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Jim Kellogg,President ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER JOHN CARLSON,JR.
Discovery Bay EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Richard Rogers,Vice President 1416 Ninth Street
CarpinteriaBox 944209
Michael Sutton,Member
Sacramento,CA 94244-2090
Monterey (916)653-4899
Daniel W.Richards,Member (916)653-5040 Fax
Upland Governor fga@fgc.ca.gov
Don Benninghoven,Member
Santa Barbara
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Fish and Game Commission BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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March 23, 2010
OROVILLE,CALIFORNIA
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 Pacific fisher, which will be published in the California Regulatory Notice
Register on March 26, 2010.
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Staff Services Analyst
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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 January 23, 2008,
received.a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity to list the Pacific fisher(Marfes
pennantâ–º) as an endangered or threatened species.
Pursuant to Section 2073 of the Fish and Game Code, on January 31, 2008, the Commission
transmitted the petition to the Department of Fish and Game (Department)for review pursuant
to Section 2073.5 of said code.
Pursuant to Section 2074.2 of the Fish and Game Code, the Commission, at its August 7, 2008,
meeting in Carpinteria, rejected the petition to list the Pacific fisher as an endangered or
threatened species based on a finding that the petition did not provide sufficient information to
indicate that the petitioned action may be warranted.
The Commission, at its March 4, 2009, meeting in Woodland: (1) voided and set aside its
August 7, 2008, decision rejecting the petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity to list
the Pacific fisher as a threatened or endangered species under the California Endangered
Species Act, Fish and Game Code Section 2074.2, subdivision (a)(1); and (2) accepted the
petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity to list the Pacific fisher as an endangered or
threatened species, and designated the Pacific fisher as a candidate species.
Pursuant to Section 2074.2, subdivision (a)(2) of the Fish and Game Code, on April 8, 2009 the
Commission adopted the formal finding that the Pacific fisher warrants listing as a candidate
species.
Pursuant to Section 2074.6 of the Fish and Game Code, the Department submitted a written
report to the Commission on March 3, 2010, 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 April 7, 2010
meeting at the Monterey Best Western, Beach Resort Monterey, 2600 Sand Dunes Drive,
Monterey, California.
Copies of the petition, the Department's written report, and minutes of the August 7, 2008 and
.March 4, 2009 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: March 16, 2010 John Carlson, Jr.
Executive Director