28 • Jan. 29 - Feb. 11, 2016 • The Log Annual Sportfishing License Rates for 2016
The start of 2016 means it is time to purchase your fishing license for the year. Below is a breakdown of select fees and costs. Dates active: Jan. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2016
Minimum age for license: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 years old License Agent Handling Fee (most licenses): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 percent Nonrefundable Application Fee (most licenses): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 percent
License Fees California Resident Sportfishing License: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$47.01 Non-resident Sportfishing License: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$126.36 Disabled Veteran Reduced Fee, DFW office: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6.95 Disabled Veteran Reduced Fee, license agent: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.30 Recovering Service Member or Low-Income Senior: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6.95 Low Income Native American: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0.00 Mobility Impaired, Blind, Developmentally Disabled: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0.00
Other Ocean Enhancement Validations: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5.14 Second Rod Validation (Inland Waters): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14.61 Spiny Lobster Report Card: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$9.46
Lifetime Fishing Licenses Age 0 to 9: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$517.00 Age 10 to 39: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$844.50 Age 40 to 61: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$761.00 Age 62 and up: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$517.00
Source: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Tight lines
Federal fish conservation bill gains Senate committee support By Parimal M. Rohit
What’s Up? The U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee voted in favor of a portion of the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015 to renew invest- ments in fish conservation on Jan. 20. S. 659 complements another Senate
committee action in November 2015, when federal legislators supported a bill (S. 556) requiring federal land managers to ensure public access to recreational fish- ing and other outdoors sports. The support of S. 659 means Congress will ultimately be voting to reauthorize two conservation grant programs:
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act and North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Both granting programs offer recipients matching incentives. A few proposed amendments were
also approved, including reauthorization of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and National Fish Habitat Conservation Act.
The Bottom Line: Both S. 659 and S. 556 are part of the comprehensive Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015, which could soon be in front of the full Senate for a vote.
Anglers aboard Red Rooster IIIkicked off 2016 with a cow caught aboard the sportfishing vessel on the other side of the sea- son’s first El Niño storm. The 260-pound yellowfin tuna was reeled in on Jan. 10. The 2016 fishing sea- son was off to a wet start but sportfishing vessels were still reporting catches of yellowfin and wahoo during the first few fishing trips of 2016.
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