Dungeness Crab Task Force Meetings

DCTF Meetings

Upcoming DCTF meeting materials, or the most recent DCTF meeting materials, are listed below. All previous DCTF meetings and materials are archived here.

DCTF Meeting #17 – October 29-30, 2024 – In Person

• Agenda
• DCTF Member Prep Document (agenda items 4, 5, 6, 7, 12)
• Updates (agenda item 3)
  • CDPH Proposed Regulatory Changes concerning eviscerated crab
• Lost Gear Retrieval In-Season and Postseason (agenda item 5)
  • Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Expanded Retrieval of Lost or Abandoned Commercial Dungeness Crab Traps (Amend Section (§) 132.2, Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR))
• Dungeness Crab Account Surplus (agenda items 7, 13)
  • FY 2022-23 Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Accounting
• CDFW Presentations to the DCTF October 2024: Annual Update, 132.2 Rulemaking, and Update on Whales, November 2-3, 2023
• PCFFA Position on Triggers for Management Action in the California Dungeness Crab Fishery
• Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meetings

Upcoming DCTF Executive Committee meeting materials, or the most recent DCTF Executive Committee meeting materials, are listed below. All previous Executive Committee meeting materials are archived here.

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – September 5, 2024

• • A Commission was previously discussed during the October 2019 DCTF Meeting. The California Department of Food and Agriculture provided a California Dungeness Crab Commission Presentation in 2019.
  • A brochure about California’s Marketing Programs
  • California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Marketing webpage
  • Meeting Summary

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting – July 25, 2024

• Information requested during the June 13 DCTF Executive Committee call that will be discussed in Agenda item 3; Information about Commissions through the California Department of Food and Agriculture:
  • The topic was previously introduced during the October 2019 DCTF Meeting
  • The California Department of Food and Agriculture provided a California Dungeness Crab Commission Presentation in 2019.
  • A brochure about California’s Marketing Programs
  • California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Marketing webpage
  • Meeting Summary

Public Comment

All DCTF meetings are open to the public. Written public comment specific to a DCTF or DCTF Executive Committee meeting are requested a minimum of 24 hours in advance of a meeting. Comments should be sent to info@dungnesscrabtaskforce.com. Please review the DCTF’s guidelines for providing public comment to the Dungeness Crab Task Force.

Additionally, if DCTF Members and members of the public are interested in submitting requests for agenda items to be considered and discussed at upcoming DCTF and/or DCTF Executive Committee meetings, please review these Guidelines to Submit Requests DCTF & Executive Committee Agenda Items.

Comments and Proposals – Submitted by DCTF Members

• Read written proposals and comments by DCTF Members

Comments – Public and Agency

• Read written proposals and comments submitted for the DCTF’s consideration

DCTF Contact

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