DF&G rejects changes to striped bass regs.

[Gene Buchholz]

California Department of Fish and Game News Release
February 2, 2012

Media Contact:
Jordan Traverso, DFG Communications, (916) 654-9937

Fish and Game Commission Votes Against Pursuing Striped Bass Proposal

The California Fish and Game Commission today took final action to reject proposed changes to striped bass regulations.

In a unanimous decision, Commissioners voted not to pursue a proposal that would have changed sport fishing regulations related to anadromous striped bass, including increasing bag limits and decreasing size limits.

The proposal that was introduced by the Department of Fish and Game arose out of a settlement agreement resulting from a 2008 lawsuit. In that lawsuit, the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, a group of San Joaquin Valley water districts, asserted that striped bass are harming native species, including endangered salmon and Delta smelt.

[mark poulson]

Hooray.
Common sense prevailed.

[SKTR 20i]

I hope that ends it, but doubtful. Unfortunately!! But we can enjoy the victory for now. Yipeeeee!!

John.

[Cooch]

Excellent, one battle down, the War with these tard continues though! Great work by those who have spoken loudly, our voice IS being heard! We gotta keep pouring it on em as they will continue to come at our fisheries from all sort of angles!

[Otay Michael]

I just came over to post the good news, see Gene beat me to it.

Thanks to all of you guys that took a whole minute out of your lives to help others get YEARS of more fun, and food in many cases, from this species. As Cooch says, these tards never die, we will have to stay vigilent.

_____________

Here was the whole letter:

California Anglers Help Save Striped Bass from Potentially
Devastating Regulations

Large angler outcry helps sway Fish and Game Commission to reject onerous plans that could have eradicated striped bass in California

Your Voice Was Heard!
KeepAmericaFishing™ called upon anglers to voice their concerns over unwarranted striped bass regulations. Hundreds of messages were sent to the California Fish and Game Commission through the KeepAmericaFishing website, helping to defeat these onerous regulations.

KeepAmericaFishing will continue to monitor this issue and work to ensure that threats to recreational fishing in California and across the country are minimized. For more information on this and other issues affecting your right to fish, visit http://www.KeepAmericaFishing.org.

The Deciding Vote
During its February 2 meeting, the commissioners voted unanimously not to pursue changing striped bass sport fishing regulations, which included increasing bag limits and decreasing size limits resulting in an overall decrease in striped bass populations.

Why the Change in Regulations?
The proposed changes arose from a 2008 lawsuit which claimed that striped bass are "harming" native species. This claim ignored the devastating impacts that increased water diversions for agricultural irrigation in California's Central Valley are having on recreational salmon fishing and businesses that depend on the Delta's fishery. Instead of addressing the real threats to salmon and Delta smelt by reducing irrigation rates, the Central Valley's water contractors shifted the blame to striped bass.

The Department of Fish and Game proposed changes in striped bass regulations would have resulted in an overall decrease in striped bass populations. Fortunately the commission saw through the erroneous logic of the proposed regulations and voted not to move the regulations forward.

KeepAmericaFishing is dedicated to keeping waters open and abundant with fish, and these regulations could not have been defeated without the strong efforts of anglers like you.

Congratulations and thank you!

[luvmystratos]

Yes, Yes, Yes!!! One down and one to go! Got to keep on fighting or as Iaconelli puts it ,"Never give up"!!! I wonder if any of those retards have ever laid into a 10 or 20 Lb Striper? They don't know what they are missing.