this is not a question but there is a bill in california trying to get rid of all stripers in californis please send a email to one of these senators
People to send your letters:
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Vice Chair (And AB 1253 Sponsor)
Jean Fuller (R)
State Capitol, Room 3098
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2032,
916-319-2132 fax
Assemblymember.Fuller@assembly.ca.gov 32nd Assembly District Bakersfield, Frazier Park, Kern River Valley, Ridgecrest, Taft, Tehachapi
Joel Anderson (R)
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 319-2077,
(916) 319-2177 fax
Assemblymember.Anderson@assembly.ca.gov 77th Assembly District Eastern San Diego area, part of the Imperial Valley
Juan Arambula (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0031
(916) 319-2031
(916) 319-2131 Fax
Assemblymember.arambula@assembly.ca.gov 31st Assembly District Firebaugh, Mendota, San Joaquin, Fresno, Selma, Sanger, Reedley
Tom Berryhill (R)
State Capitol Room # 3141
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2025
916-319-2125 fax
Assemblymember.Berryhill@assembly.ca.gov 25th Assembly District Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mono, Mariposa, and Madera counties, eastern portion of Stanislaus County
Bob Blumenfield (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0040
Tel: (916) 319-2040
Fax: (916) 319-2140
Assemblymember.Blumenfield@assembly.ca.gov 40th Assembly District Canoga Park, Winnetka, Reseda, Northridge, Van Nuys
John A. Perez (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0046
Tel: (916) 319-2046
Fax: (916) 319-2146
Assemblymember.John.Perez@assembly.ca.gov 46th Assembly District East Los Angeles
Florence-Graham, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, Maywood , Vernon
Mary Salas (D)
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0079 Tel: (916) 319-2079
Fax: (916) 319-2179
Assemblymember.Salas@assembly.ca.gov 79th Assembly District National City, Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach
Mariko Yamada (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0008
(916) 319-2008
(916) 319-2108 fax
Assemblymember.Yamada@assembly.ca.gov 8th Assembly District Benica, Vacaville, Fairfield, Dixon, Davis, West Sacramento, Rio Vista
Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee
Chair
Jared Huffman (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0006
Tel: (916) 319-2006
Fax: (916) 319-2106
Anna M. Caballero (D)
State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0028 Tel: (916) 319-2028
Fax: (916) 319-2128
Nathan Fletcher (R)
State Capitol, Room 2111
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-319-2075, 916-319-2175 fax
Alyson Huber (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0010
Tel: (916) 319-2010
Fax: (916) 319-2110
Bonnie Lowenthal (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0054
Tel: (916) 319-2054
Fax: (916) 319-2154
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Use this letter if you live in California
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Dear Assembly member __________________,
As a California angler, voter and taxpayer, I strongly oppose AB 1253, the bill introduced by Assembly member Fuller, intending to delist and remove support of the striped bass as a California game fish.
The striped bass, a fish legally introduced to the State by the California Fish and Game Commission, established itself as one of the state’s premier game fish and coexisted in harmony for over 130 years with the state’s native fishes. Even in the 1930’s when the striped bass population was believed to exceed 12 million adult fish and the species was fished commercially, the fish did not impact the state’s salmon stocks or the health of the delta’s fisheries including the delta smelt and the long fin smelt.
The striped bass fishery along with the Chinook salmon, steelhead, delta smelt, long fin smelt, American Shad, green sturgeon, and white sturgeon fisheries only began to decline with the operation of the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project in the late 1960’s. As exports have increased, the populations of all of these fishes has crashed to all time historical lows with the delta smelt now on the endangered species list, the long fin smelt threatened, the Chinook salmon run the lowest in history. The current striped bass populations are also at historical lows.
The striped bass is a fish of legend and has been a part of California’s angling heritage for 130 years. AB 1253, a bill sponsored by a number of water districts is an obvious attempt to transfer the blame of the decline of California’s once great fisheries to one of the species that made the California Delta one of the greatest fisheries on earth instead of their insatiable demand for larger and larger amounts of delta water. They realize that if the delta’s fisheries can be destroyed, it is one less reason to obstruct the dra
draining of the delta for subsidized agribusiness farming.
Please vote this bill down when it comes before your committee. If passed, it will do nothing to restore California’s once great fisheries and will cause the destruction of one of California’s greatest game fish.
Sincerely,
Name_____________________________________________________________ ____
Address including zip code (important)______________________________________________________ _________________
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Use this letter if you live outside of California
Dear Assembly member __________________,
As a US citizen, angler, voter and taxpayer, I strongly oppose passage of AB 1253, the bill to delist and remove support of the striped bass as a California game fish.. Please vote this bill down when it comes before you as a member of the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. It is public resource and not responsible to eradicate the Striped Bas
Your name_____________________________________________________________ __
Address including zip code (important)______________________________________________________ ______________
go **** yourself
Bass Fishin' B I T C H
March 9, 2010 at 1:54 am
Bastards! BASTARDS!!
BASS TURDS!!!