BILL NUMBER: AB 2504	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act  to add Section 8491.5 to, and  to repeal Section
8490 of  ,  the Fish and Game Code, relating to commercial
fishing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2504, as amended, Beth Gaines. Commercial fishing: crayfish.
   Existing law governing the commercial fishing of crayfish
prohibits the sale or purchase of crayfish taken from Lake Tahoe or
the Lake Tahoe Basin.
   This bill would repeal that provision. 
   Existing law requires the taking of crayfish to be subject to such
regulations as the Fish and Game Commission may prescribe. 

   This bill would state legislative intent regarding the commercial
taking of crayfish in Lake Tahoe or the Lake Tahoe Basin.  
   This bill would require the commission to ensure that, with
respect to the taking of crayfish for commercial purposes in Lake
Tahoe or in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the commission's regulations are
consistent with the Lake Tahoe Region Aquatic Invasive Species
Management Plan, as amended. 
   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  Section 8490 of the Fish and Game Code is repealed.
   SEC. 2.    Section 8491.5 is added to the  
Fish and Game Code   , to read: 
   8491.5.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any
allowance for the commercial taking of crayfish in Lake Tahoe or in
the Lake Tahoe Basin be for the primary purpose of population
reduction and control of the signal crayfish, an invasive species,
and that the commercial taking of crayfish be allowed only to the
extent that it is consistent with state goals for management of
invasive species and environmental standards.
   (b) The commission shall ensure that, with respect to the taking
of crayfish for commercial purposes in Lake Tahoe or in the Lake
Tahoe Basin, the commission's regulations are consistent with the
Lake Tahoe Region Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan, as
amended.