Joint Committees on Fisheries and Aquaculture
November 4, 2021 - 10:00 a.m.
State Capitol, John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)
Sacramento, CA

Click here to view archived video of the hearing

Agenda:

• Hearing agenda

Hearing press release and media:

• Press release
• Data confirms salmon slaughter on California's main river (Courthouse News Service)
• 'It's bleak': State officials discuss future of Dungeness crab, salmon fisheries (Eureka Times-Standard)

Background:

• Hearing background summary
• May 20, 2021 Letter to State Water Resources Control Board RE: Temperature Protections for Sacramento River Salmon
• Joint Senate-Assembly Resolution honoring Zeke Grader (2015)
• A tribute to Zeke Grader

Presenter biographies:

• Biography compilation

Additional information:

Fishery management

• 2020 Marine Region Year in Review (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
• 2020 Marine Region By the Numbers (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
• California Marine Life Management Act Master Plan (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
• California Marine Protected Areas Decadal Management Review (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
• 2019 Fisheries of the United States report (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Federal Fishery Disaster Determinations (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Senator McGuire's Fishery Omnibus legislation (SB-80) signed into law

Aquaculture

• California Aquaculture Program (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
• California Aquaculture Action Plan (Ocean Protection Council & California Sea Grant)

Salmon, water, and dought

• Noteworthy salmon fishery statistics (Pacific Fishery Management Council)
• CalEPA & Resources Agency letter announcing resumption of SWRCB Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan Update Phase I (October 20, 2021)
• Salmon hatcheries need updated infrastructure and strategies (CalMatters)
• Governor Newsom proclaims statewide drought state of emergency (October 19, 2021)
• 'No fish means no food': how Yurok women are fighting for their tribe's nutritional health (The Guardian)
• Untaming a river: The stakes behind America's largest dam removal (Christian Science Monitor)

Dungeness crab

• California Dungeness crab Risk Assessment and Mitigation Program
• 2021/22 RAMP risk assessment 1 & partial season opener delay announucement (November 1st, 2021)
• California Dungeness Crab Task Force website