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 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:
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