Posted by: thepinetree on 12/09/2008 09:05 PM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 12/09/2008 09:38 PM
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Fish & Game Commisioner, Grant W. Metzger Updates the Board on Fish Stocking Crisis....Video Enclosed
San Andreas, CA...County Fish & Game Commissioner & County Assessor Grant W. Metzger addressed the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors this morning during the public comment period. He spoke about the lawsuit imposed ban on non-native fish stocking and it's affect on the local economy. As many of you know The California Department of Fish & Game has been prohibited from planting many of the fish that they have been planting for over 100 years because of a lawsuit brought forward by...
a group of Stanford University Law Students.
One positive wrinkle to come out of today's meeting according to Mr. Metzger is that while the State DFG is barred to stock fish in many of the smaller bodies of water the lawsuit does not affect the local Fish & Game Commissions. This may allow some of the Fishing Derbies and Kids Fishing Days to go forward (Pending Available Funds) as they have in past years.
Commissioner Metzger also mentioned that one potential way to bring action on this issue may be to lobby our local state government representatives to find a work around for this problem that may have a crippling affect on the rural fishing industry.
