The following survey comes from: Marty Gingras Senior Biologist Supervisor (Fisheries) California Department of Fish and Game Central Valley Bay Delta Branch 4001 North Wilson Way Stockton, California 95205 Phone (209) 948-3702 Email: mgingras@delta.dfg.ca.gov This survey is asking for your opinion on some potential regulations regarding sturgeon fishing in the Sacramento-San Joaquin system (including all anadromous waters inland of the Golden Gate Bridge). These have not been formally proposed! The ideas behind these potential regulations are: these potential regulations would be interim measures to be used while comprehensive analyses and stakeholder coordination regarding other potential regulations (e.g., change slot limit) are being pursued, the cost to anglers would be essentially zero, these potential regulations would be largely consistent with regulations in Oregon and Washington, and may clarify an existing regulation in California these potential regulations would be consistent with an approach to reducing stress and resultant mortality of fishes (including the green sturgeon, a species of concern proposed by a federal resource agency for listing as threatened) with a life history placing their populations at particular risk to overharvest Please complete the survey below on potential areas for regulation and add any comments. These regulations would be: Potential Regulation 1 = Strongly Opposed, 2 = Somewhat Opposed 3 = Neither For/Against, 4 = Somewhat Support 5 = Strongly Support Catch and release only for green sturgeon. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Green sturgeon may not be removed from the water and must be immediately released unharmed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Oversize white sturgeon must not be removed totally or in part from the water. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. All oversize and undersize white sturgeon must be immediately released unharmed into the water. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.   Please add any comments or opinions below.   Member Email Address Member Password Make my email address known to DF&G with my survey. DF&G may use this to contact me in the future. Yes No       Members only are allowed to submit. Please sign up to be a Member here. Forgot your UPSAC password? Click to retrieve it. What we will do with your data    1) Archive your responses as a summary for historical and research purposes. 2) Provide controlled access by DF&G Fisheries personnel to view your responses. 3) No login information will be exposed through this survey. 4) Multiple survey submissions under the same user overwrite the previous one in the archive. Disclaimer:    Any survey and non-personal information you submit within this form as well as personal information which you optionally have chosen to submit is done with the understanding that UPSAC will provide this information DFG for their research purposes. UPSAC acts only to facilitate and gather opinion data from its members who wish to volunteer to provide their opinion. UPSAC cannot be held liable for any consequences once DF&G have been sent the data. Do not submit personal or other information if you do not agree to giving DF&G your opinion. [report]