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Date: August 20, 2021 at 10:57:40 AM PDT
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Subject: CDFW News: California Fish and Game Commission Meets Remotely
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California Fish and Game Commission Meets Remotely
At the California Fish and Game Commission’s August 18 meeting, commissioners
discussed and acted on several issues affecting California’s natural
resources. A few of those topics are highlighted below:
The Commission took the first step to reestablishing an experimental fishing
permit program that has been halted since 2019 due to a change in law.
Commissioners voted unanimously to authorize publication of a notice of
intent to establish the Marine Fisheries Experimental Fishing Permit Program.
Scheduled for discussion at its October meeting and possible adoption at its
December meeting, the program will give the Commission the ability to approve
permits for research, education, data collection, compensation fishing,
conservation engineering, and exploratory fishing.
As part of an ongoing integrated effort, Commissioners collaborated with
Commission staff, California Department of Fish and Wildlife staff and
members of the public to further develop a justice, equity, diversity and
inclusion (JEDI) vision statement as part of the ongoing commitment to
promote JEDI principals.
The Commission added to its Tribal Committee work plan a project to explore
an inclusive definition of subsistence hunting and fishing practices. This
action is to acknowledge tribal relationships with natural resources more
fully and to identify opportunities for California state law and regulations
to support tribal cultural practices and access to resources.
The Commission voted unanimously to ratify findings supporting its recent
decision to change the listing status of Clara Hunt’s milkvetch (Astragalus
claranus) from threatened to endangered under the California Endangered
Species Act (CESA). The Commission also received the one-year status report
on the petition to list Pacific leatherback sea turtle as an endangered
species under CESA and scheduled presentations and a potential decision for
the Commission’s October meeting.
The full Commission — President Peter Silva, Vice President Samantha Murray,
and commissioners Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Eric Sklar and Erika Zavaleta —
was present.
The agenda for this meeting along with supporting information is available at
fgc.ca.gov. Archived video and audio files will be available in coming days.
The next meeting of the full Commission is tentatively scheduled as an
in-person and virtual meeting for October 13-14, 2021, in Sacramento.
Media Contact:
Peter Tira, CDFW Communications, (916) 215-3858
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
PO Box 944209, Sacramento, CA 94244-0209
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