Dungeness Crab Task Force Executive Committee Meeting Archive Page

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Previous DCTF Executive Committee meetings and materials are listed below, starting with the most recent.

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – June 13, 2024

• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – July 13, 2023

• Revised Pre-Season Testing Protocols for the Tri-State Coastal Dungeness Crab Commercial Fishery, May 2020
• Best Fishing Practices for Minimizing Marine Life Entanglement
• News article: North Coast Journal, Sea Otter Reintroduction, March 9, 2023
• News article: USFWS Holds Open Houses for Sea Otter Recovery, June 19, 2023
• CDFW Presentation: Tri-State Dungeness Crab Quality Testing Program
• July Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – May 25, 2023

• October 2022 DCTF Meeting Summary
• CDFW: Compliance Guide for the CA Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Electronic Monitoring FAQs
• Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Sorting Box Procedures FAQs
• Best Fishing Practices for Minimizing Marine Life Entanglement
• News article: North Coast Journal, March 9, 2023
• CDFW: Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Updates to Vessel Size Restrictions FAQs
• The last EC conversation about a buy-out program, May 4, 2022
• May Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – August 25, 2022

• CDFW Presentation: Dungeness Crab Line Marking, August 2022
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – June 29, 2022

• CDFW Guidance for Testing Trap Fishing Gear Modifications – June 2019
• Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group: Guidelines for Research and Development Projects Focus on Ropeless Gear Innovations
• Experimental Fishing Permit Program Information
• The Nature Conservancy’s Experimental Fishing Permit Program User Guide
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – May 4, 2022

• Draft Options for Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Capacity
• Tri-State Line Marking Discussion, May 13, 2020
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – September 23, 2021

• Options/Considerations for Exploring a Commercial Dungeness Crab Permit Draft Buyout Program Worksheet for Executive Committee Review/Use to Share with DCTF
• DCTF Buyback Worksheet: Trinidad (April 2020)
• Pacific Groundfish Buyback Program: History, Status, and Solution
• Meeting Summary

Dungeness Crab Task Force Executive Committee Meeting – June 10, 2021

• CDFW Presentation: Update on Electronic Monitoring, June 10, 2021
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – February 26, 2021

• Explanation of proposed changes to Fish and Game Code §8280.3
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – September 9, 2020 – Cancelled due to lack of quorum

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – July 6, 2020

• April 14, 2020 DCTF Executive Committee Summary
• CDFW Dungeness Crab Trap Limit Account: Worksheet of Projected Balances Resulting from Adjustments to Buoy Tag Fees
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – April 14, 2020

• Options/Considerations for Exploring a Commercial Dungeness Crab Permit Draft Buyout Program Worksheet for Executive Committee Review/Use to Share with DCTF
  • DCTF Buyback Worksheet: Trinidad (April 2020)
• Pacific Groundfish Buyback Program: History, Status, and Solution
• Senate Bill 1128
• California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group
• 2019-2021 Work Plan Implementation for DCTF Review/Use
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – August 29, 2018

• 2018-19 DCTF Work Plan
• Senate Bill 1309
• Senate Bill 1310
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Dungeness Crab Trap Surface Gear Limitations and Gear Removal Time
• CA Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – April 12, 2018

• Draft 2018-19 DCTF Work Plan
• Senate Bill 1309
• Senate Bill 1310
• Senate Bill 1287 (2015-16 Legislative session)
• CA Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group
• CA Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group: March 2018 Mid-Season Risk Assessment Update
• Requests Future Meeting Agenda Items – April 12, 2018
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – October 3, 2017

• Draft October 16-18, 2017 Meeting Outline
• Frequently Asked Questions: Fair Start, December 20, 2016- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Frequently Asked Questions: Fair Start, November 8, 2016- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Frequently Asked Questions: Harmful Algal Blooms and California Fisheries– Ocean Science Trust
• Draft Proposal, Management of Districts 6 and 7 Under Delay Scenario
• 2017-18 Best Fishing Practices Guide
• CA Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group: Fact Sheet
• CA Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group: Statement of Research Priorities
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – September 19, 2017

• Options for the Composition of a Dungeness Crab Industry-Representative Body – Updated September 13, 2017
• DRAFT Decision Tree: Establishing a California Dungeness Crab Industry-led Organization- Updated September 10, 2017
• Fish and Game Code 8276.4
• Considerations for Establishing an Industry-Representative Organization
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – August 25, 2017

• 2017 Calendar of DCTF Activities
• DCTF Topics and Approach through October 2017
• Fish and Game Code 8280
• 14 CCR § 132.2- Waiver for a Permitted Dungeness Crab Vessel to Retrieve Another Vessel’s Dungeness Crab Traps
• SeaDoc Society Poll, In-Season Trap Recovery
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – June 30, 2017

• Options for the Composition of a Dungeness Crab Industry-Representative Body – UPDATED June 29, 2017
• Senate Bill 92- Public Resources including landings fees
• Status of Marilleyvs McCamman et. al.
• 2017 Calendar of DCTF Activities
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting — April 11, 2017

• Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Program, Options Document
• Draft Outline for 2017 Calendar of DCTF Activities
• Draft Proposal, Management of Districts 6 and 7 Under Delay Scenario
• Executive Committee Draft Options for the Composition of a Dungeness Crab Industry-Representative Body – March 21, 2017
• Proportion Landings by Home Port Summary, CDFW Data Presented at October 25-26, 2016 DCTF Meeting
• Replacement Tags Summary, CDFW Data Presented at October 25-26, 2016 DCTF Meeting
• DCTF Administrative Accounting Summary
• Press release: Experts gather to reduce whale interactions with Dungeness crab fishing gear
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – March 14, 2017

• DCTF Administrative Accounting Summary
• Options for the Composition of a Dungeness Crab Industry-Representative Body – UPDATED March 10, 2017
• Proportion Landings by Home Port Summary, CDFW Data Presented at October 25-26, 2016 DCTF Meeting
• Replacement Tags Summary, CDFW Data Presented at October 25-26, 2016 DCTF Meeting
• Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Program, Options Document
• Draft Outline for 2017 Calendar of DCTF Activities
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – August 26, 2016

• Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Program Bill: Senate Bill 1287 Documents and Analyses (via http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/)
• California Department of Public Health, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Memo: Domoic Acid Background and Potential Option for Future Events
• Frequently Asked Questions: Harmful Algal Blooms and California Fisheries
• Considerations for Supporting ongoing DCTF Activities
• Coastal Dungeness Crab Tri-state Committee 2016 Meeting Summary
• Presentation from August 11 Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture Hearing from Raphael Kudela – Harmful Algal Blooms and Domoic Acid: Latest Forecast and a Look Ahead to the Upcoming Season
• Assembly Bill 164- Claims Against the State: Payment
• Marilley v. McCamman (United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 11-cv-2418-DMR)
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – March 3, 2016

• CDFW Domoic Acid Sampling Maps (Updated 2/26/16)
• Senate Bill 1287 – Whale Protection and Crab Gear Retrieval Act
• Long-Term Function of the DCTF, Considerations for Funding and Structure
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – February 16, 2016

• CDFW Domoic Acid Sampling Maps (Updated 2/12/16)
• Draft Dungeness Crab Gear Retrieval Program/Whale Protection Legislation (updated January 11, 2016)
• CDFW Press Release: Recreational Dungeness Crab Fisheries Open South of Point Reyes
• Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery– CDFW Frequently Asked Questions (updated 2/12/16)
• Public Comment: Mike Zamboni
• Draft Annotated Dungeness Crab Gear Retrieval Program/Whale Protection Legislation (updated February 15, 2016)
• Letter from HMBSMA (updated February 15, 2016)
• Letter from Crescent City, Humboldt, & Trinidad (updated February 15, 2016)
• Public Comment for 2/16/2016 EC Meeting
• PCFFA Comments on the commercial Dungeness crab fishery opener
• Stephen Melz et al Comments on the commercial Dungeness crab fishery opener
• February 16, 2015 Guidance Memo regarding opening of the Dungeness crab commercial fishery
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – January 28, 2016

• CDFW 12/18/2015 Update: California Crab Fisheries, Domoic Acid
• CDFW Domoic Acid Sampling Maps (Updated 1/25/16)
• California Department of Public Health Domoic Acid Test Results
• Legislators ask Governor to declare a crab disaster
• CDFW Law Enforcement Division Response to January 2016 DCTF Legislative Report
• HMB Industry-Led Crab Gear Retrieval Program (Jan 2016)
• California Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project Results and Cost Estimate (Jan 2016)
• Public Comment: Video- High Hopes | The Future of Dungeness Crab
• Draft Dungeness Crab Gear Retrieval Program/Whale Protection Legislation (updated January 11, 2016)
• California Department of Public Health Q&A for 1/28/16 EC Meeting
• NOAA Fishery Disaster FAQs
• SBA Economic Injury Worksheet
• CDFW Q&A developed for 1/28/16 EC Meeting
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – December 22, 2015

• CDFW 12/18/2015 Update: California Crab Fisheries, Domoic Acid
• CDFW Domoic Acid Sampling Maps
• California Department of Public Health Domoic Acid Test Results
• Public comment, Andrew Guiliano
• January 11, 2016 Guidance Memo regarding domoic acid levels in Dungeness crab
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – Emergency Session -November 5, 2015

• Guidance Memo regarding domoic acid levels in Dungeness crab
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting -September 2, 2015

• Update to the EC from the DCTF Admin Team, OPC, and CDFW 8/28/2015
• California Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Program Comparison
• Coast Guard Safety Alert- Commercial Fishing Vessel “Work-Lights” Create Potential Night Time Navigation Hazard
• Gear Retrieval Program Proposal from David Helliwell
  • Washington Gear Recovery Permit
  • Washington Gear Recovery Log Example
  • Washington Gear Recovery Program House Bill 1516
  • Washington Gear Recovery Program House Rule Adoption
    
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – August 14, 2015

• CDFW Data: Potential Number of Lost Traps (2013-2015)
• 2014 Crab Gear Retrieval Program Final Report
• April 28, 2015 Letter to Director Bonham from CBD, EarthJustice, & Oceana
• June 26, 2015 Letter to Director Bonham from CBD & EarthJustice
• U.S. west coast large whale entanglement information sharing workshop report- November 13-14, 2013
• August 20 Public Meeting to Discuss Whale Entanglements– information and agenda
• Update to the EC from the DCTF Admin Team, OPC, and CDFW
• Dungeness Crab Commercial Trap Limit Evaluation: Evaluations Topics
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting Agenda – May 19, 2015

• CDFW Data: Maximum Potential Traps Fished (2013-2015)
• Update to the EC from the DCTF Admin Team, OPC, and CDFW
• Proposed Whale Entanglement Process Design
• NMFS Presentation: Management of Whale Entanglements on US West Coast
• Draft memo from EC to OR/WA – Update and Information request for CA commercial Dungeness crab trap limit program
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting Agenda – April 20, 2015

• Executive Committee Meeting Summary – April 20, 2015
• Trap Limit Program CDFW Accounting: March 20, 2015
• February 19, 2014 Email from George Osborn to MRC regarding potential legislation
• Gear Retrieval Program Proposal from David Helliwell
  • Washington Gear Recovery Permit
  • Washington Gear Recovery Log Example
  • Washington Gear Recovery Program House Bill 1516
  • Washington Gear Recovery Program House Rule Adoption
• Public Comment: West Coast Whale Entanglement Information from Oceana

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting Agenda – October 15, 2014

• CDFW Commercial Fishing Data: Updates Dungeness Crab Trap Limit Program & Summary of Fishery Landings 2013-2014 Season
• Proposal regarding a gear retrieval program for DCTF consideration
• Executive Committee Meeting Summary – October 15, 2014

DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call Meeting Summary – February 27, 2014

DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call Meeting Summary – November 8, 2013

DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call Meeting Summary – October 10, 2012

• Memo regarding the Development of Recommendations for Temporary Crab Quality Testing Funding Guidelines (AB 2363)

DCTF Executive Committee Update – June 2012

DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call Meeting Summary – May 24, 2012

• Letter from DCTF Executive Committee to Director Bonham

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – May 10, 2012

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