[env-trinity] 32nd Annual Fisheries Legislative Forum, 3/17/04

[Tom Stokely]

The public is welcome at this event.  This is the 32nd annual report of the fishing/fisheries community to the State Legislature's Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aqauculture.  Please note that the sessions from 2 pm to 5 pm are exclusively on Klamath-Trinity fishery issues, and the discussions are likely to be lively!



Tom Stokely



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32nd Annual Fisheries Legislative Forum
Wednesday, March 17, 2004

9:30 a.m. - Noon 

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

State Capitol, Room 126

Sacramento, CA

 

9:30 - 9:45 am             Welcome and Introductions:

Assemblymember Patty Berg, Chair

Senator Dede Alpert, Vice-Chair

                                    

9:45 - 10:10 a.m.            Fishery Agency/Commission Presentations:              
Fish & Game Commission: Jim Kellogg, President 

California Department of Fish & Game: Ryan Broddrick, 

  Director, 

            

10:10 - 10:25             a.m.            Fisheries Research

                                    Collaborative Research: Dan Platt (Salmon, Groundfish) 

Pacific Marine Conservation Council: Jennifer Bloeser, (invited)

California College Sea Grant Program: Dolores Wesson, Deputy 

  Director

 

10:25 - 10:50            a.m.            Fisheries Funding

                                    Salmon and Steelhead Trout Advisory Committee: Mitch Farro, 

                                      Chairman

                                    Pacific Salmon Recovery Funding Update: Randy Poole, General 

                                       Manager, Sonoma County Water Agency

California Conservation Corp: Michelle Rose, Fortuna Supervisor

Establishment of a National Trust Fund:  Zeke Grader, Executive 

  Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations 

 

10:50 - 11:15 a.m.            Salmon                      

                                    Chinook Management: Dave Bitts, Vice President, Pacific Coast  

                                       Federation of Fishermen's Associations 

                                    Coho Recovery: Tom Weseloh, North Coast Manager, Cal Trout 

            Tribal Fisheries: Troy Fletcher or Dave Hillimirer, Yurok Tribe

              (invited)

            Salmon Marketing Council: David Goldenberg, Executive 

              Director            

             Recreational Ocean Fishery: Roger Thomas, President, Golden 

              Gate Fishermen's Association 

                                                            

11:15 - 11:40              Shellfish

                                    Limiting Entry, MSC Certification: John Guth, President, 

                                      California Commercial Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Assn. (invited)

                                    Dungeness Crab: Chuck Wise, President, PCFFA, 

                                    Rock Crab Permit System: Phil Beguhl, Commercial Fishermen of 

                                      Santa Barbara 

                                    Sea Urchins: Pete Halmay, Sea Urchin Harvesters Association of 

                                      California, and Dr. Charles Igawa, Sea Urchin Processors Association 

                                      of California

 

11:40 -Noon                Sportfishing

                                    Recreational Fishing Alliance, Randy Fry (invited)

Water for Fish: Chuck Bonham, California Counsel, Trout  

   Unlimited

Wild Heritage Trout: Brett Matzke, Wild Heritage Trout Manager, 

   CalTrout                         

 

Noon - 1:00 p.m.     Lunch (on your own)

 

1:00 - 1:15 p.m.            Seafood Safety

                                    Mercury Warning Labeling: Wayne Heikkila, Executive Director, 

                                      Western Fishboat Owners Association 

                                    Genetically Engineered Fish: Rebecca Spector, West Coast 

                                       Coordinator, Center for Food Safety (invited)

                                     Processor/Distributor Concerns: Rob Ross, California Fisheries 

                                       and Seafood Institute

 

1:15 - 1:25 p.m.            Aquaculture

Status: Justin Malan, California Aquaculture Association (invited)

                                    Trends: Natasha Benjamin, Fisheries Consultant (invited) 

 

1:30 - 150 p.m.     Other Fisheries

                                    Nearshore: Kenyon Hensel, Commercial Fishermen, Crescent City

Herring: Ernie Koepf, President, California Herring Association

  (invited)

                                    White Sea Bass: Bob Strickland, President of United Anglers of 

                                       Northern California (invited)

 

1:50 - 2:00 p.m.     Break

 

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.            Klamath/Trinity Comments:

Assemblymember Patty Berg, Chair

Senator Dede Alpert, Vice-Chair

Senator Wes Chesbro, Chairman, Senate Budget Committee

Senator Sam Aanestad (invited)                                    

 

2:15 - 3:15 p.m.             Klamath Managers Panel

                                    Mike Chrisman, California Resources Secretary 

Ryan Broddrick, Director, California Department of Fish and 

  Game 

Lester Snow, Director, California Department of Water Resources 

  (invited)

Arthur Baggett, Chair, Water Resources Control Board

John Davis, Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of 

  Reclamation

                                    Steve Thompson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife (invited)

                                    

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.            Klamath Fisheries Panel

                                    Zeke Grader, Executive Director, Pacific Coast Federation of 

                                      Fishermen's Associations

Troy Fletcher or Dave Hillimirer, Yurok Tribe (invited)

Tom Weseloh, North Coast Manager, CalTrout

 

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.     Break

 

3:45  - 4:20 p.m.     Trinity River Issues

Thomas Birmingham, General Manager and General Counsel, 

  Westlands Water District (invited)

Byron Lydecker, President, Friends of the Trinity River

Tom Stokely, Member, California Advisory Committee on Salmon 

  and Steelhead Trout

Jill Geist, Chair, &/or Jimmy Smith, Humboldt County Board of 

  Supervisors

 

4:20 - 4:40 p.m.             Klamath Basin Research Needs 

Dr. Rollin Richmond, President, Humboldt State University

Dr. Bob Gearheart, Interim Director, Klamath Watershed Institute

                                                                                    

4:40 - 5:00 p.m.            Closing Remarks                              

 

 

The Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture will accept written comments, and/or any additional information, for two weeks after this hearing.   The written materials should be sent to:

 

Assemblymember Patty Berg, Chair

State Capitol

P.O. Box 942849

Sacramento, CA 94249-0000

 

 
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