JerryInLodi
05-20-2008, 12:27 PM
CSPA Press Release
CSPA, CSBA and NCCFFF intervene in Striped Bass Lawsuit
(Stockton, CA) The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Striped Bass Association (CSBA) and the Northern California Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers (NCCFFF) today intervened in the lawsuit filed by the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta et al against the California Department of Fish and Game and Fish and Game Commission (hereinafter DFG). The Coalition is largely comprised of Kern County water agencies. That 29 January 2008 lawsuit accuses the DFG of threatening the existence of endangered salmon and Delta smelt through DFG’s striped bass management program. It alleges that striped bass prey on salmon, steelhead and Delta smelt and that predation has illegally contributed to the catastrophic crash of pelagic and salmonid species populations over the last five years. It also alleges... (read the full story at http://www.calsport.org)
This suit may well determine the status of the Striped Bass in California.
We need your help. While at the CSPA site, PLEASE sign up for Action Alerts and Advisories. This will be a long and costly process. Your support is desperatly needed to save California's fisheries. Please consider signing up as a member as well. Every dollar helps!
http://www.calsport.org
CSPA, CSBA and NCCFFF intervene in Striped Bass Lawsuit
(Stockton, CA) The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA), California Striped Bass Association (CSBA) and the Northern California Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers (NCCFFF) today intervened in the lawsuit filed by the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta et al against the California Department of Fish and Game and Fish and Game Commission (hereinafter DFG). The Coalition is largely comprised of Kern County water agencies. That 29 January 2008 lawsuit accuses the DFG of threatening the existence of endangered salmon and Delta smelt through DFG’s striped bass management program. It alleges that striped bass prey on salmon, steelhead and Delta smelt and that predation has illegally contributed to the catastrophic crash of pelagic and salmonid species populations over the last five years. It also alleges... (read the full story at http://www.calsport.org)
This suit may well determine the status of the Striped Bass in California.
We need your help. While at the CSPA site, PLEASE sign up for Action Alerts and Advisories. This will be a long and costly process. Your support is desperatly needed to save California's fisheries. Please consider signing up as a member as well. Every dollar helps!
http://www.calsport.org