Sport Fishing Stimulus Act 2015 (SB345) - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Silbaugh4liberty · 04-21-2015, 01:02 PM

I looked around to see if this was discussed on the forum, and if CCA is involved. I received this email from California Sportfishing League so I attached it, via PDF.

Apparently the Bill would make your license valid for 12 full months (not by Calendar year), and it would decrease Fishing License fees for 16-17 year olds to $8.25 a year instead of the full pop of a license.

I'm just curious if anyone knows about it or has heard about it?

Attached is a link I found online in regards to the bill as well.

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...earch_keywords=

jruiz · 04-21-2015, 01:52 PM

I went to their website and came across this

http://www.sportfishingconservation....-to-fund-mpas/

http://www.sportfishingconservation....alue-Study.pdf

I would go one further. If there is a surplus of funds that they're intending to raid then an effort should be made to reduce license fees. Average state fishing license is $26.73 and $28.30 for coastal states.

The SB would also allow the following(could benefit organizations like HOW):
Exempts bona fide charitable organizations from possession limits
This would allow non-profits to solicit donations in recreationally-caught fish without being over the organization’s possession limit. For example, an organization may wish to solicit recreationally caught fish for a Feed the Hungry event. The same exemption for non-profits and hunted game was recently signed into law by Gov. Brown.

LBKayakDude · 04-21-2015, 01:55 PM

It's about time they fix that issue. Always pissed me off it expired Dec. 31 no matter when you buy it. Really hope it passes

View Poll Results: Would you support this bill?
Yes	5	71.43%
No	0	0%
Maybe, I need more information	2	28.57%
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04-21-2015, 01:52 PM	#2
jruiz Large Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: La Verne, CA Posts: 1,008	I went to their website and came across this http://www.sportfishingconservation....-to-fund-mpas/ http://www.sportfishingconservation....alue-Study.pdf I would go one further. If there is a surplus of funds that they're intending to raid then an effort should be made to reduce license fees. Average state fishing license is $26.73 and $28.30 for coastal states. The SB would also allow the following(could benefit organizations like HOW): Exempts bona fide charitable organizations from possession limits This would allow non-profits to solicit donations in recreationally-caught fish without being over the organization’s possession limit. For example, an organization may wish to solicit recreationally caught fish for a Feed the Hungry event. The same exemption for non-profits and hunted game was recently signed into law by Gov. Brown.

04-21-2015, 01:55 PM	#3
LBKayakDude Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 193	It's about time they fix that issue. Always pissed me off it expired Dec. 31 no matter when you buy it. Really hope it passes