Groundfish??

[maui jim]

Since the State has change there name to California Fish and Wildlife, I guess we needed to change what we call "Rockfish"...."Groundfish"..

I wonder what all these name changes cost us in the end...

[bus kid]

Check your 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 reg, they all said "Groundfish"

you can do the math!

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/..._asm_comm.html

FISCAL EFFECT 1)One-time costs during 2012-13 and 2013-14 to DFG in excess of $150,000 to update its IT systems to account for change in the department's name (Fish and Game Preservation Fund (FGPF)). (Despite the bill's call for the department to continue to use existing supplies until gone or unusable, DFG reports costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to DFG, these costs result from thousands of hours needed to revise website and domain name data, modify information technology (IT) infrastructure and redesign templates. DFG estimates the cost of these efforts to range from $300,000 to $400,000.) 2)One-time costs in 2012-13 and 2013-14 to DFG of an unknown, but substantial amount (in the hundreds of thousands of dollars), to modify ALDS and make data available to wardens in the field (FGPF). 3)Minor costs to DFG, in the tens of thousands of dollars annually, to establish and support the scientific advisory committee, the members of which, presumably, will not be compensated by DFG, and provide administrative support to it (FGPF). 4)Increased annual revenue beginning in 2013-14 to DFG of an unknown but substantial amount, likely in millions of dollars, resulting from adjustments to various license fees (FGPF). 5)One-time costs in 2012-13 and 2013-14 to DFG of an unknown, but potentially substantial amount (possibly in the hundreds of thousands of dollars) to develop and implement a method to collect fees from nonconsumptive users of DFG-managed facilities (FGPF). 6)Annual revenue, beginning in 2013-14, to DFG of an unknown amount, but likely well in excess of related one-time and ongoing costs, from nonconsumptive use fees (FGPF).

[maui jim]

So our fiscal cost was so needed in a name change.....

Ca. Gov at its finest.

Funny how the fish still look the same...