California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 3 - General Regulations › Chapter 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 749 - Special Order Relating to Incidental Take of Sacramento River Spring-Run Chinook Salmon During Candidacy Period

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Commission finds that, based on current knowledge and
					 existing protection and management efforts outlined in Appendices 1* and 2*,
					 the level of habitat loss and take of Sacramento River spring-run chinook
					 salmon individuals which is likely to occur during the period that this
					 regulation is in effect will not cause jeopardy to the continued existence of
					 the species.
(a) Take Authorization
Based on the above findings, the Commission authorizes the
					 take of Sacramento River spring-run chinook salmon during the candidacy period
					 subject to the terms and conditions herein.
(1) Inland Sport Fishing
Take of Sacramento River spring-run chinook salmon is
					 authorized in accordance with the regulations adopted by the
					 Commission.
(2) Ocean Sport
				  Fishing
Take of Sacramento River spring-run chinook salmon is
					 authorized in accordance with the regulations adopted by the
					 Commission.
(3) Upper
				  Sacramento River, Tributaries
Take of Sacramento River spring-run chinook salmon is
					 authorized incidental to life-history studies described in (d)(3)(H) of
					 Appendix 1, water diversions as described in (d)(3)(A)-(d)(3)(E) and (d)(6) of
					 Appendix 1, and restoration actions described in (d)(3)(F)-(d)(3)(J) of
					 Appendix 1, provided that such activities are substantially similar in nature
					 and scope to those activities which existed on the effective date of this
					 regulation, and provided further that there is no material change, to the
					 detriment of conservation, in the existing management measures. The Commission
					 shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether there has been a detrimental
					 material change in such management measures.
(4) San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin
				  River Delta Estuary
Take of Sacramento River spring-run chinook salmon is
					 authorized incidental to water diversions described in (d)(6) of Appendix 1,
					 provided that such activities are substantially similar in nature and scope to
					 those activities which existed on the effective date of this regulation, and
					 provided further that there is no material change, to the detriment of
					 conservation, in the existing management measures. The Commission shall
					 determine, in its sole discretion, whether there has been a detrimental
					 material change in such management measures.
Take of Sacramento River spring-run chinook salmon is
					 authorized incidental to operation of the State Water Project facilities and
					 the Central Valley Project facilities in accordance with the 1995 WQCP and the
					 Central Valley Project Improvement Act and as may be modified by the Operations
					 Group through the process described in (d)(5) of Appendix 1. (For example, the
					 CALFED OPERATIONS GROUP SACRAMENTO RIVER SPRING-RUN CHINOOK SALMON PROTECTION
					 PLAN, dated October 27, 1997, found in Appendix 2.)