochotona princeps) AS A
THREATENED SPECIES.
CONSENT CALENDAR
24. CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL FOR THE CULTURED ABALONE TO LEASE KELP
BED NO. 27, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEAR TERM.
OTHER
25. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE MEETINGS.
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