Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Novmber 19, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

State Capitol, Room 112

Sacramento, CA

Press Releases, Articles and Letters:

2019-11-15 Senator McGuire to host important hearing on Dungeness crab season along with creating fish friendly highways for endangered species

2017-9-1 Senator McGuire Letter to Director Dougherty

Sen. McGuire to host important hearing on Dungeness crab season - KRCRTV

Commercial Dungeness crab season postponed at least another month; McGuire holds fisheries hearing Nov. 19

Bodega Bay crab fleet to sit out Dungeness opener to avoid whales, urging other ports to do same

Video:

Archived video (scroll to or search for 11/19/2019 “Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture” hearing)

Live feed - see Today's Events 11/19/2019 (on right)

Agenda:

Hearing agenda 

Background:

Hearing background summary 

Presenter biographies:

• Charlton Bonham
• Benson Yee
• Sonke Mastrup
• Susan Rotwein
• Noah Oppenheim
• Dr. Robert Lusardi
• Mark Lancaster
• James E. Davis
• Michael Keever
• Amy Bailey

Presentations and/or outlines:

• Benson Yee - California Department of Public Health
• Susan Rotwein - California Coast Crab Association testimony and photo 
• Mark Lancaster - 5 Counties Salmonid Conservation Program
• James E. Davis, Amy Bailey and Michael Keever - Caltrans presentations

Additional background information:

Crab information:

• CDFW Crab information web page

• CDFW Whale Safe Fisheries web page

• Risk Assessment and Mitigation Program (RAMP)

• 2019-20 Best Practices Guide 

• Latest CDPH domoic acid testing results for: Dungeness and rock crab 11-20-2019

• 2019 Preseason Coastal Dungeness Crab Quality Test Fishery Results for WA, OR and CA

• CDFW Announces Quality Delay for Commercial Dungeness Crab in Northern Fishery, and Important Updates to Pending Opening in Central Fishery

• 2019-2020 Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery - Frequently Asked Questions

• OR Commercial Dungeness crab season delayed due to crab quality until at least Dec. 16 

• Shellfish Safety Notification: Consumers Warned not to eat the Viscera of Dungeness Crab - CDPH notice

• CDFW Director Issues Declaration to Delay Commercial Dungeness Crab Season South of Mendocino/Sonoma County Line --- Declaration

• CDFW Director Issues Preliminary Determination to Delay Commercial Dungeness Crab Season South of Mendocino/Sonoma County Line

• CDFW NOTICE: Preliminary Determination of Significant Entanglement Risk, November 1, 2019

• Dungness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group Updates and 2019-20 recommendations to advance the Risk Assessment and Mitigation Program (RAMP) and reduce whale entanglements

• Strategy for Protecting Whales and Sea Turtles & Ensuring Thriving Fisheries: Reducing the Risk of Entanglement in California Fishing Gear - California Ocean Protection Council - November, 2019

• The California Current Marine Heatwave Tracker – An experimental tool for tracking marine heatwaves

• Marine Heatwave in the Pacific Shrinks from “Blob” in Size, Retreats Farther Offshore

• California Recreational Dungeness Crab Season Opens Nov. 2

• Dungeness fleet thankful for Nov. 22 start

• Dungeness crab fishing season delayed due to whale and sea turtle entanglement risk  

• Dungeness commercial crab season likely to be delayed over risks to whales

• California commercial Dungeness crab season may be delayed   

• California preliminarily delays opening of Dungeness crab season by eight days

• Local fishermen, businesses impacted by delay of Dungeness crab fishing season 

• California Crab Season Delayed to Nov. 23 to Protect Whales From Entanglement - CBD release

CalTrans Fish Passage Reports to the Legislature: 

• 2018 (New! as of Feb. 27, 2020)

• 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

 Fish Passage Status and the State Highway System (April 2018)

 SB 857, Kuehl (2005), Fish Passages and Streets and Highway Code Section 156.1  

 Caltrans Fish Passage Advisory Committee

• Caltrans Fish Passage Priorities, Active Projects and Remediations
• Connectivity
• Engineering
• Science
• Training

State of the Salmonids: Status of California’s Emblematic Fishes 2017

Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program 

• Migration Barrier Removal
• Salmonid Information
• Featured Projects Gallery

California Fish Passage Forum

• Addressing Connectivity - the Fishery, Ecosystem and Economic Benefits of Fish Passage
• Statewide Barrier Inventory

‘This Ruling Gives Us Hope’: Supreme Court Sides With Tribe in Salmon Case

Highways, salmon habitat collide in tribal treaty case

Links to State and Federal Guidelines on Fish Barriers:

• Optimizing Fish Passage Barrier Removal in California While Considering Climate Change Effects - A white paper produced by the California Fish Passage Forum - April 2014
• Fish Passage Improvements in California Watersheds (2013)
• Guidelines for Salmonid Passage at Stream Crossings (NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service)
• California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual (State of California)
• Best Management Practices to Minimize Adverse Effects to Pacific Lamprey - April 2010 (US Fish and Wildlife Service)