Fish and Game Commission: White Sturgeon fishing now closed (July 12)
Fish and Game Commission conclude the white sturgeon fishery should be closed after a presentation at June 19th meeting
Fish and Game Commission accepts petition for White Sturgeon to be listed as endangered or threatened at June 19th meeting. For video of the meeting on Cal-Span, click here. Scroll to the 6-hour mark to hear the discussion.
Petition Documents
- Notice of Findings, click here
- Petition: click here
- Petition Report, click here
Next Fish and Game Commission meeting is August 15 in Fortuna, California (Humboldt County) where you can get your voice heard and weigh in on the future management of the species.
NEXT MEETING: Conference Center, 1800 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna, CA 95540
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2074.2 of the Fish and Game Code, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission), at its June 19-20, 2024 meeting, accepted for consideration the petition submitted to list white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act.
Pursuant to subdivision (e)(2) of Section 2074.2 of the Fish and Game Code, the Commission determined that the amount of information contained in the petition, when considered in light of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (Department) written evaluation report, the comments received, and the remainder of the administrative record, would lead a reasonable person to conclude there is a substantial possibility the requested listing could occur.
Based on that finding and the acceptance of the petition, the Commission is also providing notice that white sturgeon is a candidate species as defined by Section 2068 of the Fish and Game Code.
Within one year of the date of publication of this notice of findings, the Department shall submit a written report, pursuant to Section 2074.6 of the Fish and Game Code, indicating whether the petitioned action is warranted. Copies of the petition, as well as minutes of the June 19-20, 2024 Commission meeting, are on file and available for public review on the Commission’s website at fgc.ca.gov or from Melissa Miller-Henson, Executive Director, California Fish and Game Commission, 715 P Street, 16th floor, Sacramento, California 95814, phone (916) 653-4899.
Written comments or data related to the petitioned action should be directed to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fisheries Branch, P.O. Box 944209, Sacramento, CA 94244-2090, Attn: Department Sturgeon Coordinator or email sturgeon@wildlife.ca.gov (include “white sturgeon” in the subject line). Submission of information via email is preferred.
