Bill Text: CA AB165 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commercial fishing: crayfish.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 226, Statutes of 2013. [AB165 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB165-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 165	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        JANUARY 23, 2013

   An act to amend, renumber, and add Section 8491 of, and to repeal
Section 8490 of, the Fish and Game Code, relating to commercial
fishing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 165, as introduced, Beth Gaines. Commercial fishing: crayfish.
   Existing law governing the commercial fishing of crayfish
prohibits the sale or purchase of crayfish taken from Lake Tahoe or
the Lake Tahoe Basin.
   This bill would repeal that provision.
   Existing law requires the taking of crayfish to be subject to
regulations as prescribed by the Fish and Game Commission.
   This bill would state legislative intent regarding the commercial
taking of crayfish in Lake Tahoe or the Lake Tahoe Basin.
   This bill would require the commission to ensure that, with
respect to the taking of crayfish for commercial purposes in Lake
Tahoe or in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the commission's regulations are
consistent with the Lake Tahoe Region Aquatic Invasive Species
Management Plan, as amended.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8490 of the Fish and Game Code is repealed.

   8490.  No crayfish taken from Lake Tahoe or the Lake Tahoe Basin
may be sold or purchased. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 8491 of the Fish and Game Code is amended and
renumbered to read:
    8491.   8490.   The taking of crayfish
shall be subject to  such  regulations as 
the commission may prescribe   prescribed by the
commission  .
  SEC. 3.  Section 8491 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:
   8491.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any allowance
for the commercial taking of crayfish in Lake Tahoe or in the Lake
Tahoe Basin be for the primary purpose of population reduction and
control of the signal crayfish, an invasive species, and that the
commercial taking of crayfish be allowed only to the extent that it
is consistent with state goals for management of invasive species and
environmental standards.
   (b) The commission shall ensure that, with respect to the taking
of crayfish for commercial purposes in Lake Tahoe or in the Lake
Tahoe Basin, the commission's regulations are consistent with the
Lake Tahoe Region Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan, as
amended.