NorCal Kayak Anglers
General => Fish Talk => Topic started by: Hojoman on February 08, 2018, 12:41:22 PM
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February 8, 2018
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) invites the public to attend its upcoming annual Salmon Information Meeting to learn more about the state of California's salmon fishery. The meeting will be held Thursday, March 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sonoma County Water Agency, 404 Aviation Blvd. in Santa Rosa (95403).
A review of last year's ocean salmon fisheries and spawning escapement will be presented along with the outlook for this year's sport and commercial ocean salmon fisheries.
Anglers are encouraged to provide input on potential fishing seasons to a panel of California salmon scientists, managers and representatives who will be directly involved in the upcoming Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) meetings in March and April.
Salmon fishing seasons are developed through a collaborative process involving the PFMC, state, federal and tribal agencies, and West Coast stakeholders interested in salmon fishery management and conservation. Public input will help California representatives develop a range of recommended season alternatives during the March 8-14 PFMC meeting in Rohnert Park, Calif. Final adoption of ocean salmon season regulations will occur during the April 5-11 PFMC meeting in Portland, Ore.
The 2018 Salmon Information Meeting marks the beginning of a two-month long public process used to establish annual sport and commercial ocean salmon seasons. A list of additional meetings and other opportunities for public comment is available on CDFW's ocean salmon web page at https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Ocean/Regulations/Salmon/preseason.
The meeting agenda and handouts will be posted online as soon as they become available.
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Is the most likely scenario that salmon will open April 1st like last year?
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-"Beginning in 2018, recreational ocean salmon fishing regulations in state waters will no longer be adopted through the Fish and Game Commission (FGC) rulemaking process, but will now automatically conform to federal regulations in accordance with Section 1.95, Title 14, CCR."
This is going to be interesting. My intuition tells me that we will get a season, I just hope the feds carefully manage this resource, as has the state.
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April 7th in Monterey, April closed elsewhere
https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Ocean/Regulations/Salmon