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Fish and Wildlife outlines $75M climate-ready fisheries plan and $25M hatchery funding; requests targeted operational dollars
Summary
The Department of Fish and Wildlife described a focused plan to use a Prop 4 allocation for climate-ready fisheries while seeking additional operational funding for hatcheries, including $5 million for a Friant-area facility tied to restoration agreements.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Chuck Bonham explained how his agency would use its Proposition 4 allocations for ocean and fisheries activities and for hatchery modernization.
Bonham said the bond names three possible priority areas for a $75 million allocation in the fish and wildlife chapter: island ecosystem protection and restoration, kelp forest restoration, and climate-ready fisheries. He told the subcommittee the department proposed to prioritize "climate-ready fisheries," focusing on monitoring, gear…
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