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California Assemby Bill AB2001 will be brought up for discussion This Thursday March 21st. Our Assembleman Devon Mathis ® could use some support from our democratic friends outside of Inyo County. This Bill is a small language change that will allow our CA Fish and Game to permit our Bishop Piute Tribe to conduct necessary activities for creating a viable Owens Valley Pupfish population on tribal land (contrary to the wishes of LADWP might I add.)I am happy to send info to any Californians on the pupfish list. FB doesn't support pdf files so please email me directly. A simple I support AB2001 to more assembly persons across the state will go a long way to see this get past committee. Please also share this info with other aquarist and Native fish enthusiasts. Sorry time is short yet this has been 3 years wanting. Paiutes are shorthanded and just got this out late Friday.

Changes include: [Department of Fish and Game] may authorize the taking of a fully protected fish or necessary scientific research- research or for efforts to recover fully protected, threatened or endangered species... (3) A legally imported protected fish may be possessed under permit issued by the department:

• Colorado River squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius).
• Thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda).
• Mohave chub (Gila mohavensis).
• Lost River sucker (Catostomus luxatus).
• Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps).
• Shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris).
• Humpback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus).
• Owens River pupfish (Cyprinoden radiosus).
• Unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). williamsoni).
• Rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus).

AB 2001 Assembly Bill - INTRODUCED
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_2001-2050/ab_2001_bill_20160216_introduced.html

March 2014 Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement with F&G here:
http://www.fws.gov/ventura/docs/sha/draftSHA_COSA_3-27-14.pdf