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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 825 (Blakeslee)
          As Amended  July 7, 2009
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |76-0 |(May 28, 2009)  |SENATE: |36-0 |(July 16,      |
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           Original Committee Reference:   W., P. & W.  

           SUMMARY  :  Permits the incidental take of rock crab with  
          Dungeness crab traps, and vice versa, and repeals the  
          prohibition on possession of both species aboard the same vessel  
          at the same time.

           The Senate amendments  require the Department of Fish and Game  
          (DFG) to report to appropriate policy and fiscal committees of  
          the Legislature the impacts of this bill, if any, on or before  
          January 1, 2013, including the number of citations issued  
          relating to both rock crab and Dungeness crab for the years 2010  
          to 2012 inclusive.

           EXISTING LAW  :  

          1)Requires any rock crab taken with a Dungeness crab trap, and  
            any Dungeness crab taken with a rock crab trap, to be  
            immediately returned to the waters from which it was taken.

          2)Prohibits any person from possessing a rock crab aboard a  
            vessel when the vessel is being used to take Dungeness crab,  
            and from possessing a Dungeness crab aboard a vessel when the  
            vessel is being used to take rock crab.

          3)Establishes other restrictions related to minimum size, sex,  
            season, trap size, and permit requirements.  Rock crab can be  
            taken at any time, whereas Dungeness crab is subject to  
            seasonal restrictions.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill authorized Dungeness crab  
          to be taken incidentally with a rock crab trap, and rock crab to  
          be taken incidentally with a Dungeness crab trap, during the  
          season when it is lawful to take both species.  This bill also  
          repealed the prohibition on possession of both species onboard a  








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          vessel simultaneously.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations Committee  
          analysis, estimated costs of $50,000 in 2009/10 and $100,000 in  
          2010/11 and 2011/12 to the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.

           COMMENTS  :  This bill as passed by the Senate is substantially  
          the same as passed by the Assembly, with the addition of a  
          reporting requirement.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Diane Colborn / W., P. & W. / (916)  
          319-2096


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