Tomorrow [Sat. Sept. 3] will be the second of California's two "License Free" fishing days. The state created this program to allow families, newcomers, and other non-anglers an opportunity to give the sport a try without the expense of purchasing a license.
All other regulations, including bag limits, seasonal closures, gear restrictions, and legal hours remain in effect. Also still required are any applicable special tags or report cards, including sturgeon, steelhead, Klamath-Trinity salmon, spiny lobster, and abalone. The state schedules two license-free days each year, usually associated with the Fourth of July and Labor Day holidays.
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An International Expert Consultation convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) agreed today on the first international guidelines on responsible recreational fisheries. The Technical Guidelines, which will be brought to the attention of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI), support sustainable recreational fisheries in context of the FAO Code of Conduct of Responsible Fisheries and were prepared following calls from FAO member states for guidance on recreational fisheries as a rapidly rising form of use......
