The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is opening a public comment period for changes to regulations regarding the Dungeness Crab trap limit program.

The changes reduce fees associated with the appeal process as required by recent legislation and eliminate processing fees for buoy tag replacement affidavits.

Web site Access to all information regarding all Notices of the Dungeness Crab Trap Program can be found at www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/invertebrate/traplimit.asp .

Materials regarding this proposal can be found at www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/invertebrate/traplimit012013.asp .

Written comment period

Any interested person, or his or her authorized representative, may submit written comments relevant to the proposed regulatory action to Department of Fish and Wildlife.

All written comments must be received by DFW at the following office no later than 5:00 p.m. on Feb. 4, 2013.

All written comments must include the true name and mailing address of the commenter.

Written comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or e-mail, to:

Department of Fish and Wildlife
Marine Region
Christy Juhasz, Environmental Scientist
5355 Skylane Blvd., Ste. B
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Fax: (707) 576-7132
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Comments received by the due date will be considered before the regulations are adopted.

Questions about the regulations should be directed to Christy Juhasz, Environmental Scientist at 707-576-2887 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .