California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group Meeting Summaries

Working Group Meeting Summaries Archive

• September 25-26, 2018: Working Group Meeting Summary
• August 1-2, 2018: Working Group Meeting Summary
  • NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Samhouri and Feist presentation on California Dungeness crab fishing dynamics
  • Summary Report: Initial Trials Exploring Ropeless Fishing Technologies for the California Dungeness Crab Fishery
  • NMFS entanglement report as of July 30, 2018
• April 23-24, 2018: Working Group Meeting Summary
• September 27-28, 2017: Working Group Meeting Summary
• July 18-19, 2017: Working Group Meeting Summary
• May 16-17, 2017: Working Group Meeting Summary
  • Importance of Ocean-climate Conditions on Forage Species and Top-predator distribution patterns off Northern-central California, Jarrod Santora
  • Co-occurrence of Large Whales and Crab Pots in Monterey Bay, Point Blue and CINMS
  • Electronic Reporting Pilot Project Update
  • Working Group Communications Update
• September 21-22, 2016: Meeting Summary
• September 1, 2016: Conference Call Summary
• July 13-14, 2016: Meeting Summary
  Presentations:
  • Updates on whale entanglement reports – comparing years 2014-2016
  • Humpback whale distribution patterns of California relative to fixed gear
• June 23, 2016: Conference Call Summary
  • Summary of Working Group Activities since October 2015
• October 8, 2015: Meeting Summary
• September 21, 2015: Meeting Summary

Working Group Products Archive

• Request for Volunteers: 2017-18​ ​Pilot​ ​Project:​ ​Exploring​ ​Electronic​ ​Reporting​ ​Tools​ ​to​ ​Inform​ ​Fleet​ ​Dynamics
• Statement about May 25, 2016 CA Department of Fish and Wildlife letter

Additional Resources Archive

• August 20, 2015: Public Meeting, California Whale Entanglement Discussion
  • Meeting Summary
  • Agenda and presentations
  • Flyer