New and Proposed Regulations - 2003

Regulation Changes by Year

The following is a list of those regulations which began the rulemaking process in 2003.

Office of Administrative Law's ID #Z-03-1223-04E
Section 1.18, Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp, Geographic Parameters

Statement of Proposed Emergency Regulatory Action

Text of the regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date submitted to OAL: December 23, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: January 1, 2004


Office of Administrative Law's ID #Z-03-1222-03E
Section 7.50(b)(147), Putah Creek

Statement of Proposed Emergency Regulatory Action

Text of the regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date submitted to OAL: December 26, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: December 26, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-1209-05
Sections 150, 150.02, 150.03 and 150.05, Nearshore Fishery Restricted Access Program and Deeper Nearshore Species Fishery Permit

Notice of Proposed Changes December 9, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) November 1, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: March 29, 2004 Effective Date of Regulation: March 29, 2004


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-1007-14
Section 112, Commercial Surfperch Regulations

Notice of Proposed Changes October 7, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) August 4, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: February 2, 2004 Effective Date of Regulation: March 3, 2004


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-1007-13, 03-1104-07, 03-1209-06 and 04-0309-15
Section 125, Commercial Rock Crab Regulations

Notice of Proposed Changes October 7, 2003

Nov. 7, Meeting Cancelled

Continuation Notice
December 9, 2003

Continuation Notice
March 9, 2004

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) July 30, 2003

Pre-adoption Statement of Reasons
Attachment to Pre-adoption Statement: Responses to Public Comments
December 8, 2003

Amended Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) February 2, 2004

 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Adoption Date: June 24, 2004
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: February 28, 2005 Effective Date of Regulation: February 28, 2005


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-1007-12 and 03-1104-07
Section 27.60, etc., Recreational Groundfish Regulations for 2004

Notice of Proposed Changes October 7, 2003

Nov. 7, Meeting Cancelled; adoption meeting rescheduled to Dec. 4, 2003.

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) September 15, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons; text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: January 23, 2004 Effective Date of Regulation: January 23, 2004


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-1007-11 and 03-1104-07
Subsection 150.06(c), Commercial Cabezon, Greenlings, Sheephead

Notice of Proposed Changes October 7, 2003

Nov. 7, Meeting Cancelled; adoption meeting rescheduled to Dec. 4, 2003.

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) September 22, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: January 15, 2004 Effective Date of Regulation: January 15, 2004


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-1007-10, 03-1104-07, 04-0423-03, 04-0629-17 and 04-1005-10
Section 53.00 etc, Market Squid
Notice of Proposed Changes October 7, 2003    
Nov. 7, Meeting Cancelled    
Continuation Notice
April 23, 2004		    
Second Continuation Notice
June 29, 2004		 Amended Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) May 27, 2004 Text of the Proposed Regulations 5/27/2004

Third Continuation Notice
October 5, 2004

Amended Pre-adoption Statement of Reasons (PDF) September 20, 2004

 Text of the Proposed Regulations 9/20/2004
Adoption Date: August 27, 2004 and December 3, 2004.

Final Statement of Reasons.
Text of the regulations approved on March 28, 2005 .
Responses to Public Comments
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: March 28, 2005 Effective Date of Regulation: March 28, 2005
Continuation Notice (Brail Permit Upgrade Provisions)
(PDF) March 22, 2005 		Text of the Proposed Regulations
(PDF) March 22, 2005
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: April 22, 2005 Effective Date of Regulation: April 22, 2005

Text of the Regulations Approved on April 22, 2005

Text of All Regulations Implementing the Market Squid Fishery Management Plan



Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0819-19 and 03-1104-07
Sport Fishing Regulations

Notice of Proposed Changes August 6, 2003

Continuation Notice
September 18, 2003

Continuation Notice
October 14, 2003

Nov. 7, Meeting Cancelled

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) Text of the Proposed Regulations
Please contact the Commission Office at fgc@fgc.ca.gov or (916) 653-4899 to request copies of the Final Statements of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: February 24, 2004 Effective Date of Regulation: March 1, 2004


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0805-05
Section 630, Ecological Reserves

Notice of Proposed Changes August 5, 2003

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) August 3, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: February 9, 2004 Effective Date of Regulation: February 9, 2004


Office of Administrative Law's ID #Z-03-0806-02E
Sections 27.82 and 27.83, Inseason Sport Groundfish, Conformance with Federal Regulations

Statement of Proposed Emergency Regulatory Action

Text of the regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: August 13, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: September 1, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0701-13
Section 164, Herring Eggs on Kelp Fishery

Notice of Proposed Changes July 1, 2003

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) May 11, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations

Please contact the Commission Office for a copy of the Final Statement of Reasons.

Text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: November 13, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: November 13, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0701-12
Section 163, Commercial Herring Fishery

Notice of Proposed Changes July 1, 2003

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) May 22, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations

Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.

Addendum to the Final Statement of Reasons (Additional Responses to Public Comments.)
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: November 13, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: November 13, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0701-11
Sections 502 and 507, Waterfowl Hunting Regulations

Notice of Proposed Changes July 1, 2003

Continuation Notice of Proposed Changes (.pdf format) August 11, 2003

§ 502 Initial Statement of Reasons
(PDF) May 19, 2003

§ 502 Text of the Proposed Regulations
§ 507 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) June 24, 2003 § 507 Text of the Proposed Regulations

Final Statement of Reasons, Section 502; Final Statement of Reasons, Section 507;
Text of the approved regulatory language, Section 502 (no changes were made to Section 507);
Responses to Public Comments, Section 502; Responses to Public Comments Section 507.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: September 26, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: September 27, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0610-04
Section 300(a), Resident Upland Game Birds

Notice of Proposed Changes June 10, 2003

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) April 8, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons
Text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's Decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: September 3, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: September 3, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0520-12 and 03-0708-05
Sections 120.7 and 190(c), Commercial Sea Urchin Fishing and Fishing Activity Records

Notice of Proposed Changes May 20, 2003

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) April 10, 2003
Continuation Notice July 8, 2003 Preadoption Statement of Reasons
(PDF) June 27, 2003 		Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons. (PDF)
Text of the regulatory language approved on September 2 . (PDF)
Office of Administrative Law's decision: approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: September 2, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: September 2, 2003
Letter to Interested Parties
September 4, 2003 		Continuation Notice
September 4, 2003 		Text of Proposed Regulations
Office of Administrative Law's decision: approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: October 6, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: November 5, 2003
Text of the regulatory language approved on October 6. (PDF)


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0422-05
Section 180.2, Trap Destruction Devices

Notice of Proposed Changes April 22, 2003

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) April 10, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: September 18, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: October 18, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0422-04 and 04-0210-08
Notice of Receipt of Petition to List Western Burrowing Owl as an Endangered or Threatened Species
Notice of Finding Relating to the Petition to List Western Burrowing Owl as an Endangered or Threatened Species
February 10, 2004


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0415-05
Section 671.1, Transgenic Aquatic Animal Permit Review

Notice of Proposed Changes April 14, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) March 5, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: August 28, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: September 27, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0415-04
Subsections 7.50(b)(5) and (156), Winter-run Chinook Salmon (Sacramento and American rivers)

Notice of Proposed Changes April 14, 2003

Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) March 5, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: August 6, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: August 7, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0408-03 and 03-0624-01
Notice of Receipt of Petition to List Scotts Valley polygonum as an endangered species
Notice of Findings - Scotts Valley polygonum - Candidate Species 6/24/03


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0311-08 and 03-0520-11
Sections 52.10, 150.06 and 150.16, Nearshore Total Allowable Catches, Trip Limits, and Weekday Closures

Notice of Proposed Changes March 11, 2003
Continuation Notice May 20, 2003

 Amended Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) May 5, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: November 7, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: December 7, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0311-07
Section 749.2, Incidental Take of Xantus's Murrelet During Candidacy Period

Notice of Proposed Changes March 11, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) January 31, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Responses to Public Comments
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: June 24, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: June 24, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0225-09
Section 1.74, Steelhead Report Card Mandatory Return

Notice of Proposed Changes February 25, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) January 16, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: June 26, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: July 26, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID #Z-03-0225-10E
Section 749.2, Incidental Take of Xantus's Murrelet During Candidacy Period

Statement of Proposed Emergency Regulatory Action

Text of the regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: March 4, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: March 7, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0211-14
Section 7.00, District General Regulations, Coho

Notice of Proposed Changes February 11, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) January 7, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: June 19, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: July 19, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0204-12 and 03-0304-07
Sections 360, etc., Mammal Hunting and Trapping

Notice of Proposed Changes February 4, 2003
Continuation Notice March 4, 2003
354. Archery Equipment and Crossbow Regulations Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) March 1, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations Final Statement of Reasons
360(a). A, B, C, and D Zone Deer Hunts Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) December 30, 2002 Text of the Proposed Regulations Final Statement of Reasons
360(b). X Zone Deer Hunts. Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) December 30, 2002 Text of the Proposed Regulations Final Statement of Reasons
360(c). Additional Deer Hunts. Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) December 30, 2002 Text of the Proposed Regulations Final Statement of Reasons
361. Archery Deer Hunts. Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) December 30, 2002 Text of the Proposed Regulations Final Statement of Reasons
362. Nelson Bighorn Sheep. Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) January 6, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations Final Statement of Reasons
363. Pronghorn Antelope. Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) January 9, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations Final Statement of Reasons
364. Elk. Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) January 15, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations Final Statement of Reasons
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: June 24, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: July 1, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0204-11
Section 601, Enhancement and Management of Fish and Wildlife and Their Habitats on Private Lands

Notice of Proposed Changes February 4, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) December 30, 2002 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: June 10, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: June 10, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0204-10
Section 712, Importation of Hunter Harvested Deer and Elk Carcasses

Notice of Proposed Changes February 4, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) December 30, 2002 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: June 5, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: June 5, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0204-09 and 03-0320-02
Section 27.80, Ocean Salmon Sport Fishing

Notice of Proposed Changes February 4, 2003
Continuation Notice
March 20, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) January 6, 2003
Pre-adoption Statement of Reasons (PDF)
March 17, 2003		 Text of the Proposed Regulations (PDF)
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language. (PDF)
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: May 1, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: May 1, 2003


Office of Administrative Law's ID # 03-0204-08
Section 7.50(b)(91.1), Klamath/Trinity River Sport Fishing

Notice of Proposed Changes February 4, 2003

 Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF) January 22, 2003 Text of the Proposed Regulations
Final Statement of Reasons, including the text of the approved regulatory language.
Office of Administrative Law's decision: Approved Date filed with the Secretary of State: June 17, 2003 Effective Date of Regulation: June 17, 2003