In late November, CWA traveled to Washington, D.C., and met with recently nominated U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith, as well as U.S. Department of Interior leadership, about the importance of pintail hunting opportunity to California waterfowlers. In particular, we urged that the northern pintail adaptive harvest management strategy revision be completed as […]
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2018-19 waterfowl regulations set
The California Fish and Game Commission set regulations for the 2018-19 waterfowl season this morning with two key changes compared with 2017-18: The pintail daily bag limit returns to two, and goose seasons are changing in the Northeastern Zone. California Waterfowl and its Regulations & Traditions Committee supported both changes. The new Northeastern Zone regulations: […]
Plan to explore 3-pintail option moves forward
The Pacific Flyway Council—one of four that advise the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on waterfowl regulations—recommended on March 27 making it a high priority to review and possibly revise the federal regulatory model for determining pintail bag limits. Currently it is only a long-range priority for the Harvest Management Working Group of the U.S. […]
CWA seeks 3-pintail limit
California Waterfowl has asked the Pacific Flyway Council to develop options allowing states to choose a three-pintail bag limit, and will be discussing this issue with the Council when it meets in March in Norfolk, Virginia. In a detailed letter, CWA noted that California’s midwinter index of pintail is approximately 1 million birds, representing a substantial share of the entire […]
