Explore by Category





August 21, 2015

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 12:00pm

The California Dungeness Crab Task Force Executive Committee will be held to discuss options for ensuring the long-term functioning of a California lost fishing gear retrieval program and potentially develop proposals or a preferred option to share with the California […]

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force
August 6, 2015

California Whale Entanglements: August 20th Public Meeting

Please Note: A working group has been convened to continue discussion on topics raised at the August 20th meeting described below. To see the working group main webpage with current activities, click here. California Whale Entanglements On August 20, 2015 […]

Categories: Marine Pollution
August 4, 2015

DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call, Friday, August 14, 2015 at 1:00pm

The California Dungeness Crab Task Force Executive Committee Conference Call will be held to provide updates and solicit EC feedback on the California lost fishing gear retrieval program, upcoming whale entanglement workshop, and evaluation of the California commercial Dungeness crab […]

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force
May 8, 2015

DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:00am

DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:00am Call-in #: 1-626-677-3000 Participant Code for Public and Non-Executive Committee DCTF Members: 7927150 Meeting Agenda Goal of the Executive Committee (EC) Conference Call: To discuss designing a process to begin […]

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force
April 20, 2015

Public Meeting – South Coast Collaborative Forum

Ocean Protection Council representatives will meet with co-chairs and members of the San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Catalina Island, and Santa Barbara Channel Marine Protected Area Collaboratives, on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, from 10:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at […]

Categories: Marine Protected Areas
October 17, 2014

DCTF Meeting Agenda for Wednesday, October 29, 2014

The Dungeness Crab Task Force will hold a public meeting in Ukiah, California, at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center, Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 8:00 AM

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force
October 3, 2014

DCTF Executive Committee Meeting Agenda – October 15, 2014

DCTF Executive Committee Conference Call Wednesday, October 15, 2014 1:00pm Call-in #: 1-626-677-3000 Participant Code for Public and Non-EC DCTF Members: 7927150  Meeting Agenda  Goal of the Executive Committee (EC): To help streamline and inform anticipated discussions surrounding the trap […]

Categories: Dungeness Crab Task Force
October 2, 2014

Single-use plastic bag ban signed in California

On September 30, 2014 California became the first state in the nation to enact a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. In this precedential moment, Secretary for Natural Resources and Ocean Protection Council Chair John Laird applauds the legislature and Governor Jerry […]

Categories: Marine Pollution
September 16, 2014

Summary of Resolutions Passed at the August 27, 2014 OPC Meeting

On August 27, 2014, the California Ocean Protection Council passed two resolutions: one to support the State Water Resource Control Board’s adoption of a trash policy, and one to support implementation of the “Safeguarding California Plan for Reducing Climate Risk.”

Categories: Marine Pollution, Strategic Goal 1: Climate Change