California Public Resources Code

§ 30616

PRC § 30616 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 20 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) The California Offshore Wind Energy Fisheries Working Group is hereby established. The working group shall be composed of representatives of the commission, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Lands Commission, the Ocean Protection Council, representatives of the commercial and recreational fishing industries, the offshore wind energy industry, representatives of relevant federal agencies, representatives of California Native American tribes with affected tribal fisheries, and other stakeholders as appropriate, as determined by the commission.

(2)The number of representatives in the working group representing the commercial and recreational fishing industries, the offshore wind energy industry, California Native American tribes with affected tribal fisheries, and any other stakeholders included in the working group, as specified in paragraph (1), shall be determined by the commission.

(b)On or before January 1, 2025, the commission, in coordination with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, shall convene the working group for the purpose of developing a statewide strategy for ensuring that offshore wind energy projects avoid and minimize impacts to ocean fisheries to the maximum extent possible, avoid, minimize, and mitigate impacts to fishing and fisheries in a manner that prioritizes fishery productivity, viability, and long-term resilience, and fairly and reasonably compensate persons engaged in the commercial and recreational fishing industries and tribal fisheries for economic impacts to ocean fisheries resulting from offshore wind energy projects.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 386, Sec. 4. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2024.