Fish Report for 5-17-2013

The California Supplemental Sport Fishing Regulations booklet is now available online

5-17-2013
CDFG

The California Supplemental Sport Fishing Regulations booklet is now available online at www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/sportfishing_regs2013.asp . The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) publishes the supplement annually to distribute ocean salmon fishing regulations decided in April by the Pacific Fishery Management Council and the California Fish and Game Commission, as well as inland salmon regulations.

New regulations, regulation changes, and corrections to the 2013-2014 Ocean Sport Fishing regulations booklet are also published in the supplement. This year, the supplement includes the following regulation changes and corrections:

- Information about spiny lobster regulation changes that will be in effect this fall
- Revised Section 1.74 - Sport Fishing Report Card Requirements, which goes into effect July 1, 2013
- Correction to Section 28.90, which was recently updated to allow take of striped bass using spearfishing gear and skin or scuba equipment
- Corrections to incomplete or incorrect marine protected area (MPA) information located in the California Marine Protected Area summary table for the following MPAs:

Bodega Head State Marine Reserve
Point Reyes State Marine Conservation Area
Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation Area
White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area
Richardson Rock State and Federal Marine Reserves (San Miguel Is.)
Anacapa State and Federal Marine Reserves (Anacapa Is.)
Footprint State and Federal Marine Reserves (Anacapa Channel)
Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area, and Farnsworth Offshore State Marine Conservation Area (Catalina Is.)

For complete information, visit the CDFW website at www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/sportfishing_regs2013.asp . Recreational fishermen are encouraged to pick up a copy of the annual supplement when it becomes available at the end of May/beginning of June. Copies may be obtained wherever sport fishing licenses are sold, at your local CDFW office, and online at www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/sportfishing_regs2013.asp.


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