BILL NUMBER: AB 2684	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 27, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Stone
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cooley and Fong)
   (Coauthor: Senator Evans)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 1120.5 to the Fish and Game Code, relating
to fish.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2684, as amended, Stone. Hatchery practices: salmon and
steelhead.
   Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish
fish hatcheries for stocking the waters of California with fish and
requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to maintain and operate
such hatcheries. Existing law also authorizes county boards of
supervisors to establish and maintain fish hatcheries and authorizes
the commission to issue permits to nonprofit organizations to
construct and operate anadromous fish hatcheries.
   This bill would require the department to implement specified
policies and practices for hatchery chinook  salmon, coho
salmon, and steelhead   salmon  reared or released
in California waters, including a requirement that hatchery chinook
 salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead   salmon
 released in California waters be externally marked on the top
fin  at a level   in a percentage  to be
determined by the department and that  all  hatchery
chinook  salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead  
salmon  be coded-wire tagged  in a percentage to be
determined by the department  prior to their release.  The
bill would provide that any contract between the department and an
entity responsible for funding a mitigation hatchery operated by the
department shall require the responsible entity to pay the costs of
coded-wire tagging hatchery chinook salmon to the extent the payment
is consistent with the federal license requiring the responsible
entity to fund the operation of the mitigation hatchery. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1120.5 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to
read:
   1120.5.   (a)    The department shall implement
policies and practices for hatchery chinook  salmon, coho
salmon, and steelhead   salmon  reared or released
in California waters by adopting all of the following: 
   (a) 
    (  1)  Hatchery practices that improve the
survival and fitness of the hatchery population. 
   (b) 
    (   2)  Hatchery practices that reduce the
genetic and ecological risks posed by hatchery juveniles and adults
to wild and native populations. 
   (c) 
    (   3)  A requirement that hatchery chinook
 salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead   salmon
 released in California waters be externally marked on the top
fin  at a level   in a percentage  to be
determined by the department and that  all  hatchery
chinook  salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead  
salmon  be coded-wire tagged  in a percentage to be
determined by the department  prior to their release. 
   (b) Any contract between the department and an entity responsible
for funding a mitigation hatchery operated by the department shall
require the responsible entity to pay the costs incurred pursuant to
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) to the extent the payment is
consistent with the federal license requiring the responsible entity
to fund the operation of the mitigation hatchery.