SCH Number 2025060380

Title: Proposed Amendments to Title 14, CCR: White Sturgeon Catch-and-Release Fishing
Description: The California Fish and Game Commission proposes to amend a variety of regulations related to white sturgeon sport fishing for the 2026 season and onward. The proposed amendments will continue catch-and-release fishing regulations established by emergency regulatory action taken on September 6, 2024. The existing emergency regulations will expire in September 2025 following readoption of the emergency regulations in December 2024 (readopt 1) and May 2025 (readopt 2). The proposed amendment is necessary to continue the catch-and-release fishery through candidacy under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) and after the Commission decides on the CESA listing status of white sturgeon. The proposed action also changes the Sturgeon Fishing Report Card from a year-long season (January 1 though December 31) to match the sturgeon fishing season established by the emergency action (October 1 through June 30). The proposed regulation amendments will continue the catch-and-release fishery regardless of the CESA listing decision outcome and are necessary to both ensure the species is protected from over-harvest and that losses to the recreational fishing industry are mitigated.

2 documents in project

Type	Lead/Public Agency	Received	Title
NOD	California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC)	8/20/2025	Amendments to Title 14, CCR: White Sturgeon Catch-and-Release Fishing
NEG	California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC)	6/9/2025	Proposed Amendments to Title 14, CCR: White Sturgeon Catch-and-Release Fishing