The Halibut are still being caught near the Mile Buoy and Capitola by commercial fishermen and slip renters. The Rock fishing has been good up the coast near Natural Bridges. The meeting from the D.F.W. failed yesterday and is set for April 15 and 16. I took this from their web page:

“We also want to make it crystal clear that today’s proposed decision was not about banning fishing statewide or locally. We are not contemplating statewide closure. The decision is to help prepare us to work with counties and tribes to make those decisions based on their requests. We are working on a tailored and surgical approach based on local needs and knowledge. We have already received some of these requests. Today’s proposed action was an effort to become more nimble and ready to react when asked by a local entity to act.”