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Thursday, April 26, 2012 @ 1:41:00 PM - 0 comments
4.26.12 - Joshua Thompson of Pacific Legal Foundation writes of tomorrow's (April 27, 2012) court hearing, where he will be representing CARF in our lawsuit against the California Department of Fish and Game.
Monday, April 16, 2012 @ 11:48:00 AM - 0 comments
4.16.12 - Inspired by Richards' mountain lion hunt, Hueso's Assembly Bill 2609 seeks to clearly establish guiding principles for commissioners to "effectively and ethically" serve.
Saturday, April 07, 2012 @ 11:10:00 AM - 0 comments
4.6.12 - With biologists anticipating a large salmon population increase, the Pacific Fishery Management Council has approved open salmon seasons for commercial and recreational anglers...
Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 9:54:00 AM - 0 comments
4.5.12 - CARF and the Pacific Legal Foundation work together to stomp out "expensive mandates" that could have sunk fishing
lakes, private hatcheries, and fish farms throughout California.
lakes, private hatcheries, and fish farms throughout California.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012 @ 10:31:00 AM - 0 comments
3.6.12 - The claim of an unconstitutional search by a San Diego fisherman who got caught with an out-of-season lobster was rebuffed Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court...
Thursday, March 01, 2012 @ 3:12:00 PM - 0 comments
2.28.12 - California's budget hole just keeps expanding, unemployment is lingering longer here than most other parts of the nation, and the party in charge of the Legislature continues to ignore pension reform and other big-picture problems..
Thursday, February 23, 2012 @ 4:57:00 PM - 0 comments
2.23.12 - The development and expansion of California's aquaculture industry was a major topic of the Fisheries Forum at the Capitol on February 22nd, a topic that seemed to get the attention of the Assembly members in attendance...
Friday, February 17, 2012 @ 6:09:00 PM - 0 comments
2.17.12 - Read an update on Pacific Legal Foundation's continued fight to help CARF protect California's recreational fishing industry.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 @ 11:17:00 AM - 0 comments
2.15.12 - Terry Knight of Record-Bee Outdoors explores the pros and cons of using live bait when bass fishing.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 @ 11:10:00 AM - 0 comments
2.15.12 - Mike Parrish, an outdoor writer for On The Water, introduces FineFlies.com, a website that shows a new and unique method for fly fishing.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 @ 1:08:00 PM - 0 comments
2.8.12 - The addition of two more amphibians to the state's endangered species list under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, has the potential to impact the trout angling industry...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 @ 9:35:00 AM - 0 comments
2.8.12 - North State officials are warning about the dangers of a proposed San Joaquin Delta restoration plan, and a Colusa outdoors shop owner believes an attempt to change striped bass fishing regulations was a carefully disguised attempt to get more water, too...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 @ 10:52:00 AM - 0 comments
2.7.12 - San Lorenzo Valley High School has a popular aquaculture class that has students raising endangered steelhead and releasing the endangered trout into nearby Fall Creek...
Friday, February 03, 2012 @ 10:44:00 AM - 0 comments
2.3.12 - FRESNO, Calif. -- Officials with the California Fish and Game Commission have rejected changes to striped bass regulations, which farmers had sought to gain more access to water.. read more
Monday, January 09, 2012 @ 10:12:00 AM - 0 comments
1.9.12 - WASHINGTON - Sacramento attorney Damien Schiff will be carrying the conservative flame Monday when the Supreme Court considers what could become the year's hottest environmental case...
Saturday, December 31, 2011 @ 9:05:00 AM - 0 comments
12.31.11 - Some of the best and worst of outdoor-related stories from 2011:...
Friday, December 23, 2011 - 0 comments
12.22.11 - Watch CARF's presentation, as well as Commission guidance and other videos, at the December 15, 2011 Commission Hearing (video)...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 @ 11:20:00 AM - 0 comments
12.21.11 - Aquaculture farmers who stock fish in the state's public or private waters will be able to continue those activities under the same regulatory requirements.
The California Fish and Game Commission last week rejected the state Department of Fish and Game's proposed new rules that would have required landowners who stock fish in their private lakes and ponds to obtain a permit...
The California Fish and Game Commission last week rejected the state Department of Fish and Game's proposed new rules that would have required landowners who stock fish in their private lakes and ponds to obtain a permit...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 0 comments
12.20.11 - SAN DIEGO -- Private lake owners and fish hatchery managers in California could breathe a little easier following the California Fish and Game Commission's decision not to consider plans for more stringent hatchery-raised fish stocking guidelines at private lakes and ponds...
Monday, December 19, 2011 @ 12:00:00 PM - 0 comments
12.15.11 - The Fish and Game Commission today unanimously rejected a new permit scheme that would have imposed costly environmental studies on privately stocked lakes and ponds, including those owned or operated by public agencies. A Department of Fish and Game representative said the studies were necessary to "improve business practices and protect the environment including endangered species."
Friday, December 16, 2011 @ 12:47:00 PM - 0 comments
12.14.11 - By Senator Tom Harman - With just a few days before Christmas it looks like Californians might be receiving a lump of coal in their stocking, courtesy of the bureaucrats at the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG)...
Friday, December 16, 2011 @ 12:35:00 PM - 0 comments
12.16.11 - Trout and catfish tanker trucks will keep rolling from private hatcheries to all state waters following Thursday's action - or make that non-action -- by the state Fish and Game Commission.
California's fish stocking program by private hatcheries in state waters will continue under the same permit regulations as the Commission rejected the Department of Fish and Game's proposed rules changes for stocking and growing fish...
California's fish stocking program by private hatcheries in state waters will continue under the same permit regulations as the Commission rejected the Department of Fish and Game's proposed rules changes for stocking and growing fish...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 @ 12:33:00 PM - 0 comments
12.14.11 - With ocean fishing closures set for Southern California on Jan. 1 as required by the California Legislature's Marine Life Protection Act, a freshwater version of that unfunded mandate for ocean fishing now threatens freshwater angling and the more-than-century-old tradition of stocking of fish in private waters...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 0 comments
12.14.11 - Tomorrow morning - December 15 - at 8:30 a.m., the California Fish and Game Commission will meet to consider proposed regulations that could cause serious economic harm for fishing lakes, private hatcheries, and fish farms...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 0 comments
12.14.11 - Journalist Doug Larson once said, "If people focused on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."...
Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 11:34:00 AM - 0 comments
12.12.11 - Doug Elliott isn't a counselor or therapist, but he's definitely in the business of boosting mental health.
He and his family run two fishing lakes in Orange County (Santa Ana River Lakes and Anaheim Lake) along with Corona Lake in Riverside County...
He and his family run two fishing lakes in Orange County (Santa Ana River Lakes and Anaheim Lake) along with Corona Lake in Riverside County...
Friday, December 09, 2011 @ 12:02:00 PM - 0 comments
12.9.11 - Several contentious issues concerning local and statewide anglers will be coming up on the docket of the California Fish and Game Commission meeting on Dec. 15 in San Diego.
One of the issues will be consideration of a new regulation that if passed, will require lake, pond and hatchery owners to perform environmental surveys on every lake or pond that stocks fish. It would also apply to private landowners who wish to stock and manage ponds and lakes on their property...
One of the issues will be consideration of a new regulation that if passed, will require lake, pond and hatchery owners to perform environmental surveys on every lake or pond that stocks fish. It would also apply to private landowners who wish to stock and manage ponds and lakes on their property...
Friday, December 09, 2011 @ 11:57:00 AM - 0 comments
12.9.11 - A movement is afoot in California to force private recreational fishing lakes to undergo extensive environmental evaluations every year on their fish stocking programs.
With estimated costs of up to $100,000 annually, this enormous and unnecessary burden would put many of our state's 3,000 private recreational fishing facilities out of business, along with many more thousands of private ponds, fish farms, and fish hatcheries.
With estimated costs of up to $100,000 annually, this enormous and unnecessary burden would put many of our state's 3,000 private recreational fishing facilities out of business, along with many more thousands of private ponds, fish farms, and fish hatcheries.
Wednesday, December 07, 2011 @ 12:20:00 PM - 1 comments
12.7.11 - A recent Western Outdoor News article states, "In an ideal world, California's lawmakers and bureaucrats would be doing whatever possible to put people back to work with California having the second highest unemployment rate in the country."...
Monday, November 28, 2011 @ 1:07:00 PM - 0 comments
11.28.11 - Three irrigation districts are blaming the federal Bureau of Reclamation for failing to adjust water releases from New Melones Reservoir to protect spawning Chinook salmon in the Stanislaus River...
Sunday, November 27, 2011 @ 5:58:00 PM - 0 comments
11.27.11 - The California Fish and Game Commission has delayed its consideration of the proposed striped bass regulations until its February 2012 meeting in Sacramento...
Friday, November 18, 2011 @ 4:33:00 PM - 0 comments
11.18.11 - If you thought the Marine Life Protection Act of 1999 (MLPA) was a threat to recreational fishing in California, anglers need to hear what's next...
Thursday, November 17, 2011 @ 10:45:00 AM - 0 comments
11.17.11 - To Save the Steelhead, Environmentalists Work to Shut Down Anglers on Sespe and Siquoc Creeks...
Thursday, November 10, 2011 @ 11:12:00 AM - 1 comments
11.10.11 - The California Alliance for Golf recently submitted a letter to California Fish and Game Commission opposing their proposed regulations...
Thursday, November 10, 2011 @ 11:09:00 AM - 0 comments
11.10.11 - The California Travel Association recently submitted a letter to the California Fish and Game Commission opposing the proposed regulations...
Tuesday, November 08, 2011 @ 11:03:00 AM - 0 comments
11.8.11 - CARF is happy to announce that the following organizations are in support of our mission, to fight DFG's proposed regulations...
Monday, November 07, 2011 @ 10:58:00 AM - 0 comments
11.5.11 - Fall has brought the largest number of salmon to the Tuolumne River in several years, though still far short of the abundance of old.
As of Tuesday, 1,224 of the fish had been counted at a weir near Hughson, the Modesto Irrigation District reported. That's more than twice the 517 at that point last year and much better than the 49 in 2009...
As of Tuesday, 1,224 of the fish had been counted at a weir near Hughson, the Modesto Irrigation District reported. That's more than twice the 517 at that point last year and much better than the 49 in 2009...
Friday, November 04, 2011 @ 11:24:00 AM - 1 comments
11.4.11 - Mentioning Alpers trout to serious High Sierra trout hunters is like bringing up Ted Williams with avid baseball fans. They are enamored with the prized trout. But until five years ago, anglers had to drive 300 miles north to the clear waters of the Eastern Sierra to catch them...
Friday, November 04, 2011 @ 11:03:00 AM - 1 comments
11.4.11 - "National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is the nation's leading and largest organization representing only small businesses throughout the country, including over 20,000 entrepreneurs in California..."
Friday, November 04, 2011 @ 10:14:00 AM - 0 comments
11.4.11 - No salmon or steelhead have swum in the North Yuba River since at least 1941. But if a trial program is successful, it could be one of the first major Sierra Nevada streams to welcome back the majestic fish...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 @ 11:29:00 AM - 1 comments
11.1.11 - "ASA is the nation's recreational fishing industry trade association, representing sportfishing manufacturers, distributors, retailers, media and angler advocacy groups, as well as the interests of America's 30 million recreational anglers, with over 1.7 million Californians
pursuing the sport in freshwater..."
pursuing the sport in freshwater..."
Thursday, September 29, 2011 @ 9:39:00 AM - 0 comments
9.29.11 - The last thing you want in a federal courtroom - any courtroom - is a testy judge. But that is precisely what federal scientists confronted in the latest legal fight over the tiny Delta smelt, which needs fresh water to thrive in its increasingly saline marshy habitat...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 @ 1:33:00 PM - 0 comments
9.27.11 - There's a fear amongst freshwater fish farmers and pond stockers in the Golden State that their livelihoods are in jeopardy thanks to a set of new rules and protocols proposed by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) that look to enforce inspections, monitoring and permitting of their private businesses...
Monday, September 26, 2011 @ 4:58:00 PM - 0 comments
9.21.11 - The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a two edged sword, that is used both for, and against sportsmen, and we believe that is clearly seen in the Marine Life Protection Act - a move to close the best coastal fishing off to anglers or anyone else, with no science or public input and the limitations of water export from the Delta to save salmon and other endangered species...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 @ 4:33:00 PM - 0 comments
9.21.11 - The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has proposed fish stocking regulations that would change the face of fishing including Koi ponds and take away even more outdoor opportunities for sportsmen...
Sunday, September 11, 2011 @ 1:45:00 PM - 1 comments
9.11.11 - A Sacramento federal judge has quashed a joint federal-state plan to improve conditions for a rare High Sierra fish, ruling that an auger driven by a gasoline-powered generator cannot be used in designated wilderness areas...
Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 1 comments
8.30.11 - Governor Jerry Brown has appointed Charlton 'Chuck' Bonham, 43, of Albany, as director of the California Department of Fish and Game
Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 0 comments
9.7.11 - State bureaucrats have launched an assault on recreational freshwater fishing in California. Regulators are trying to grow their own power at the expense of the economy, free enterprise, property rights and the millions of people in this state who love to fish!...
Friday, August 19, 2011 @ 11:39:00 AM - 3 comments
8.19.11 - Aquaculture farmers and other opponents of proposed state rules to regulate fish-stocking activities in Californias public and private waters will have more time to present their case to the California Fish and Game Commission, which has rescheduled the issue and any action on the new rules for at least two months...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 4:10:00 PM - 1 comments
8.17.11 - Invasive smallmouth bass have become established in Lake Tahoe, posing what researchers call a "much more ferocious threat" to native fish than anything that has come before...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011 @ 10:47:00 AM - 0 comments
8.9.11 - Those familiar with the Blue Ribbon Task Force and its roll in the controversial Marine Life Protection Act know how that groups actions are being challenged in court by fishing groups.
Monday, August 08, 2011 @ 10:15:00 AM - 1 comments
8.8.11 - The state's Herculean effort to wipe the northern pike out of Lake Davis in Plumas County wreaked havoc on the economy in and around Portola, but the city and owners and operators of businesses and property may not proceed in court against the state as a class, an appellate court has ruled.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011 @ 12:39:00 PM - 1 comments
8.2.11 - The Los Angeles Times editorializes on efforts by U.S. Senators from Salmon-fishing states that are trying to block the Food and Drug Administration from studying whether genetically modified salmon are safe
Saturday, July 30, 2011 @ 2:06:00 PM - 0 comments
7.30.11 - Some scientists say fish stocking is bad for the environment. State officials are now considering a ban on stocking fish at public and private lakes.
It's fish-stocking day at Corona Lake, something they've been doing twice a week, every week, for 30 years. And they stock some big fish...
It's fish-stocking day at Corona Lake, something they've been doing twice a week, every week, for 30 years. And they stock some big fish...
Monday, July 25, 2011 @ 8:55:00 AM - 0 comments
7.25.11 - List to the Podcast - Owners of private pay-to-fish ponds and lakes are stewing over new rules the state is considering that would require them to conduct environmental reviews to determine whether their operations harm local wildlife...
Saturday, July 23, 2011 @ 11:48:00 AM - 0 comments
7.23.11 - LAKE TAHOE — For the first time in more than 35 years, the Nevada Department of Wildlife will be stocking Lake Tahoe with Lahontan cutthroat trout, the only trout species native to the basin.
Over the course of the next few months, approximately 22,000 cutthroat will be planted in Lake Tahoe with the first stocking events completed this week at Cave Rock boat launch...
Over the course of the next few months, approximately 22,000 cutthroat will be planted in Lake Tahoe with the first stocking events completed this week at Cave Rock boat launch...
Saturday, July 23, 2011 @ 11:46:00 AM - 1 comments
7.23.11 - The Department of Fish and Game has secured a $500,000 federal grant to support the creation of additional public hunting and fishing opportunities. The grant, through California's Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Program, will facilitate public access for wildlife-dependent recreation on private lands...
Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:27:00 AM - 0 comments
7.17.11 - Remember back thirty years or so when the California Department of Fish and Game planted rainbow trout weighing four-to-the-pound in our lakes and streams?...
Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:22:00 AM - 0 comments
7.14.11 - The California Department of Fish and Game and the Fish and Game Commission have created a committee tasked with making the most of the limited resources at their disposal.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:00:00 AM - 0 comments
7.13.11 - Pacific Legal Foundation announced that they will be joining forces with California Association for Recreational Fishing to fight costly regulations proposed by Fish and Game.
Friday, July 01, 2011 @ 11:54:00 AM - 0 comments
7.1.11 TAHOE/TRUCKEE Game wardens were given more leeway by the California Supreme Court to stop hunters and fishermen, checking for licenses and fish and game taken.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 11:02:00 AM - 0 comments
6.28.11 A $1.4 billion project to remove four hydroelectric dams and restore habitat to return Chinook salmon to the upper reaches of the Klamath River amounts to an experiment with no guarantee of success, an independent science review has concluded...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011 @ 3:33:00 PM - 0 comments
6.7.11 Chico native and avid fisherman Neal Williams, 72, gets a little choked up when he is asked to speak about Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs, a popular annual event he helped start 20 years ago...
Thursday, June 02, 2011 @ 1:49:00 PM - 0 comments
6.2.11 As an indication of growing opposition to new state regulations that would devastate the recreational fishing community and fresh fish industry, State Senator Lou Correa and the Latino Caucus sent a letter to Governor Jerry Brown detailing disastrous negative impacts.
Thursday, June 02, 2011 @ 10:40:00 AM - 0 comments
6.2.11 Catfish derby - San Joaquin County Parks and Delta Fly Fishers present the 27th annual Catfish Derby at Oak Grove Regional Park. Fishing competition at the 10-acre park pond begins at 6:15 a.m.
Friday, May 20, 2011 - 0 comments
5.20.11 Please read our most recent letter to the California Fish and Game Commission.
Sunday, May 15, 2011 @ 2:34:00 PM - 0 comments
5.15.11 The Sacramento Bee reports that "The return of salmon fishing in California is triggering a rebound in business activity around what is arguably Californias most important game fish. State and federal regulators in April approved the first full commercial and recreational salmon fishing seasons in four years."
Monday, May 09, 2011 @ 2:47:00 PM - 0 comments
5.9.11 The Sacramento Bee reports that the State is looking to build recreational facilities to provide greater public access to Delta waters.
Friday, May 06, 2011 - 0 comments
5.6.11 The Associated Press reports a "lawsuit filed Thursday is just the latest salvo in the battle between fishing and agriculture interests over the reasons behind the precipitous declines of fall run Chinook salmon in recent years."
Monday, May 02, 2011 @ 6:25:00 PM - 0 comments
5.2.11 Californias leading family farm organization reported in its new publication, Ag Alert, wrote "aquaculture farmers say threat of the new rules remains, and if the state implements them, the regulatory burdens and costs would not only cripple their businesses but also their clients, which include owners of farm and ranch ponds who want to stock fish on their property."
Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 0 comments
4.30.11 In a Riverside Press Enterprise opinion piece, the president of CARF writes about "Many Californians are not aware of a very serious and looming threat to recreational fishing."
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 0 comments
4.28.11 Outdoors News Service reports that trout fisherman are being "short changed" by the California Department of Fish and Game.
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:20:00 AM - 0 comments
The Fish and Game Commission today adopted ocean salmon fishing regulations that allow for a season this year. Inland salmon season regulations were also adopted for the Central Valley, and Klamath and Trinity rivers...
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 10:47:00 AM - 0 comments
This could be a very good weekend to head south of Sonoma to San Pablo Bay, where you may find the best sturgeon action in a long time. Keith Fraser, at Loch Lomond Bait Shop in San Rafael, said he has seen more oversized sturgeon caught and released this season than in previous years...
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 10:06:00 AM - 0 comments
Tackle shops are restocking custom lures, guides are booking trips, and anglers are getting ready: Salmon are coming back to the Sacramento Valley...
Friday, April 08, 2011 @ 12:12:00 PM - 0 comments
Farm Bureau has filed a motion in federal court to intervene in a lawsuit aimed at imposing what it calls needless restrictions or bans on the use of nearly 400 crop protection products...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 @ 7:37:00 AM - 0 comments
Read the most recent letter sent to the Commission!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 7:36:00 PM - 0 comments
A California Superior Court judge earlier this month ordered the Marine Life Protection Act Blue Ribbon Task Force and Master Plan Team to pay all legal fees incurred by recreational angling groups in a 2010 lawsuit to enforce the task force's and plan team's obligations under California's Public Records Act to produce information about their actions in adopting marine protected areas in the waters off the coast.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 4:04:00 PM - 0 comments
Send a message to your legislators asking that they oppose legislation that will eliminate conservation and management measures for many of Oregon's most popular sport fish....
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 @ 8:07:00 AM - 0 comments
By Matt Weiser mweiser@sacbee.com Published: Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3A Recreational salmon fishing on the California coast will return to normal April 2 following a vote Monday by the California Fish and Game Commission...
Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 12:46:00 PM - 0 comments
CAA has learned that Heather McIntire, acting Aquaculture Coordinator for DFG has resigned her position. Additional details are not available at this time, but the matter will be the subject of discussion at Monday's CAA Board Meeting. Many in our community, and this writer in particular, enjoyed working with Heather and appreciated her enthusiasm and encouragement. She will be missed!
Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 1:33:00 PM - 1 comments
CARF prevails at hearing! On March 3rd, members of CARF testified before the California Fish and Game Commission urging Commissioners to reject proposed regulations that will have a profound economic impact on California fresh water fishing industry and recreational fishing. To read more and to watch the hearing video...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 @ 11:59:00 AM - 0 comments
Aquaculture producers say proposed state regulatory changes aimed at minimizing environmental impacts from fish stocking activities could have paralyzing effects on their businesses and the lakes and ponds where they plant fish...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 @ 12:06:00 PM - 1 comments
Attention iPhone users! The new California Association for Recreational Fishing iPhone App is now available!
Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 8:57:00 AM - 0 comments
John Gebers, owner of Noyo Fishing Center, was exchanging stories with local fishermen John Innes and Jim Martin on a sunny Tuesday mid-morning this week when this reporter dropped by the Noyo Harbor store. Everybody is talking about widespread enthusiasm that the salmon will really be back this year, and the three were no exception...
Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 8:48:00 AM - 0 comments
Sacramento (February 25, 2011) - Today, the California Association for Recreational Fishing (CARF) announced its opposition to new regulations being unveiled at the March 3rd California Fish and Game Commission hearing being held in Los Angeles...
Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 8:36:00 AM - 0 comments
Important California Fish and Game Commission Hearing - March 3, 2011
On March 3rd, the California Department of Fish and Game will push costly regulation that could make fish stocking a thing of the past! We are calling on all anglers to attend an important public hearing and write the California Fish and Game Commission!...
On March 3rd, the California Department of Fish and Game will push costly regulation that could make fish stocking a thing of the past! We are calling on all anglers to attend an important public hearing and write the California Fish and Game Commission!...
Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 11:52:00 AM - 0 comments
A legal settlement aims to let Central Valley anglers eat more striped bass, in hopes that stripers will then eat fewer endangered species.
The agreement, awaiting approval by a federal judge, requires the Department of Fish and Game to change the size and number of striped bass that fishermen can keep...
The agreement, awaiting approval by a federal judge, requires the Department of Fish and Game to change the size and number of striped bass that fishermen can keep...
Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 5:33:00 PM - 0 comments
SACRAMENTO - The recreational fishing industry on Thursday renewed its criticism of a plan to ban fishing in selected state waters off the Southern California coast, assailing the closures before a legislative committee whose chairman acknowledged that lawmakers are powerless to stop them from being enforced...
Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 11:51:00 AM - 0 comments
The public is invited to testify at an upcoming public meeting about California salmon populations and the 2011 ocean and river salmon fisheries. The 2011 Salmon Information Meeting, sponsored by the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), will be held March 1 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Sonoma County Water Agency Building located at 404 Aviation Boulevard in Santa Rosa...
Monday, February 07, 2011 @ 12:04:00 PM - 0 comments
By JUSTIN SCHECK
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. An unexpectedly large run of salmon in the rivers of far Northern California this winter is providing an economic boost to local communities across the hard-hit region...
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. An unexpectedly large run of salmon in the rivers of far Northern California this winter is providing an economic boost to local communities across the hard-hit region...
Monday, February 07, 2011 @ 11:57:00 AM - 0 comments
California's beleaguered salmon fishermen are cautiously optimistic after the state released new data showing that more salmon returned to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta last fall than any year since 2006...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011 @ 11:54:00 AM - 0 comments
Please support CARF by becoming a member at...
Sunday, January 30, 2011 @ 9:13:00 PM - 0 comments
On Feb. 2, the California Fish and Game Commission is expected to adopt a series of fishing and gathering closures and restrictions along the Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino county coastline...
Sunday, January 30, 2011 @ 9:10:00 PM - 1 comments
Four environmental groups are asking the federal government to impose Endangered Species Act protections for another one of the Klamath River basin's struggling salmon stocks...
Monday, January 24, 2011 @ 1:48:00 PM - 0 comments
A small lake in Mendocino County is the second water in the state planted with native steelhead trout under new environmental mandates. On Jan. 11, the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) planted Mill Creek Lake with steelhead trout that were raised at Warm Springs Fish Hatchery. A total of 15,000 fish will be planted in the lake over a five- to six-month period.
Thursday, January 06, 2011 @ 2:01:00 PM - 0 comments
Watch some of CARF's board members speak out to protect your recreational fishing rights.
California Department of Fish and Game meeting, October 21, 2010
California Department of Fish and Game meeting, October 21, 2010
Monday, January 03, 2011 @ 12:23:00 PM - 0 comments
By Bill Shedd
The Sacramento Bee
Published: Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3E
Last Modified: Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 - 10:33 am
Re "More bold steps on protecting state's coast" (Editorial, Dec. 20):
The Sacramento Bee
Published: Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3E
Last Modified: Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 - 10:33 am
Re "More bold steps on protecting state's coast" (Editorial, Dec. 20):
Saturday, December 11, 2010 @ 9:32:00 PM - 2 comments
There’s a two-pronged attack from the state to destroy sport fishing in California. Most anglers are familiar with the threat posed by the Marine Life Protection Act, but the latest threat is to freshwater, via the Department of Fish and Game and its writing and implementation of an environmental impact report governing freshwater hatcheries in the state...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 @ 4:18:00 PM - 3 comments
An update from our legal team regarding our mission to preserve our state's recreational fishing.
Sunday, October 24, 2010 @ 12:46:00 PM - Written by Ed Zieralski - 1 comments
Notes from Thursdays Department of Fish and Game Commission meeting in San Diego
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 0 comments
"That is not a misprint. It is nearly $10 million a day..."
Article by Ed Zieralski
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Article by Ed Zieralski
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday, October 07, 2010 @ 12:33:00 PM - 0 comments
October 21, 2010 Fish and Game Commission meeting agenda
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 @ 11:13:00 AM - 0 comments
Ruling Confirms MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force and Science Advisory Team Are State Agencies, Forces Public Access to Critical Information
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 11:44:00 AM - 2 comments
Copy of a letter sent from C.A.R.F. to the Director of Fish and Game.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - Written by Ed Zieralski - 0 comments
Article by Ed Zieralski
Originally published September 28, 2010 at 12:24 p.m., updated September 28, 2010 at 3:37 p.m.
Originally published September 28, 2010 at 12:24 p.m., updated September 28, 2010 at 3:37 p.m.
Monday, September 20, 2010 @ 11:52:00 AM - Written by Ed Zieralski - 1 comments
Article by Ed Zieralski
Monday, September 20, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010 @ 10:20:00 AM - 0 comments
Article by Ed Zieralski , UNION-TRIBUNE
Thursday, September 09, 2010 @ 1:26:00 PM - 0 comments
LIVE FISH MARKETS WILL BE AFFECTED BY NEW REGULATIONS
Thursday, September 02, 2010 @ 7:55:00 PM - 1 comments
California Association for Recreational Fishing Update
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:55:00 PM - Written by CARF - 0 comments
Why on earth would the DFG Hatchery Environmental Impact Report propose an end to recreational fishing in California?
Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 4:21:00 PM - Written by Western Outdoor News - 1 comments
It’s time to turn the focus of the Fish and Game Commission back to providing more fishing opportunities to the people of this state rather than taking them away.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 @ 2:12:00 PM - Written by -- Patrick McGreevy Los Angeles Times - 2 comments
When you think of powerful Sacramento interests, you don't normally think of the recreational fishing lobby. Think again!
Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 12:57:00 PM - 1 comments
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The California Department of Fish and Game, in a draft environmental impact report released this fall, proposed new rules that would impose higher-level inspections and certification requirements on all aquaculture farms that stock fish in the state's public or private waters.
