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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 165	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 8, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2013

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 amended, 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 require any allowance for the commercial taking of
crayfish in Lake Tahoe or in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be for the
primary purpose of population reduction and control of the signal
crayfish, as prescribed.
   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  Section 8490 of the Fish and Game Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 8491 of the Fish and Game Code is amended and
renumbered to read:
   8490.  The taking of crayfish shall be subject to regulations as
prescribed by the commission.
  SEC. 3.  Section 8491 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to read:
   8491.  (a) Any allowance for the commercial taking of crayfish in
Lake Tahoe or in the Lake Tahoe Basin shall be for the primary
purpose of population reduction and control of the signal crayfish,
an invasive species. The commercial taking of crayfish may be allowed
only to the extent that it is consistent with state goals for
management of invasive species and other environmental standards,
including an environmental analysis conducted by the 
California  Tahoe Regional Planning Agency or another
appropriate lead agency for each proposed individual harvest
operation.
   (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.