November 24, 2020 CA Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Delay In Fishing Zones 3-6
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020120247
- Lead Agency
- Fish and Wildlife, Region 7 - Marine, Monterey (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7)
- Document Title
- November 24, 2020 CA Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Delay In Fishing Zones 3-6
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 12/14/2020
- Project Applicant
- Season delay of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Fishing Zones 3-6 (south of the Sonoma/Mendocino County Line)
- Present Land Use
- Ocean waters statewide
- Document Description
- Season delay of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Fishing Zones 3-6 (south of the Sonoma/Mendocino County Line)
- Contact Information
-
Ryan Bartling
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
3637 Westwind Blvd., Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone : (707) 576-2877
ryan.bartling@wildlife.ca.gov
Location
- Regions
- Statewide
- Other Location Info
- ocean waters statewide
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Section 15307 (Class 7); 15308 (Class 8)
- Reasons for Exemption
- The proposed project will close the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in response to a significant marine life entanglement risk. Lines and buoys of Dungeness crab traps pose a marine life entanglement risk, especially for whales migrating through California waters. The delay will have the overall effect of reducing the entanglement risk by keeping traps out of the marine environment. In staff’s view, the Department’s adoption of regulations is an activity that is the proper subject of CEQA’s Class 7 and 8 categorical exemptions. These two exemptions are related to agency actions to protect natural resources and the environment.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- 11 DOCX 158 K NOE_dcrab_closure_11242020_Signed PDF 119 K
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