Amend Section 29.06, Title 14, CCR, Re: Recreational Sea Urchin Bag Limit Exemption
Summary
SCH Number
2024020978
Public Agency
California Fish and Game Commission
(CDFGC)
Document Title
Amend Section 29.06, Title 14, CCR, Re: Recreational Sea Urchin Bag Limit Exemption
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/26/2024
Document Description
The project will continue to exempt for five more years all recreational purple sea urchin take by hand and hand-held tools in Caspar Cove from any daily bag limit.
Contact Information
Name
Melissa Miller-Henson
Agency Name
California Fish and Game Commission
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
Caspar Cove, Monterey County
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CCR, Title 14, sections 15307, 15308
Reasons for Exemption
The adopted regulations allow testing the concept of controlling overpopulated sea urchins through recreational diving activities; the regulations extend the existing sunset date to 2029, enabling the experimental management action to continue rather than allowing it to sunset in 2024. By gathering data and information for scientific assessment by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and its agency partners, the project is designed to lead to the restoration of diminishing kelp forests in central and northern California. As such, the proposal is an activity that is the proper subject of CEQA’s Class 6 categorical exemption.
County Clerk
Mendocino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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