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Cindy Gustafson,President ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER JOHN CARLSON,JR.
Tahoe Cite EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Jim heIlo--.Vice President 1416,inth Street
Concord "r 1 Bos 944209
Richard Rogers,Member Sacramento.CA 94244-2090
Carpinteria (916)6534,899
Michael Sutton,Member (916)653-5040 Fax
Monterey Governor f-,c@fgc.ca.gov
Daniel W.Richards.Member
Upland
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Fish and Game Commission
February 19, 2009
TO ALL AFFECTED AND INTERESTED PARTIES:
This is to provide you with a copy of the notice of final consideration on the petition to
list the Iongfin smelt, which will be published in the California Regulatory Notice Register
on February 20, 2009.
Sincerely,
Sherrie Fonbuena FEB 2 4 2009
Associate Governmental Program Analyst OROVILLE,CALIFORNIA
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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
NOTICE OF FINAL CONSIDERATION OF PETITION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2073.3 of the
Fish and Game Code, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission),.on
August 14, 2007, received a petition from The Bay Institute, Center for Biological
Diversity, and Natural Resources Defense Council to take emergency action to list
longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) as an endangered species.
Pursuant to Section 2073 of the Fish and Game Code, on August 21, 2007, the
Commission transmitted the petition to the Department of Fish and Game (Department)
for review pursuant to Section 2073.5 of said code.
At its October 11, 2007, meeting in Concord, the Commission denied the request to
take emergency action to list the longfin_smelt as an endangered species and directed
the Department to review the petition to list the longfin smelt as an endangered species
and report to the Commission if, at any time during the review process, it believed that
emergency action was warranted.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2074.2 of the Fish and Game Code, the
Commission, at its February 7, 2008, meeting in San Diego, accepted the petition for
consideration. Pursuant to subdivision (a)(2) of Section 2074.2 of the Fish and Game
Code, the Commission declared the longfin smelt a candidate species for listing as
defined by Section 2068 of the Fish and Game Code.
The Department, pursuant to Section 2074.6 of the Fish and Game Code, submitted a
written report to the Commission on January 23, 2009, indicating whether the petitioned
action is warranted.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Commission, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2075 of the Fish and Game Code, has scheduled the petition for final
consideration at its March 4, 2009 meeting at the Yolo Fliers Club,
17980 County Road 94B, Woodland, California.
Copies of the petition, the Department's written report, and minutes of the
October 11, 2007 and February 7, 2008 Commission meetings, are on file and available
for public review from John Carlson, Jr., Executive Director, Fish and Game
Commission, 1416 Ninth Street, Box 944209, Sacramento, California 94244-2090,
phone (916) 653-4899. Written comments or data related to the petitioned action
should be directed to the Commission at the aforementioned address.
Fish and Game Commission
Date: February 10, 2009 John Carlson, Jr.
Executive Director