The state's Department of Fish & Game will seek public opinion online throughout this month prior to review of state and national pintail harvest management goals.
Last month,, the federal Fish and Wildlife Service presented state wildlife agencies with a wide range of regulatory options on pintails.
In March, Fish & Game and other state wildlife agencies will meet with the federal officials to discuss these options.
Throughout this month, Fish & Game is conducting an online poll to solicit public opinion that will be considered during this decision-making process. The 12 questions prompt hunters to provide their opinions on the trade-offs between daily bag limits, length of the pintail season and stability of hunting regulations associated with the options presented by the Fish & Wildlife. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete.
The online poll can be found on the Fish & Game Web site:http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/waterfowl/docs/lPintailSurveyQuestions.pdf
The Fish & Wildlife report detailing the pintail regulatory options can be found on Fish & Game's Web site:http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/waterfowl/docs/NOPIProposedHarvestStrategy2009.pdf
The poll is scheduled to close at the end of February, giving Fish & Game officials time to organize the results and to present the information to the federal officials and other states at the Pacific Flyway meetings in March.
Fish & Game will also post the results of the survey on its Waterfowl Program Web page.
Joe Segura, a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper, has covered Gotham City, er Long Beach, for 34 years. During his very, very long -- endless -- tenure, he's covered almost every beat, and he was the main writer for BeachWeek, which focused on life and lifestyles of the shoreline communities from downtown Long Beach to the Huntington Beach pier.
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