See also: Department of Fish and Wildlife Rulemakings
Golden Mussels
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID # - N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #pending
Amend Section 671, Title 14, CCR, Re: Addition of Golden Mussel to the List of Restricted Animals
Lime Ridge Eriastrum
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #n/a
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-1014-02FP
Amend Section 670.2, Title 14, CCR, Re: Add Lime Ridge eriastrum to the list of endangered species
- Regulatory Language (PDF) - Effective November 5, 2024
- Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: October 14, 2024
- Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved
- Date filed with the Secretary of State: November 5, 2024
- Effective Date of Regulation: November 5, 2024
Listing of Endangered and Threatened Species
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #n/a
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0917-01N
Amend Section 670.1, Title 14, CCR, Re: Listing of Endangered and Threatened Species
Importation of Live Aquatic Plants and Animals for Research Purposes
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-1011-01
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #pending
Amend Section 236, Title 14, CCR, Re: Importation of Live Aquatic Plants and Animals for Research Purposes
Milo Baker's Lupine
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #n/a
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0807-01FP
Amend Section 670.2, Title 14, CCR, Re: Add Milo Baker's Lupine to the list of endangered species
- Regulatory Language (PDF) - Effective September 4, 2024
- Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: August 7, 2024
- Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved
- Date filed with the Secretary of State: September 4, 2024
- Effective Date of Regulation: September 4, 2024
White Sturgeon Catch and Release (Emergency)
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID # - N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0827-02E
Add sections 5.78, 5.79, 5.80, 27.90, 27.92, and 27.93, Title 14, CCR, Re: White Sturgeon Sport Fishing During Endangered Species Candidacy
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0719-02
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #pending
Repeal Section 679, Amend Section 703, and Add sections 679.1, 679.2, 679.3, 679.4, 679.5, 679.6, 679.7, 679.8, 679.9, and Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of the Native Wildlife Rehabilitation 679 Regulations Manual, Title 14, CCR, Re: Possession of Wildlife and Wildlife Rehabilitation
Federal Groundfish
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0723-04
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-1107-01S
Amend Sections 27.20, 27.40, 27.45, 27.50, 27.65, 28.27, 28.28, 28.29, 28.54, and 28.65, Title 14, CCR, Re: Recreational Fishing Regulations for Federal Groundfish for 2025 and 2026
Recreational Ocean Salmon, correction
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #n/a
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0705-01P
Amend Section 27.80, Title 14, CCR, Re: Automatic Conformance to Federal Regulations for Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishing for 2024-2025 Season
- Regulatory Language (PDF) - Effective June 26, 2024
- Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: July 5, 2024
- Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved August 14, 2024
- Date filed with the Secretary of State: July 5, 2024
- Effective Date of Regulation: June 26, 2024
Recreational Ocean Salmon
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #n/a
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0603-01P
Amend Section 27.80, Title 14, CCR, Re: Automatic Conformance to Federal Regulations for Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishing for 2024-2025 Season
- Regulatory Language (PDF) - Effective May 16, 2024
- Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: June 3, 2024
- Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved July 16, 2024
- Date filed with the Secretary of State: June 3, 2024
- Effective Date of Regulation: May 16, 2024
Second Re-adoption of White Sturgeon (Emergency)
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID # - N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0716-01EE
Amend Section 5.79, 5.80, 27.90, and 27.92, Title 14, CCR, Re: White Sturgeon
Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (Emergency)
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID # - N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0712-02E
Amend Section 708.5, Title 14, CCR, Re: Deer Tagging, Reporting, and Testing Requirements
Inland Sport Fishing
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0521-02
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-1002-02S
Amend Sections 2.30, 5.00, 7.50, 8.00, and 703, Title 14, CCR, Re: Inland Sport Fishing Regulations
Commercial California Halibut and White Seabass Set Gill Nets
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0521-01
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-1015-04S
Add Section 174.1, Title 14, CCR, Re: Set Gill Net Service Interval, Gear Marking, and Mesh Depth
Marine Logbooks and Fishing Block Charts
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0517-01
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-1003-01S
Amend Sections 120.7, 122, 165, 190, and 705.1, Title 14, CCR, Re: Fisheries Logbook Forms and Fishing Block Charts
- Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - May 17, 2024
- Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - February 5, 2024
- Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF) - February 2024
- Department Forms (PDF) - March 2024
- Adoption Date: August 14, 2024
- Notice of revisions to regulatory language - August 21, 2024
- Date filed with the Office of Administrative Law: October 3, 2024
- Final Statement of Reasons (PDF) - September 10, 2024
- Approved Regulatory Language (PDF) - Effective January 1, 2025
- Approved Forms DFW 120.7 and DFW 122 (PDF) - Effective January 1, 2025
- Approved California Fisheries Chart Series (PDF) - Effective January 1, 2025
- Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved
- Date filed with the Secretary of State: November 13, 2024
- Effective date: January 1, 2025
White Sturgeon Sport Fishing
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0517-02 and #Z2024-1022-03
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #Pending
Amend Sections 5.79, 5.80, 27.90, and 29.72, Title 14, CCR, Re: White Sturgeon Fishing
Emergency Sport Fishing Closures on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID # - N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0529-01E
Amend Subsection 7.40(b)(50), Title 14, CCR, Re: Chinook Salmon Sport Fishing Closures in the Klamath and Trinity Rivers for 2024
Re-adoption of White Sturgeon (Emergency)
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID # - N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0508-02EE
Amend Section 5.79, 5.80, 27.90, and 27.92, Title 14, CCR, Re: White Sturgeon
Inyo Rock Daisy
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #n/a
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0326-01FP
Amend Section 670.2, Title 14, CCR, Re: Add Inyo rock daisy to the list of threatened species
- Regulatory Language (PDF) - Effective April 24, 2024
- Date Filed with the Office of Administrative Law: March 26, 2024
- Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved
- Date filed with the Secretary of State: April 24, 2024
- Effective Date of Regulation: April 24, 2024
Permit Application for Special Use of Department Lands
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #n/a
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0201-04N
Amend Section 702, Title 14, CCR, Re: Permit Application for Special Use of Department Lands
Federal Groundfish
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0130-06
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0402-01S
Amend Sections 27.20, 27.25, 27.30, 27.35, 27.40, 27.45, 27.50, 28.27, 28.28, 28.29, 28.47, 28.48, 28.49, 28.54, 28.55, and 28.56, Title 14, CCR, Re: Recreational Fishing Regulations for Federal Groundfish for 2024
- Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - January 30, 2024
- Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) - January 29, 2024
- Documents Supporting Regulatory Change
- Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan for the California, Oregon, and Washington Groundfish Fishery. December 2023. Pacific Fishery Management Council (PDF)
- Groundfish Management Team Informational Report on Harvest Specifications Technical Corrections and Inseason Adjustments – Final Action. September 2023. Pacific Fishery Management Council (PDF)
- Status of quillback rockfish (Sebastes malinger) in U.S. waters off the coast of California in 2021 using catch and length data, December 2021. Langseth, Wetzel, Cope, and Budrick (PDF)
- NOAA Fisheries announces overfished determination for quillback rockfish off California, December 14, 2023. NOAA Fisheries
- Fisheries Economics of the United States, 2019. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA March 2022
- Preliminary Socioeconomic Analyses for the 2023-2024 Harvest Specifications and Management Measures. April 2022. Pacific Fishery Management Council (PDF)
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife Report on Recreational Inseason Actions for 2024, Pacific Fishery Management Council, March 2024 (PDF)
- Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report on Inseason Adjustments – Final Action, Pacific Fishery Management Council, March 2024
- F.8 Inseason Adjustments – Final Action (Motion in Writing), Pacific Fishery Management Council, March 2024
- Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF) - February 2024
- Continuation Notice (PDF) - March 22, 2024
- Revised Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF) - March 22, 2024
- Adoption date: March 26, 2024
- Date filed with the Office of Administrative Law: March 29, 2024
- Final Statement of Reasons (PDF) - March 26, 2024
- Response to comments received through March 7, 2024 (PDF)
- Response to comments received after March 7, 2024 (PDF)
- Approved regulatory language (PDF) - effective April 19, 2024
- Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved
- Date filed with the Secretary of State: April 19, 2024
- Effective Date of Regulation: April 19, 2024
California Halibut Sport Fishing (Second Emergency Extension)
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID # - N/A
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0216-01
Amend Section 28.15, Title 14, CCR, Re: California Halibut Emergency
Mammal Hunting (Bighorn Sheep, Pronghorn, Elk Hunting, Co-op Hunting Regulations, and Preference Points)
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0123-07
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0607-01S
Amend Sections 362, 363, 364, 364.1, 554, 555, and 708.14, and Add Section 555.1, Title 14, CCR, Re: Bighorn Sheep, Pronghorn, and Elk Hunting, Co-op Hunting Regulations, and Preference Points)
- Notice of Proposed Changes in Regulations (PDF) - January 23, 2024
- Initial Statement of Reasons - Bighorn Sheep Hunting (PDF) - October 1, 2023
- Initial Statement of Reasons - Pronghorn Antelope Hunting (PDF) - October 1, 2023
- Initial Statement of Reasons - Elk Hunting(PDF) - October 1, 2023
- Initial Statement of Reasons - Deer Co-op Hunting(PDF) - October 1, 2023
- Initial Statement of Reasons - Elk Co-op Hunting(PDF) - October 1, 2023
- Initial Statement of Reasons - Preference Points Reinstatement (PDF) - November 15, 2023
- Proposed Regulatory Language - Bighorn Sheep Hunting (PDF) - January 2024
- Proposed Regulatory Language - Pronghorn Antelope Hunting(PDF) - January 2024
- Proposed Regulatory Language - Elk Hunting(PDF) - January 2024
- Proposed Regulatory Language - Deer Co-op Hunting (PDF) - January 2024
- Proposed Regulatory Language - Elk Co-op Hunting (PDF) - January 2024
- Proposed Regulatory Language - Preference Points Reinstatement (PDF) - January 2024
- Notice of Location of April 17-18, 2024 Hearing (PDF) - March 5, 2024
- Notice of Revised Proposed Regulatory Language (PDF) - April 5, 2024
- Second Notice of Revised Proposed Regulatory Language - April 10, 2024
- Adoption date: April 18, 2024
- Date filed with the Office of Administrative Law: June 7, 2024
- Final Statement of Reasons - Bighorn Sheep Hunting (PDF) - April 29, 2024
- Final Statement of Reasons - Pronghorn Antelope Hunting (PDF) - April 29, 2024
- Final Statement of Reasons - Elk Hunting (PDF) - April 29, 2024
- Final Statement of Reasons - Deer Co-op Hunting (PDF) - April 29, 2024
- Final Statement of Reasons - Elk Co-op Hunting (PDF) - April 29, 2024
- Final Statement of Reasons - Preference Points Reinstatement (PDF) - April 29, 2024
- Approved Regulatory Language (PDF) - effective July 1, 2024
- Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved
- Date filed with the Secretary of State: July 1, 2024
- Effective Date of Regulation: July 1, 2024
Waterfowl Hunting
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0116-01
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0521-01S
Amend Section 502, Title 14, CCR, Re: Waterfowl, Migratory; American Coot and Common Moorhen (Common Gallinule)
Central Valley Sport Fishing
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0223-01 and Z2024-0521-04
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #n/a
Amend Subsection (b)(4), (b)(43), (b)(66), and (b)(80) of Section 7.40, Title 14, CCR, Re: Central Valley Sport Fishing
Klamath River Basin Sport Fishing
Office of Administrative Law's Notice ID #Z2024-0223-02
Office of Administrative Law's File ID #2024-0702-03S
Amend Subsection (b)(50) of Section 7.40, Title 14, CCR, Re: Klamath River Basin Sport Fishing