VicT
04-13-2004, 09:37 AM
Hey fish killers,
Looks like its official now, and divers are officially exempted!!! Good thing Randy Fry and Sonke are freedivers!! Recreationals are still getting screwed though. Hopefully with the new fish counting methods outlined in Victor's email we won't run into this kind of BS shutting down the season early again!!!
From: "Randy Fry" <rfryed@e...>
Date: Fri Apr 9, 2004 6:53 pm
Subject: DFG Press Release and Legal Notice
Department of Fish and Game
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04:035 April 9, 2004
Contacts: Tom Barnes, Marine Region, (858) 546-7167
Deb Wilson-Vandenberg, Marine Region, (831) 649-2892
In-season Changes to Recreational Groundfish Rules
Set for May 1
Following federal action taken by the Pacific Fishery Management
Council (PFMC), the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG)
will recommend to the Fish and Game Commission changes to the 2004
recreational fishing regulations regarding retention of black
rockfish at its April 22 teleconference meeting in Sacramento. At
the meeting, the Commission will consider taking emergency action to
ensure that state regulations remain consistent with the new federal
regulations that will prohibit retention of black rockfish during
May, and from September through December in ocean waters less than
30 fathoms (180 feet) from Cape Mendocino to the California-Oregon
border.
In addition, the state will take conforming action affecting
California's recreational fishery for federal groundfish and some
state managed species. These changes will take effect May 1, 2004
and are necessary to conform to in-season groundfish management
actions taken by the PFMC the week of April 5 that will take effect
on May 1, 2004. The PFMC's actions prohibit fishing at certain times
and depths in specific areas in ocean waters off California. For
detailed information on the PFMC's actions, log on to
www.pcouncil.org.
The recreational fisheries affected by this action include those for
rockfish, cabezon, greenlings, California scorpionfish, lingcod,
some flatfish, some sharks, and other federally managed groundfish
species. For the full list of federally managed species, check the
Marine Region Web site at
www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/groundfish_fedlist.html .
The state will apply the same restrictions to ocean whitefish and
California sheephead, which are not under federal management. Fish
excluded from this action are leopard shark in San Francisco Bay
waters, and sanddabs. The new regulations will apply to recreational
anglers fishing in all waters off California. However divers and
shore-based anglers will be exempt.
The in-season changes were adopted April 8 by the PFMC and
subsequently by the DFG after review of projected fishery catches
through 2004. Those projected catches showed that harvest limits for
canary and black rockfish would have been met or exceeded well
before the end of the year without these adjustments.
"The federal regulations, which the state conforms to, ensure
resource protection and sustainability. This is in the interest not
just of the federal fisheries agencies, but the states as well,"
said DFG Marine Regional Manager Patty Wolf.
For California's recreational anglers, the following changes include
new depth regulations and season dates and will take effect on May 1:
Northern Rockfish and Lingcod Management Area - Oregon border to
just south of Cape Mendocino.
Fishing only allowed in waters less than 180 feet (30 fathoms)
deep from May through December
Central Rockfish and Lingcod Management Area - just south of Cape
Mendocino to Pt. Conception
NOTE: Federal regulations have split this area into two sections at
36 degrees north latitude, near Pt. Lopez in southern Monterey
County.
North-Central Section - just south of Cape Mendocino to near Pt.
Lopez.
No fishing during May through July, and November through December
Fishing only allowed in waters less than 120 feet (20 fathoms)
during September through October
South-Central Section - near Lopez Pt. to Pt. Conception.
Fishing only allowed in waters less than 120 feet (20 fathoms)
during September through December
No fishing during July
Southern Rockfish and Lingcod Management Area - Pt. Conception to
the U.S.-Mexico border.
Fishing only allowed in waters less than 180 feet (30 fathoms)
deep during September through October
Cowcod Conservation Areas regulations remain the same.
The restrictions listed above will also apply to greenlings, ocean
whitefish, and California sheephead.
Fishing for sanddabs using gear specified in federal and state
regulations is still allowed. Fishing for leopard shark in waters
within San Francisco Bay is allowed. Divers and shore-based anglers
may continue fishing.
The sport fishing regulation changes are not official until they are
filed with the Secretary of State. DFG will post any updated
information
Looks like its official now, and divers are officially exempted!!! Good thing Randy Fry and Sonke are freedivers!! Recreationals are still getting screwed though. Hopefully with the new fish counting methods outlined in Victor's email we won't run into this kind of BS shutting down the season early again!!!
From: "Randy Fry" <rfryed@e...>
Date: Fri Apr 9, 2004 6:53 pm
Subject: DFG Press Release and Legal Notice
Department of Fish and Game
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04:035 April 9, 2004
Contacts: Tom Barnes, Marine Region, (858) 546-7167
Deb Wilson-Vandenberg, Marine Region, (831) 649-2892
In-season Changes to Recreational Groundfish Rules
Set for May 1
Following federal action taken by the Pacific Fishery Management
Council (PFMC), the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG)
will recommend to the Fish and Game Commission changes to the 2004
recreational fishing regulations regarding retention of black
rockfish at its April 22 teleconference meeting in Sacramento. At
the meeting, the Commission will consider taking emergency action to
ensure that state regulations remain consistent with the new federal
regulations that will prohibit retention of black rockfish during
May, and from September through December in ocean waters less than
30 fathoms (180 feet) from Cape Mendocino to the California-Oregon
border.
In addition, the state will take conforming action affecting
California's recreational fishery for federal groundfish and some
state managed species. These changes will take effect May 1, 2004
and are necessary to conform to in-season groundfish management
actions taken by the PFMC the week of April 5 that will take effect
on May 1, 2004. The PFMC's actions prohibit fishing at certain times
and depths in specific areas in ocean waters off California. For
detailed information on the PFMC's actions, log on to
www.pcouncil.org.
The recreational fisheries affected by this action include those for
rockfish, cabezon, greenlings, California scorpionfish, lingcod,
some flatfish, some sharks, and other federally managed groundfish
species. For the full list of federally managed species, check the
Marine Region Web site at
www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/groundfish_fedlist.html .
The state will apply the same restrictions to ocean whitefish and
California sheephead, which are not under federal management. Fish
excluded from this action are leopard shark in San Francisco Bay
waters, and sanddabs. The new regulations will apply to recreational
anglers fishing in all waters off California. However divers and
shore-based anglers will be exempt.
The in-season changes were adopted April 8 by the PFMC and
subsequently by the DFG after review of projected fishery catches
through 2004. Those projected catches showed that harvest limits for
canary and black rockfish would have been met or exceeded well
before the end of the year without these adjustments.
"The federal regulations, which the state conforms to, ensure
resource protection and sustainability. This is in the interest not
just of the federal fisheries agencies, but the states as well,"
said DFG Marine Regional Manager Patty Wolf.
For California's recreational anglers, the following changes include
new depth regulations and season dates and will take effect on May 1:
Northern Rockfish and Lingcod Management Area - Oregon border to
just south of Cape Mendocino.
Fishing only allowed in waters less than 180 feet (30 fathoms)
deep from May through December
Central Rockfish and Lingcod Management Area - just south of Cape
Mendocino to Pt. Conception
NOTE: Federal regulations have split this area into two sections at
36 degrees north latitude, near Pt. Lopez in southern Monterey
County.
North-Central Section - just south of Cape Mendocino to near Pt.
Lopez.
No fishing during May through July, and November through December
Fishing only allowed in waters less than 120 feet (20 fathoms)
during September through October
South-Central Section - near Lopez Pt. to Pt. Conception.
Fishing only allowed in waters less than 120 feet (20 fathoms)
during September through December
No fishing during July
Southern Rockfish and Lingcod Management Area - Pt. Conception to
the U.S.-Mexico border.
Fishing only allowed in waters less than 180 feet (30 fathoms)
deep during September through October
Cowcod Conservation Areas regulations remain the same.
The restrictions listed above will also apply to greenlings, ocean
whitefish, and California sheephead.
Fishing for sanddabs using gear specified in federal and state
regulations is still allowed. Fishing for leopard shark in waters
within San Francisco Bay is allowed. Divers and shore-based anglers
may continue fishing.
The sport fishing regulation changes are not official until they are
filed with the Secretary of State. DFG will post any updated
information