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General => CA Regulations => Topic started by: 123engineering on April 19, 2024, 08:17:57 AM

Title: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: 123engineering on April 19, 2024, 08:17:57 AM

Since the Fish and Game Commission adopted the new recreational groundfish regulation on March 26, 2024, we anticipated that the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) would review it within a couple of weeks, but it is taking much longer. I am starting to get worried that we might not be able to go nearshore rockfishing on May 1st. I checked the OAL website, https://oal.ca.gov/proposed-regulations/ (https://oal.ca.gov/proposed-regulations/), this morning to check on the status, but it only shows as "Proposed Regulations Under Review" I will be checking with OAL, CDFW, and FGC for any updates. If we don't get a positive update, we might have to take more active actions to expedite the review process. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
Some of the actions we can consider are:

Seek support for California State elected officers
Letter and email writing to OAL, Kenneth Pogue (Director of OAL) & Amy Tong (Secretary, Government Operations Agency)

Paul

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: The Gopher on April 19, 2024, 08:56:41 AM

Thanks for the update, 123. Hopefully they get to it any day now.

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: Code3 on April 19, 2024, 09:51:22 AM

Thanks for keeping us posted Paul!

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: lucky13 on April 19, 2024, 12:09:28 PM

Quote from: Code3 on April 19, 2024, 09:51:22 AM

Thanks for keeping us posted Paul!

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: Sailfish on April 19, 2024, 01:48:40 PM

Quote from: lucky13 on April 19, 2024, 12:09:28 PM

Quote from: Code3 on April 19, 2024, 09:51:22 AM
Thanks for keeping us posted Paul!
+1

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: JoeDubC on April 19, 2024, 01:49:13 PM

Didn’t get a 50 fathom trip in because of that. Sucks.

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: 123engineering on April 19, 2024, 02:36:03 PM

I just got an email response from OAL stating the following:

"Good afternoon,

2024-0402-01S, Recreational Fishing for Federal Groundfish in 2024, was approved today and becomes effective today.

Sincerely,
OAL Reference Attorney"

Hope we will get a confirmation from CDFW soon.

Paul

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: Sailfish on April 19, 2024, 02:39:16 PM

Thanks for the "live" update Paul.

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: Bulldog---Alex on April 19, 2024, 03:09:46 PM

Thanks for your efforts,Paul.

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: jp52 on April 19, 2024, 04:06:09 PM

Looks like it is open on the CDFW website now:
https://wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Ocean/Regulations/Groundfish-Summary

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: SpeedyStein on April 19, 2024, 04:50:49 PM

Great news! Looking forward to getting back out on the ocean soon!

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: Yakkin on April 19, 2024, 05:08:24 PM

Thanks for the update!!! Yay!

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: JoeDubC on April 19, 2024, 05:31:59 PM

Oh man, I’m up at Clearlake. I wonder if I can get back in time for tomorrow.

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: Spiffy on April 19, 2024, 05:32:15 PM

Quote from: Bulldog---Alex on April 19, 2024, 03:09:46 PM

Thanks for your efforts,Paul.

Title: Re: Office of Administrative Law - Review of Rec. Groundfish Fishing Regulations
Post by: fishemotion on April 19, 2024, 10:40:43 PM

Good stuff. Gratzi