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Sport Fishing Licenses and Report Cards

Fish and Game Code Section 713 requires license fees to be adjusted in response to increases (or decreases) in costs of goods and services using an index called the Implicit Price Deflator. This index is a gauge of the change in the cost of goods and services from year to year.
Generally, the costs of goods and services increase at about two to three percent per year. However, this is not always the case. Costs can increase dramatically during some years. For example, the Implicit Price Deflator applied to 2023 license fees jumped to 8.48 percent due to the significant increases in inflation the U.S. economy experienced following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversely, decreases in the costs of goods and services could result in a negative Implicit Price Deflator percentage and lower license fees.
Q: Is a fishing license required while fishing from a public fishing pier in ocean waters? 
A: No, but it must be a public fishing pier. A Sturgeon Fishing Report Card is required to take sturgeon from a public pier in ocean waters. A Spiny Lobster Report Card is required to take spiny lobster from a public pier in ocean waters.
Fish and Game Code, Section 7153
(a) A sport fishing license is not required to take fish for any purpose other than profit by means of angling from a public pier in the ocean waters of the state.
(b) For purposes of this section, ocean waters include, but are not limited to, the open waters adjacent to the ocean and any island; the waters of any open or enclosed bay contiguous to the ocean; the San Francisco and San Pablo Bays, with any tidal bay belonging thereto; and any slough or estuary, if found between the Golden Gate Bridge and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge.
A public pier is defined in the sport fishing regulations as a publicly owned man-made structure that has the following characteristics: is connected, above the mean high tide, to the main coastline or to the land mass of a named and charted natural island; has unrestricted free access for the general public; and has been built or currently functions for the primary purpose of allowing angling access to ocean waters (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 1.88)
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Your insurance agent or local floodplain administrator can then use your elevation certificate to help identify opportunities to protect your home from flooding and reduce your insurance premium (e.g., installing flood vents, removing an enclosure, etc.).Also, if your community participates in the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System (CRS), you could qualify for a flood insurance discount of between five and 45% if your property is in the Special Flood Hazard Area. Communities that participate in CRS may also have elevation certificates on file for individual homes or businesses. Check with your tax assessor's office or planning and zoning commission to determine if an elevation certificate is available for your home or business.Your insurance agent can help you work through all of the options to make sure your payments are as low as possible. 

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Are there any modifications that I can make to my home to reduce my flood insurance rate?

Yes. If a property owner has an existing building and wants to make it more hazard resistant and reduce flood insurance premiums, the building can be "retrofitted." While it is preferable to design and build in a hazard-resistant method originally, there are steps an owner of an existing building can take, particularly with respect to wind and wind-driven rain resistance. Improving the flood resistance of an existing building often involves elevating the building on a new foundation. FEMA provides hazard mitigation grants to states for activities such as structure elevation, property acquisition, and flood-proofing. When completed, these activities can reduce or eliminate risk, which may result in lower flood insurance rates. 

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Are extensive engineering studies needed in order to obtain a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA)?

It is not FEMA's intention that homeowners pay for extensive engineering studies to obtain supporting documentation for a LOMA request. For most LOMA requests, the only elevation information that must be submitted is the Lowest Adjacent Grade (LAG) - the elevation of the lowest ground touching the structure, including stairs, attached deck, or garage - or the lowest lot elevation, which must be certified by a licensed land surveyor or professional engineer who is authorized by State or local law to certify elevation information.
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Boat Launches

Developed boat launches are available at Regional Parks throughout Sonoma County. For a complete list of boating sites, visit Find a Park. 
The launch fee for trailered boats is $4 or free for Regional Parks members.
Bodega Bay

Doran Regional Park - Doran Regional Park has a launch on Bodega Harbor for boats up to 20 feet and a wheelchair-accessible kayak launch. View Doran Boat Launch and Boat Trailer Parking Map.
Westside Regional Park - Westside Regional Park features a three-lane launch on Bodega Harbor and a wheelchair-accessible kayak launch. 

Russian River

Cloverdale River Park - This small park in northern Sonoma County features a paved launch on the Russian River for small craft.
Guerneville River Park - Close to downtown Guerneville, this community park offers a boat launch for kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, and other non-motorized watercraft, plus a parking area.
Steelhead Beach Regional Park - Steelhead Beach in Forestville offers a gravel launch on the Russian River for drift boats, kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards.
Wohler Bridge - Wohler Bridge Russian River access is a seasonal launch in Forestville. You can off-load small craft here Oct. 1-May 15 with a gate key from Regional Parks' Santa Rosa office.

Santa Rosa

Spring Lake Regional Park - Newanga Avenue entrance - Spring Lake is a 72-acre lake with a paved launch for boats up to 16 feet. Electric motors only.
Boat Launching Facilities Grant
Minersville BLF
United States Forest Service-Trinity Shasta
$4,850,000 

Owen River Water Trail NMBLF
Inyo County Water District
$110,000 

Pillar Point Harbor BLF
San Mateo Harbor County Harbor District
$400,000

Port San Luis Trailer BLF
Port San Luis Harbor District
$442,358 

Rock Creek Lake BLF (Planning)
United States Forest Service-Inyo
$200,000 

Rock Creek Lake BLF (Construction)
United States Forest Service-Inyo
$1,500,000 

Samoa BLF
City of Eureka
$200,000 

Silver Lake BLF
United States Forest Service-Trinity Shasta
$910,000

Stoney Gorge Reservoir BLF
Bureau of Reclamation
$150,000

Tuolumne River Front Park NMBLF
City of Modesto
$780,000 

Ventura Harbor BLF
Ventura Port Harbor
$890,000

Wiest Lake BLF
Imperial County
$1,430,000

 
Grants and Loans Available for Recreational Boating Facilities with Public Access

Loan and grant applications are only accepted via OLGA on a continuous basis. 
Applications for each grant/loan listed below are being accepted through February 1, 2025:

Boat Launching Facility
Ramp Repair and Modification
Non-Motorized Boating Facility Grants 

Applications for Boat Launching Facilities (BLF), Non-Motorized Boating Facility, and Ramp Repair and Modification Grants will be considered for funding in the State's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget.

Grants and loans are awarded on a competitive basis as funding allows.
Grants are made to qualifying public agencies to fund facilities such as boat launching ramps, boarding floats, and associated parking areas, restrooms, and lighting for motorized and non-motorized boaters.
Loans are made to qualifying public and private entities to pay for improvements to marinas.
Read the Application Overview prior to beginning the application process.  Prior to submitting an application, review the application checklist to ensure your submittal is complete. A resolution from your governing body is required.

Application Overview
Application Packet Checklist
Title Transfers - California DMV
Signature(s) of the seller(s), buyer(s), and lienholder (if applicable).
Transfer fees. All transfer fees are the responsibility of the buyer.   

Once you start the online Title Transfer process, a DMV Virtual Assistant will let you know if you also need:

Smog certification
Use tax and/or various other fees.
Application for Replacement or Transfer of Title (REG 227) form.
A Vehicle/Vessel Transfer and Reassignment (REG 262) form.
A Statement of Facts (REG 256) form.
A Notice of Transfer and Release of Liability (REG 138) form.
Other less commonly used forms.

	Where do I sign on the California Certificate of Title?
	

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The example below indicates where to complete the current California Certificate of Title.

FRONT OF TITLE: Current registered owner or legal owner (Lienholder) signs and dates here to release ownership. If you are changing legal ownership by removing or deleting a Lienholder, the current registered owner(s) does not sign line 1A/1B and does not complete lines 3A-13.
BACK OF TITLE: New lienholder’s name (such as a bank or other financial institution), if any, is printed here.
HTVR 32 (REV. 6/2022)

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A vehicle can be registered in the name of a trust as registered owners. The purchasers would enter the name of the trust as the new registered owner on the back of the title with one of the trustees signing for the trust. When the transfer of ownership is processed, it would be processed just like a vehicle being registered in a company’s name vs. an individual as owner.

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A vehicle or vessel may be owned by two or more co-owners. Co-owner names may be joined by “and”, “and/or”, or “or”. Certificates issued for applications not indicating “and” or “or” between the names will show “and” as represented by a slash (/) between the names.
Sport Fishing Licenses and Report Cards

The Second-Rod Validation and Ocean Enhancement Validation are valid for 365 days from the date of issuance.

Duplicate Fees

Title
Fee
Description

Duplicate Sport Fishing License
$13.78
Replaces a lost or stolen sport fishing license.

Sport Fishing Validation
$3.81
(Second-Rod, Ocean Enhancement and Recreational Crab Trap) Replaces lost or stolen sport fishing validations.

Sturgeon Report Card
$18.03
Replaces lost or stolen Sturgeon Report Card. Available only at CDFW license sales offices. Sturgeon Fishing Report Card Affidavit (PDF)

Abalone Report Card
$21.63
Fishery is currently closed - Replaces lost or stolen Abalone Report Card. Available only at CDFW license sales offices.

Online Reporting of Fishing Harvest
REPORT YOUR HARVEST
After you log in to the Online License Service, select HARVEST REPORTING and follow the instructions to report your harvest.
Online Reporting Availability

Harvest Report Type
Reporting Dates
Late Reporting*
Program Information

Abalone Report Card
December 1 - January 31
February 1 - April 1
Abalone

Spiny Lobster Report Card
March 23 - April 30
May 1 - July 1
Spiny Lobster
Report cardholders who fail to return their Full Season Spiny Lobster Report Card or report their harvest online by April 30, following the close of lobster season, will be assessed a $21.60 non-return fee when they purchase a spiny lobster report card for the following season.

North Coast Salmon Report Card
January 1 - January 31
February 1 - April 1
Salmon

Steelhead Report Card
January 1 - January 31
February 1 - April 1
Steelhead

Sturgeon Fishing Report Card
January 1 - January 31
February 1 - April 1
Sturgeon

* Late reporting occurs after the regulatory deadline.

If you have not reported your harvest by the dates listed above, please mail your harvest report card to the address listed on the report card immediately.

Free and Reduced-Fee Sport Fishing Licenses
To qualify for a Free or Reduced-Fee Sport Fishing License, anglers must meet the criteria described below.
Two-Stroke Vessel Engines
The approximately five NM² area off Monterey Harbor from harbor launch ramps to the seaward end of the U.S. Coast Guard Pier, and then along a 100 yard wide access route due north to the southern boundary of Zone Four.

*The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration definition of a Motorized personal water craft means any motorized vessel that is less than fifteen feet in length as manufactured, is capable of exceeding fifteen knots, and has the capacity to carry not more than the operator and one other person while in operation. The term includes, but is not limited to: jet skis, wet bikes, miniature speed boats, air boats, and hovercraft.

FederalJuly 1996Pine Crest Lake, County of Tuolumne – No PWC.2Mar 1990Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service – No PWC.FederalApr 2000Scotts Flat Lake, County of Nevada – No PWC.2Sep 2004Seal Slough (Marina Lagoon), City of San Mateo – No PWC.2July 1988San Pablo Reservoir, East Bay Municipal Utilities District – (a) Only four-strokes or equivalent emission level allowed.3Jan 2000San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area (San Luis Reservoir, O'Neill Fore Bay, and Los Banos Creek Reservoir). Read the public notice.3July 2015Whiskeytown Lake, National Park Service -No PWCFederalApr 2002
 
 

Explanation Of Two-Stroke Vessel Engine Regulations And Restrictions
Boaters may have heard erroneous information from vessel repair shops, mechanics, or marine retailers that they will no longer be able to legally use their vessel on California waterways.
The fact is, there is no statewide prohibition on the use of high emission two-stroke vessel engines, and there is no plan to prohibit them.
The state regulations, from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) Recreational Marine Engine Program, are directed at the manufacture and sale of NEW marine gasoline two-stroke engines. ("New" means the engine has never been sold to an end-user.) The ARB regulations ordered vessel engine manufacturers to build cleaner emission engines meeting increasingly strict standards with steps in 2001, 2004, and 2008.
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Sport Fishing Licenses and Report Cards

Sturgeon Fishing Report Card
January 1 - January 31
February 1 - April 1
Sturgeon

* Late reporting occurs after the regulatory deadline.

If you have not reported your harvest by the dates listed above, please mail your harvest report card to the address listed on the report card immediately.

Free and Reduced-Fee Sport Fishing Licenses
To qualify for a Free or Reduced-Fee Sport Fishing License, anglers must meet the criteria described below.
Disabled Veteran Sport Fishing License – Fee $9.98
Reduced-fee licenses are available for any honorably discharged veteran of the US Armed Forces with a service–connected disability rating of 50% or greater.
To prequalify to purchase a disabled veteran license, submit a letter from the Veteran’s Administration documenting that you were honorably discharged from the US military and have a service–connected disability rating of 50% or greater. After your eligibility has been verified, your customer record will be updated. Once you receive notification from the Department that your customer record has been updated, you will be able to purchase a low cost disabled veteran sport fishing license and/or hunting license anywhere licenses are sold.
Recovering Service Member Sport Fishing License - Fee $9.98
Reduced-fee sport fishing licenses are available for recovering service members. A recovering service member is a member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or a Reserve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy and is in an outpatient status while recovering from a serious injury or illness related to the member’s military service.
Submit a letter from your commanding officer or from a military medical doctor verifying your eligibility as a recovering service member. Please have your commanding officer or military medical doctor include the expected recovery date in your verification letter. The Department will enter this date into your customer profile and allow you to renew your license until this date without submitting another letter from your commanding officer or doctor.
How to Prequalify for a Disabled Veteran or Recovering Service Member License
Send a photocopy of your identification and documentation of eligibility by:

Mail to any CDFW license sales office
Fax at (916) 419-7585
Secure document upload - To upload your documentation, you must request a secure document upload.
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Sport Fishing Items and Fees
Purchase these items ONLINE or at any LICENSE AGENT or CDFW LICENSE SALES OFFICE.
Note: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) does not accept cash at CDFW’s License and Revenue Branch and regional license counters. Individuals who want to make payments at CDFW’s License and Revenue Branch or a regional license counter can use checks, money orders, or any debit/credit card with the Visa or Mastercard logo.
A resident is any person who has resided continuously in the State of California for six months or more immediately prior to the date of their application for a license or permit, any person on active military duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or auxiliary branch thereof, or any person enrolled in the Job Corps.
Most fees include 5% license agent handling fee and 3% nonrefundable application fee.
365-Day Sport Fishing Licenses
(valid for 365 days from the date of purchase)
A sport fishing license is required for any person attempting to take fish, mollusks, crustaceans, invertebrates, amphibians, or reptiles in inland or ocean waters. Additional validations and report cards are required for certain species and areas.

Title
Fee
Description

Resident Sport Fishing
$61.82
Available for any resident 16 years of age or older.

Nonresident Sport Fishing
$166.89
Available for any non-resident 16 years of age or older.

Reduced-Fee Sport Fishing License - Disabled Veteran
$9.53 at CDFW Offices
	$9.98 from License Agents
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NEW ARIZONA NON-RESIDENT OHV DECAL

As of September 1, 2019, the state of Arizona requires all nonresidents operating their OHVs within Arizona to purchase a nonresident OHV decal. The decal must be purchased prior to riding an OHV within the state. This is a change as prior to this date California residents could operate their OHV in Arizona for up to 30 days with valid California Red or Green Identification Stickers. This new law will require all California residents, as well as residents from all other states, to be proactive because these non-resident permits may only be purchased on-line. Failing to purchase the ARIZONA NON-RESIDENT OHV DECAL before traveling to Arizona could result in a citation. For more information on the program and to purchase permit(s) for your OHV go to:

https://www.azgfd.com/OHV/Decals/

POST-Certified OHV Law Enforcement Training

Free POST-Certified OHV Classroom Training for Law Enforcement Agencies | SIGN UP ONLINE (ohv.parks.ca.gov/ohvsignup)
OHV Law Enforcement Training - 6 hours (#21148): An introductory course for officers involved with OHV law enforcement, public safety, and education programs.
OHV Sound Testing Training - 6 hours (#21149):  This class offers an overview of how sound is measured, followed by an afternoon of practical, hands-on experiences operating sound meters and measuring a variety of equipment.

New Law Pertaining to Transportation of Unregistered OHVs

Assembly Bill 2752 was signed into law on September 15, 2014. This law amends the California Vehicle Code Section 38020 by removing the word “transport” from the first line of that section. This removes the prohibition of the moving of an unregistered off-highway vehicle while they are in the process of being transported from one location to another. Citations for having an unregistered off-highway vehicle can only be issued if the unregistered vehicle has been removed from the trailer or truck bed. This law is effective January 1, 2015.
 Download Law Enforcement Bulletin [PDF posted 12/2/14]

Laws Pertaining to Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROV)