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Click Here to Start| Commissioners | STATE OF CALIFORNIA Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor | Mike Yaun, Acting Executive Director |
| Eric Sklar, President Saint Helena Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Vice President McKinleyville Anthony C. Williams, Member Huntington Beach Vacant, Member Vacant, Member | Fish and Game Commission | 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1320 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 653-4899 www.fgc.ca.gov |
MEETING AGENDA April 13-14, 2016 Flamingo Conference Resort & Spa 2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa The meeting will be live streamed at www.cal-span.org |
| NOTE: See important meeting deadlines and procedures information at the end of the agenda. | ||
| DAY 1 – APRIL 13, 2016, 8:30 A.M. | ||
| Call to order/roll call to establish quorum | ||
| 1. | Approve agenda and order of items Motion and Vote | |
| 2. | Public forum for items not on agenda The Commission may not discuss or take action on any matter raised during this item, except to decide whether to place the matter on a future meeting agenda. (Pursuant to Sections 11125 and 11125.7(a), Government Code) | |
| CONSENT ITEMS Motion and Vote | ||
| 3. | Adopt proposed changes to fishing activity records and logbook regulations (Sections 190 and 195, Title 14, CCR) Motion and Vote | |
| 4. | Adopt proposed changes to commercial sea urching fishing regulations (Section 120.7, Title 14, CCR) | |
| 5. | Adopt proposed changes to Pacific halibut sport fishing regulations (Section 28.20, Title 14, CCR) | |
| 6. | Marine Resources Committee Motion and Vote | |
| (A) | March 21, 2016 meeting summary
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| (B) | Work plan development
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| 7. | Tribal Committee Motion and Vote | |
| (A) | April 12, 2016 meeting summary
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| (B) | Work plan development
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| 8. | California spiny lobster Motion and Vote Motion and Vote | |
| (A) | Adopt negative declaration pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act | |
| (B) | Adopt fishery management plan | |
| (C) | Discuss proposed changes to sport and commercial fishing regulations (Section 29.80, et al., and Appendix A, Title 14, CCR) | |
| 9. | Recreational Dungeness crab and rock crab fisheries: consideration and re-adoption of emergency regulations regarding emergency closure due to elevated levels of domoic acid (Section 29.85, Title 14, CCR) Motion and Vote | |
| 10. | Adopt proposed final Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas and the Marine Life Protection Program pursuant to the Marine Life Protection Act (Pursuant to Section 2850, et seq., Fish and Game Code) Motion and Vote | |
| 11. | Presentation of north central coast marine protected areas baseline data collection results and five-year management review | |
| 12. | Tribal take in marine protected areas (MPAs) (Section 632, Title 14, CCR) | |
| (A) | Presentation by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians regarding its request for exemptions from take in certain south coast MPAs | |
| (B) | Discussion and direction regarding current tribal requests for changes to specified MPA regulations Motion and Vote | |
| 13. | Department presentation concerning Federal regulations to protect unmanaged forage fish species in Federal marine waters | |
| 14. | Marine items of interest from previous meetings Motion and Vote | |
| (A) | Action on petitions for regulation change received at previous meetings | |
| (B) | Action on non-regulatory requests received at previous meetings | |
| (C) | Other | |
| 15. | Announce results from Executive Session | |
| 16. | Update on and discussion of executive director position recruitment | |
| 17. | Other informational items | |
| (A) | Staff report | |
| (B) | Legislative update and possible action | |
| (C) | Federal agencies report | |
| (D) | Other | |
| 18. | Department informational items | |
| (A) | Director’s report | |
| (B) | Wildlife and Fisheries Division, and Ecosystem Conservation Division | |
| (C) | Law Enforcement Division | |
| (D) | Marine Region | |
| (E) | Other | |
| Recess | ||
| FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 2016 MEETING SCHEDULE www.fgc.ca.gov
OTHER MEETINGS OF INTEREST Wildlife Conservation Board • May 26, Sacramento • August 30, Sacramento • November 16, Sacramento Pacific Fishery Management Council • June 23-28, 2016, Tacoma, WA • September 15-20, 2016 Boise, ID • November 16-21, 2016, Garden Grove, CA Pacific Flyway Council • September 2016, Date and location TBD Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies• July 21-27, 2016, Cody, WY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
