Passage would allow unlimited, indiscriminate harvest of striped bass
Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Conservation, Stripers, stripers forever
Updated below
California Assemblywoman Jean Fuller (R-Bakersfield) has introduced legislation, AB 1253, to remove gamefish status for striped bass. The bill will be heard in the Water, Parks & Recreation Committee of the California State Assembly in Meeting Room 437, on Tuesday, April 28, at 9 a.m.
The bill is opposed by an unprecedented coalition of recreational fishing, commercial fishing and environmental restoration groups and businesses.
(Via: YubaNet) LINK
Voice your opposition to this legislation here.
Update on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 11:22PM by
El Guapo
Dan Bacher reports that massive opposition to AB 1253, a bill attacking Bay-Delta fish populations, resulted in the gutting of the bill in the State Assembly yesterday. LINK
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