On December 4, 2019, the California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group (Working Group) will hold a public meeting to provide a report on any newly available risk factor and/or updates to the Working Group’s October 31, 2019 recommendations.
California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group Webinar
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | 11:00am - 12:00pm PT
Listen only/screen share details: (424) 228-8722 No PIN necessary
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Members of the public are invited to attend this working meeting as listeners only via the conference line listed in the agenda. There will not be opportunities for public comment and all participants will be asked to identify themselves.
Last week, the Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) issued a declaration delaying the November 22, 2019 start date for the California Dungeness crab fishery south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line until December 15, 2019. In their commitment to ensuring that restrictions on the fishery are lifted as expeditiously as possible based on the best available information, CDFW has convened the Working Group on December 4 to evaluate risk factors and determine if the fishery can be opened prior to December 15.
The Working Group will convene a closed-door session in advance of this public meeting. A written summary from the discussion will be shared with the public and will be reported out during this public call.
Materials shared during this meeting will be posted on the Working Group’s webpage: http://www.opc.ca.gov/whale-entanglement-working-group/. For more information contact the Working Group at info@cawhalegroup.com.