Amend Section 105.1 and 182, Title 14, CCR, Re: Commercial Salmon Fishing Regulations
Summary
SCH Number
2023020109
Public Agency
Fish and Wildlife (Headquarters), Wildlife and Fisheries Division – Sacramento
Document Title
Amend Section 105.1 and 182, Title 14, CCR, Re: Commercial Salmon Fishing Regulations
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/3/2023
Document Description
The Project is intended to provide for consistent state and federal regulations, which were developed to provide regionally accurate data on salmon stocks to ensure sustainable management practices. West coast jurisdictions where salmon are caught in the ocean rely on a comprehensive, west-coast wide coded wire-tag monitoring program to determine the stock composition of catch that occurs regionally. Commercial vessels typically depart from a port, catch their fish within a reasonable distance from that port, and then that catch is sampled in the port from which it was landed. Catch composition from the coded wire-tags is used to determine how much of each salmon stock is caught, and the time and location of catch. This information is used to limit the amount of catch on stocks that are overfished while allowing more fishing pressure in the times and areas where the most abundant stocks are likely to occur. Allowing fish caught in California to be landed out of state would contaminate stock composition data used to make decisions about sustainable management.
Contact Information
Name
Marci Yaremko
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Job Title
Environmental Program Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Statewide Coastal Waters
Regions
Statewide
Other Location Info
Statewide coastal waters from the California-Oregon border to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 7 and 8, CCR, Title 14, §§ 15307, 15308
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is intended to provide for consistent state and federal regulations, which were developed to provide regionally accurate data on salmon stocks to ensure sustainable management practices. Because the Project would maintain and ensure sustainable management of fishery resources and the environment, these regulatory changes are the proper subjects of CEQA’s Classes 7 and 8 categorical exemptions.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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