Don’t Let Fishing License Reform Get Killed Again!

California’s annual fishing license expires December 31st – no matter when it is purchased. Why pay full price for an annual license in the Spring and Summer when it expires a few short months later? This makes no sense at all.

Senate Bill 518 (Berryhill) will create an annual license that is valid a full 12-months from the date of purchase. That's right – a better bang for your buck!

To make this happen, we need your help.

In 2017, SB 518 (formerly SB 187) was killed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee without a vote! The bill will be heard again and Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher is in a position to determine its future!

Click the link to contact Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher today, or call her office below.

Capitol Office: (916) 319-2080
San Diego Office: (619) 338-8090

This is our last chance to bring about meaningful reform to a costly and failing fishing license program. Thank you for having your voice heard!

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Yuba City's Appeal-Democrat newspaper asks -- is California's 'Fishing Pastime in Decline?' Fortunately Assemblyman Assemblyman James Gallagher has a solution - a 12-month fishing license.

Assembly Bill 986, which also discounts hunting and fishing licenses for California veterans, will be heard by the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee on June 26.

For the past couple of decades, James Stone of Elite Sportsmen Guide Service has seen a significant decline in the number of new anglers jumping into his boat and exploring the myriad of waterways throughout the Mid-Valley.

Stop the Fishing Tackle Ban Update!

As you might recall, Assemblymember Bill Quirk’s bill was introduced earlier this year, and because of your efforts, the bill has now been changed from an outright ban to, instead, commissioning a study on the effects of lead tackle.

This so-called “study” calls for a review of a compilation of other lead studies from around the country. We have concerns that it will not provide the appropriate insight into what is happening in California. What’s more, the basis for a tackle ban could be studies drafted by anti-fishing organizations – and not objective third parties. The good news is that, for now, the outright ban by this bill of lead sinkers is no longer on the table. We will continue to monitor the legislation and alert you when the bill comes up for consideration once again in the Senate. Remember that we are fighting to preserve the right to use lead sinkers for over 2.6 million California anglers.

If you haven’t already, click here to join the Stop the Fishing Tackle Ban online petition! https://bit.ly/2l91qJy ... See more

SB 518 (formerly SB 187), Senator Tom Berryhill's bill that aims to increase California's fishing participation rates by creating an annual license that is valid a full 12-months from the date of purchase passed out of the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife to the Appropriations Committee on consent and will be heard in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations on June 27th.

Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher is chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and the bill (formerly SB 187) was killed in her committee without a vote in 2017.

YOU HAVE A VOICE IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS! Contact Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher Today: https://a80.asmdc.org/article/contact-lorena

Call here:
Capitol Office: (916) 319-2080
San Diego Office: (619) 338-8090

Send Letters here:
The Honorable Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher
Chair of the Assembly Committee on Appropriation
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814

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Why is California's Calendar Based License a Dud?

As anglers know, California's calendar based license expires on December 31st no matter when it is purchased. So, as you can see by the following graph, there is little incentive for anglers to pay full price for an annual license in the Spring and Summer when it expires a few short months later.

Solution: Create a license that is valid a full 12-months from the date of purchase! Support Senate Bill 518 (formerly SB 187), authored by Senator Tom Berryhill! Assemblyman Gallagher has similar bill, AB 989, also being considered in the State Legislature.

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