Proposed Amendments to 2026 Central Valley Sport Fishing Regulations, Title 14, CCR
Summary
SCH Number
2026040456
Lead Agency
California Fish and Game Commission
(CDFGC)
Document Title
Proposed Amendments to 2026 Central Valley Sport Fishing Regulations, Title 14, CCR
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
In 1945, the Commission was charged with promulgating regulations to manage sport fishing in California, which includes a SRFC sport fishery on the American, Feather, Mokelumne, and Sacramento rivers. Since then, the SRFC sport fishery on these rivers has been open every year, with the exception of fishing closures in 2008-2009 and 2023-24. In May 2025, the Commission adopted the Department’s recommendation to close the SRFC fishery on the Sacramento River and to restrict the SRFC fishery on the American, Feather, and Mokelumne rivers for the 2025 season. This relatively conservative approach for these waters was informed by the Department’s concern regarding low adult returns to the upper Sacramento River in recent years and the continued rebuilding of the SRFC stock in the Sacramento River basin.
Although the SRFC in-river sport fishery was constrained in 2025, the Project area is open to fishing for other sport fisheries including, but not limited to, black bass, catfish, White Sturgeon, Striped Bass, American Shad, and Rainbow Trout. The recent lull in the SRFC in-river sport fishery is abnormal and does not accurately represent the environmental baseline for the Project. The conditions that do accurately represent the environmental baseline for the Project are an open SRFC in-river sport fishery between July and December with an amount of allowable take within the range of take allowed for the Project area between 2017 and 2021. This particular period of time also represents the norm for the environmental setting as assessed in federal and state economic and fiscal analyses of the effects of possible changes to the fishery.
Document Description
California Fish and Game Commission adoption of amendments to bag and possession limits based on federal fisheries management goals for Sacramento fall-run Chinook salmon sport fishing regulations in the "Central Valley fishery,” encompassing the American, Feather, Mokelumne, and Sacramento rivers.
Contact Information
Name
Melissa Miller-Henson
Agency Name
California Fish and Game Commission
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Benicia, Redding, Sacramento, Woodbridge
Counties
Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Northern California
Waterways
American, Feather, Mokelumne, and Sacramento rivers
Other Location Info
Along the American, Feather, Mokelumne, and Sacramento rivers in various counties, from Shasta to San Joaquin Counties
Northern California project
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Development Types
Other (Central Valley Sport Fishing Regulations)
Local Actions
Central Valley Sport Fishing Regulations
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Fishing
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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