New and Proposed Regulations - 2017

Incidental Take of Tricolored Blackbird

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-1017-11
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2018-0314-02s
Add Section 749.9, Title 14, CCR, Special Order Relating to Incidental Take of Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) During Candidacy Period

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF)- October 17, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - August 3, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: February 8, 2018
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: March 14, 2018
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF) - February 15, 2018
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: April 2, 2018
• Effective Date of Regulation: April 2, 2018

Abalone

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0920-04
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2018-0213-01 and 2018-0329-01SR
Amend Section 29.15, Title 14, CCR, relating to recreational take of abalone

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - September 20, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - September 12, 2017
• Document Supporting Regulatory Change:
  • Abalone Recovery and Management Plan (PDF)
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: December 7, 2017
• Continuation Notice (PDF) - December 27, 2017
• Revised Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF) - December 27, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL): February 13, 2018
• The Commission withdrew this rulemaking from OAL on March 28, 2018.
• Date Re-filed with OAL: March 29, 2018
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Summary and Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: March 29, 2018
• Effective Date of Regulation: March 29, 2018

Use of Dogs

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0911-02
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2018-0314-01s
Amend Section 265, Title 14, CCR, to relating to the use of GPS collars and treeing switches for dogs used to pursue/take mammals or for dog training

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - September 11, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - August 8, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: December 6, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: March 14, 2018
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF) - March 2, 2018
• Summary and Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: April 2, 2018
• Effective Date of Regulation: April 26, 2018

Freshwater Sport Fishing 2018

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0828-02
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2018-0112-02S
Amend Sections 1.05, 1.11, 1.18, 1.61, 1.74, 2.10, 2.25, 5.35, 5.41, 5.88, 7.00, 7.50, and 8.00; Repeal Section 1.60; and Add Section 2.05, Title 14, CCR, relating to sport fishing regulations

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - September 1, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - June 2, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: December 6, 2017 - The Commission did not adopt any changes to Section 1.74. The Commission adopted the other regulatory changes as proposed.
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: January 12, 2018
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Summary and Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: February 27, 2018
• Effective Date of Regulation: March 1, 2018

Commercial Sea Urchin

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0828-01
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2018-0118-02S
Amend Sections 120.7 and 705, Title 14, CCR, Taking of Sea Urchin for Commercial Purposes, and Commercial Fishing Applications, Permits, Tags and Fees

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - August 29, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - July 11, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Documents Supporting Regulatory Change:
  • Ecotrust, Report to the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative: Commercial and recreational fishing grounds and their relative importance off the North Central Coast of California, 2008 (PDF)
  • Ecotrust, Report to the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative: Commercial and recreational fishing grounds and their relative importance off the South Coast of California, 2010 (PDF)
  • Ecotrust, Report to the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative: Commercial and recreational fishing grounds and their relative importance off the North Coast of California, 2011 (PDF)
  • 2010 CDFW Urchin MSY Power Point Presentation (PDF)
  • Attachment 1: Item Fee Calculation & Cost Recovery Sheet for Sea Urchin Diving Permit Drawing
• Adoption Date: December 7, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: January 18, 2018
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Summary and Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: March 2, 2018
• Effective Date of Regulation: March 2, 2018

Re-adoption of Emergency Abalone Regulations

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #- N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0828-02EE
Amend Section 29.15, Title 14, CCR, Recreational Take of Abalone

• Notice of Proposed Re-adoption of Emergency Regulations (PDF) - August 18, 2017
• Statement of Proposed Emergency Regulatory Action for Re-adoption of Emergency Regulations (PDF)
• Emergency Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date:August 16, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: August 28, 2017
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: September 5, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: September 5 - December 4, 2017

Commercial Take of Sea Cucumber

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0725-14
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-1121-01S
Add Section 128, Title 14, CCR, Commercial Taking of Sea Cucumber

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - July 25, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - July 11, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Documents supporting regulatory change:
  1. 2014 CDFW Sea Cucumber Diver Survey: Summary of Key Results (PDF)
  2. Commercial Sea Cucumber Diver Survey Results for Three Seasonal Closure Options, May 25, 2017 (PDF)
  3. Anderson, S.C., Flemming, J.M., Watson, R., Lotze, H.K. 2011. Serial exploitation of global sea cucumber fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. 12, 317–339.
  4. Caddy, J.F., Defeo, O. 2003. Enhancing or restoring the productivity of natural populations of shellfish and other marine invertebrate resources. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 448. Rome, FAO. 159p. (PDF)
  5. Chavez, E.A., Salgado-Rogel, MA. DE Lourdes, Palleiro-Nayar, J. 2011. Stock assessment of the warty sea cucumber fishery (Parastichopus parvimensis) of NW Baja California. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations. Vol. 52. 136-147p. (PDF)
  6. Muscat, A.M. 1983. Population dynamics and the effect on the infauna of the deposit feeding holothurian (Parastichopus parvimensis) (Clark).  PhD Dissertation. University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
  7. Purcell, S.W., Lovatelli, A. (eds), Vasconcellos, M.(eds), Yimin, Y. (eds). 2010. Managing sea cucumber fisheries with an ecosystem approach. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 520. Rome, FAO. 157p.
  8. Rogers-Bennett, L., Ono, D.S. 2001. Sea cucumbers. California living marine resources: A status report. California Department of Fish and Game. 131–134 p. (PDF)
  9. Schroeter, S.C., Reed, D.C., Kushner, D.J., Estes, J.A., Ono, D.S., 2001. The use of marine reserves in evaluating the dive fishery for the warty sea cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis) in California, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 58, 1773–1781.
  10. Toral-Granda, V., Lovatelli, A., Vasconcellos, M. (eds). 2008. Sea cucumbers. A global review of fisheries and trade. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 516. Rome, FAO. 317p. (PDF)
• Adoption Date: October 12, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: November 21, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Summary and Response to Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: December 21, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: December 21, 2017

Commercial Use and Possession of Native Rattlesnakes

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0725-12
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2018-0124-01S, 2018-0801-02SR and 2018-1018-04SR
Add Section 42 and Amend Sections 43, 651 and 703, Title 14, CCR, Commercial Use and Possession of Native Rattlesnakes for Biomedical and Therapeutic Purposes

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - July 18, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - April 12, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Continuation Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - June 11, 2018
• Amended Initial Statement of Reasons for Regulatory Action (PDF) - May 25, 2018
• Revised Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF) - May 25, 2018
• Proposed 2018 Commercial Native Rattlesnake Permit Application form (DFW 1044) (PDF)
• Proposed Commercial Native Rattlesnake Permit Record form (DFW1044A) (PDF)
• Documents supporting regulatory change:
  • Comparison of the protective effect of a commercially available western diamondback rattlesnake toxoid vaccine for dogs against envenomation of mice with western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), northern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus oreganus), and southern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) venom. Cates, C.C., E.V. Valore, G.W. Lawson, and J.G. McCabe. 2015. American Journal of Veterinary Research 76(3):272-279. (PDF)
  • Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (PDF)
• Adoption Date: October 11, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: January 24, 2018
• The Commission withdrew this rulemaking from OAL on March 7, 2018.
• Date Re-filed with the Office of Administrative Law: August 1, 2018.
• Office of Administrative Law's Decision:  Disapproved (PDF) 9/13/2018
• Adoption Date:  October 17, 2018
• Date Re-filed with the Office of Administrative Law: October 18, 2018
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Summary and Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language and Forms (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: November 28, 2018
• Effective Date of Regulation: January 1, 2019

Nearshore and Deeper Nearshore Permits

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0725-13
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2018-0112-03S
Amend Sections 150, 150.02, 150.03, and 705, Title 14, CCR, Nearshore Fishery Permit, Nearshore Fishery Permit Gear Endorsements, and Deeper Nearshore Species Fishery Permit Transferability

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - July 18, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - April 3, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: October 12, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: January 12, 2018
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Summary and Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language and Forms (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: February 27, 2018
• Effective Date of Regulation: April 1, 2018

Commercial Fisheries Landing Requirements

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0711-10
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2018-0118-03S
Add Section 197, Title 14, CCR, Commercial Fisheries Landings Requirements - Electronic Reporting

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - July 11, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - April 27, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: October 12, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: January 18, 2018
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: March 2, 2018
• Effective Date of Regulation: July 1, 2018

Bay Shrimp Trawl Log

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #n/a
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0719-07N
Amend Section 119 and Appendix A, Title 14, CCR, Bay Shrimp Trawl Log

• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: July 19, 2017
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: August 29, 2017
• Regulatory Language (PDF)
• New Logbook to be incorporated by reference (PDF)
• Old logbook to be repealed (PDF)
• Effective Date of Regulation: August 29, 2017

Automatic Conformance Process

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0503-02 and Z2017-0725-15
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0918-04S and 2017-1103-02SR
Add Section 1.95, Title 14, CCR, Process to Automatically Conform State Recreational Fishing Regulations to Federal Regulations

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - May 3, 2017
• Notice of Date Change for Adoption Hearing (PDF) - July 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - March 22, 2017
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: August 16, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL): September 8, 2017
• This file was withdrawn for OAL on October 19, 2017
• Date re-filed with OAL: November 3, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: November 20, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: January 1, 2018

Crab and Lobster

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0328-12
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0818-05S
Amend Sections 29.80 and 122, Title 14, CCR, Crab and Lobster Recreational Gear Marking and Commercial Lobster Harbor Restricted Fishing Areas

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - March 28, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - March 13, 2017
• Attachment 1: Rodger Healy, DCCFA, Letter to the Fish and Game Commission and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, May 16, 2016
• Attachment 2: John Demers, the Port of Hueneme, Letter to the Fish and Game Commission, January 28, 2016
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: June 22, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: August 18, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Summary and Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: September 29, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: September 29, 2017

Upland Game Birds

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0328-11
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0818-04S
Amend Section 300, Title 14, CCR, Upland Game Bird Hunting

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - March 28, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - December 13, 2016
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: June 21, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: August 18, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Addendum to Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Summary and Response to Public Comments (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: September 26, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: September 26, 2017

Special Order Relating to Incidental Take of Tricolored Blackbird - Emergency Regulation

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #- N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0301-01E
Add Section 749.9, Title 14, CCR, Special Order Relating to Incidental Take of Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) During Candidacy Period

• Notice of Proposed Emergency Action (PDF) - February 17, 2017
• Statement of Proposed Emergency Regulatory Action (PDF)
• Proposed Emergency Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Adoption Date: February 8, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: March 1, 2017
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: March 7, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: March 7 - September 5, 2017

Central Valley Sport Fishing

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2017-0109-02 and Z2017-0321-05
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0519-03S
Amend Subsections 7.50(b)(5), (b)(68) and (b)(156.5), Title 14, CCR, Central Valley Chinook Salmon Sport Fishing

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - January 4, 2017
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - September 16, 2016
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Continuation Notice - the April 13, 2017, hearing is now a discussion hearing; the adoption hearing is now scheduled for April 26, 2017 (PDF) - March 30, 2017
• Adoption Date: April 26, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: May 19, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: May 26, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: May 26, 2017

Klamath River Basin Sport Fishing

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2016-1220-06
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0623-02S and 2017-0808-02SR
Amend Subsection 7.50(b)(91.1), Title 14, CCR, Klamath River Basin Sport Fishing

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - December 13, 2016
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - September 7, 2016
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• In-River Sport Fishing Economics Technical Report, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, September 2011 (PDF)
• Continuation Notice (PDF) - April 24, 2017
• Amended Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - April 17, 2017
• Revised Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF) - April 2017
• Preseason Report III - Council Adopted Management Measures and Environmental Assessment Part 3 for 2017 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations, Pacific Fishery Management Council (PDF)
• Adoption Date: April 13, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: June 23, 2017
• Withdrawn from the Office of Administrative Law on August 7, 2017
• Date Re-filed with the Office of Administrative Law: August 8, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: August 10, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: August 10, 2017

Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishing - 2017

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2016-1220-03
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0421-03S
Amend Section 28.20, Title 14, CCR, Pacific Halibut Recreational Fishing - 2017 Season

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - December 20, 2016
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - October 3, 2016
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Convention between the United States of America and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea (PDF)
• Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 
• Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Impact Review for Continuing Implementation of the Catch Sharing Plan for Pacific Halibut in Area 2A, 2014-2016 (PDF)
• Adoption Date: April 13, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: April 21, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: May 1, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: May 1, 2017

Ocean Salmon Fishing - May-November 2017 Season

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2016-1220-04
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0421-02S
Amend Subsection 27.80(d), Title 14, CCR, Ocean Salmon Recreational Fishing on and after May 1, 2017

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - December 13, 2016
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - September 21, 2016
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Pacific Fishery Management Council. Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan for Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California as Revised Through Amendment 19. March 2016 (PDF)
• Adoption Date: April 13, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: April 21, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: May 1, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: May 1, 2017

Ocean Salmon Fishing - April 2017 Season

Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2016-1220-05
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2017-0320-02S
Amend Subsection 27.80(c), Title 14, CCR, Ocean Salmon Recreational Fishing - April 2017 Season

• Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - December 13, 2016
• Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - September 21, 2016
• Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Pacific Fishery Management Council. April 2016. Preseason Report III: Council Adopted Management Measures and Environmental Assessment Part 3 for 2016 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations.
• Adoption Date: March 15, 2017
• Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: March 20, 2017
• Final Statement of Reasons (PDF)
• Approved Regulatory Language (PDF)
• Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved (PDF)
• Date filed with the Secretary of State: March 27, 2017
• Effective Date of Regulation: March 27, 2017