Barbary Coast Dive Club Newsletter
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Start saving those pennies -- Club dues are due in January

Dues are $35 and include CenCal membership

Contact our treasurer Carol Reed at seareed@barbarycoastdivers.org to join.

(For information on CenCal, see their website at http://www.cencal.org)

New Club Officers for 2002

(Hmmm...they look suspiciously like the last year's officers)
(what you didn't get to vote? attend a meeting. get involved!)

President: Roy Coto

Vice President: Curt Haney

Treasurer: Carol Reed

Web editor: Catherine Zandonella

Abalone Take Reduced

The new recreational bag limits on abalone are 3 per day, 24 per year.

See the details at: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news01/01111.html

Changes to the Rockfish Take Limits:

See: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news01/01109.html

Time to buy your Fishing License:

Resident Pacific Ocean-only: $17.95

Abalone Stamp: $12.60 (Abalone season opens April 1st)

BUY YOUR LICENSE ONLINE at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/

Note: You cannot buy the abalone stamp through the Fish & Game website!

Update:Nearshore Fishery Management Plan

The timeline for the adoption of the Nearshore Fishery Management has been extended eight months (will adopt at the August 2002 Commission meeting).
The California Fish and Game Department and Commission need more time to digest public comments (still being received) and to incorporate peer review panel comments. -- Steve Campi, CenCal