Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture
March 12, 2020 - 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 113
Sacramento, CA
Press Releases and Articles:
Lawmakers Told Trump’s New Water Rules Will Push Salmon Closer To Extinction
Video:
Archived video (scroll to 3/12/2020 “Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture” hearing)
Live feed - see Today's Events 03/12/2020 (on right)
Agenda:
Background:
Zeke Grader 2015 Joint Senate-Assembly Resolution
Presenter biographies:
- Secretary Wade Crowfoot
- Director Charlton Bonham
- Noah Oppenheim
- John McManus
- Kate Poole
- Dr. Jarrod Santora
- George Bradshaw
- Ben Platt
- Jenn Humberstone
- Commissioner Karen Douglas
- Danielle Mills
- Mike Conroy
- Miranda Ries
- Rob Ross
- Rachelle Fisher
- David Goldenberg
- Jim Anderson
- Darren Mierau
- Liz Whiteman
Presentations and/or outlines:
Additional information:
General:
2019 CDFW Marine Region Year in Review
Fisheries of the United States, 2018 - NOAA release, and 2018 full report and fact sheet and infographics
Marine Life Management Act Master Plan: Implementation Work Plan
Secretary of Commerce allocates $65 million for fishery disasters
- Fishery Disaster Determinations
Salmon and Federal Water Issues:
Notice of Intent to Litigate - Potential Reclamation Action Following Final Environmental Impact Statement Regarding Reinitiation of Consultation on the Coordinated Long-Tenn Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project and Filed Complaint
Thermalito Afterbay Salmon Restoration Project letter from Senators McGuire, Nielsen, Skinner and Weiner to DWR and DWR response
METROPOLITAN BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on the voluntary agreements post-Trump and an update on the State Water Project contract amendment for Delta conveyance
Big Problems with Politically Motivated New Federal Water Diversion Rules - GSSA release
Key Environmental and Fishing Concerns with the 2020 Voluntary Agreement Framework
Scientists Raise Red Flags Over the Trump Delta BiOps
Commentary: Trump’s attack on California salmon fishing jobs
Trump’s Bay-Delta BiOps Are a Plan for Extinction
Why Is DWR Helping Trump Weaken Bay-Delta Protections?
Fisheries Biologists Present California’s Ocean Salmon Forecast for 2020
CDFW to Host Public Meeting on Ocean Salmon Fisheries
California estimates fewer salmon in Klamath River this year, worrying Yurok Tribe
Klamath River Basin Fall Chinook Salmon Spawner Escapement - Mega Table 1978-2019
PFMC Salmon management documents
Pacific Fishery Management Council Releases Alternatives for 2020 West Coast Ocean Salmon Fisheries
2020 PFMC Salmon Preseason Report Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment
PFMC Review of 2019 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
Fishing the North Coast: Fall Klamath king returns fell short in 2019
Whale Entanglement and RAMP regulations:
Large whale entanglements off the U.S. West Coast, from 1982-2017 and Appendix 2
What’s tangling up the humpback whales? A food chain snarled by climate change
“Blob” Research Reveals Environmental Effects That Shut Down Fishing and Hiked Whale Entanglements - NOAA release
West Coast Dungeness Crab Stable or Increasing Even With Intensive Harvest, Research Shows
PCFFA Comments re RAMP Regulations
CCCA Comments re RAMP Regulations
TNC Comments re RAMP Regulations
2020-2-7 Senator McGuire Letter to CDFW Director Bonham re RAMP regs and 2020-2-27 Director Bonham Response
Fisheries and Offshore Wind Energy:
Outreach Summary Report California Offshore Wind Energy Planning - Sept. 2018
Deal emerges to bring 1st offshore wind farms to Calif.
West Coast Fisheries Consultants Letter re BOEM Call Areas -2018-0045
NOAA-BOEM-RODA-Memorandum-of-Understanding
Responsible Offshore Development Alliance Background
RODA DEIS Comments on Vineyard Wind LLC’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility
Draft ROSA framework for release
Committee Reports:
2019 Dungeness Crab Task Force Legislative Report
2019-2-22 Sen McGuire to Governor Newsom re urchin disaster request
2019-2-28 CA Sea Urchin Disaster Request from Lt. Gov.
2019-10-30 California Sea Urchin letter Sec Ross to Gov Newsom
Secretary of Commerce allocates $65 million for fishery disasters
The Salmon Stamp Program history
2020-1-9 CAC Letter to Director Bonham re Sites Reservoir and Attachments
2020-1-9 CAC Letter to Director Bonham re CMP Actions
California Ocean Science Trust Progress Report from October 2017 through September 2019
California Ocean Science Trust 20 years of partnership for California’s ocean
