A_AT0 California_NP0 bill_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 have_VHI required_VVN the_AT0 ropeless_AJ0 pop-up_AJ0 gear_NN1 in_PRP Dungeness_NP0 crab_NN1 and_CJC other_AJ0 trap_NN1 fisheries_NN2 by_PRP 2025_CRD ,_PUN died_VVD without_PRP a_AT0 hearing_NN1 last_ORD week_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 California_NP0 State_NN1 Assembly_NN1 ._SENT Dubbed_VVN the_AT0 Whale_NN1 Entanglement_NN1 Prevention_NN1 Act_NN1 ,_PUN (_PUL AB-534_CRD )_PUR was_VBD introduced_VVN in_PRP February_NP0 by_PRP Assemblyman_NN1 Rob_NP0 Bonta_NP0 (_PUL D-Oakland_NP0 )_PUR and_CJC was_VBD largely_AV0 written_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 Center_NN1 for_PRP Biological_AJ0 Diversity_NN1 ._SENT 
Bonta_NP0 was_VBD sworn_VVN in_AVP as_PRP California_NP0 's_POS attorney_NN1 general_AJ0 on_PRP April_NP0 23_CRD ,_PUN and_CJC no_AT0 other_AJ0 assembly_NN1 member_NN1 chose_VVD to_TO0 pick_VVI up_AVP the_AT0 bill_NN1 after_PRP his_DPS departure_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ It_PNP was_VBD a_AT0 true_AJ0 David_NP0 and_CJC Goliath_NP0 moment_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 fishing_NN1 industry_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP shows_VVZ when_CJS the_AT0 facts_NN2 are_VBB on_PRP our_DPS side_NN1 and_CJC we_PNP work_VVB together_AV0 ,_PUN we_PNP can_VM0 actually_AV0 win_VVI ,_PUN "_PUQ said_VVD Ben_NP0 Platt_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 Crescent_NP0 City-based_NN1 fisherman_NN1 and_CJC president_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 California_NP0 Coast_NN1 Crab_NN1 Association_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP was_VBD the_AT0 consensus_NN1 if_CJS we_PNP were_VBD mandated_VVN to_TO0 go_VVI ropeless_AJ0 ,_PUN we_PNP 'd_VM0 all_AV0 go_VVI out_AVP of_PRF business_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
California_NP0 fishermen_NN2 were_VBD blindsided_VVN by_PRP bill_NN1 when_CJS it_PNP was_VBD introduced_VVN ,_PUN as_CJS new_AJ0 Risk_NN1 Assessment_NN1 and_CJC Mitigation_NN1 Program_NN1 (_PUL RAMP_NN1 )_PUR regulations_NN2 were_VBD instituted_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 California_NP0 Department_NN1 of_PRF Fish_NN0 and_CJC Wildlife_NN1 in_PRP November_NP0 ._SENT The_AT0 RAMP_NN1 rules_NN2 —_PUN among_PRP other_AJ0 things_NN2 —_PUN keep_VVB fishermen_NN2 off_PRP the_AT0 water_NN1 when_AVQ the_AT0 presence_NN1 of_PRF whales_NN2 exceeded_VVD a_AT0 certain_AJ0 threshold_NN1 in_PRP state_NN1 crab_NN1 districts_NN2 ,_PUN as_CJS happened_VVN in_PRP November_NP0 and_CJC December_NP0 ._SENT 
The_AT0 silver_NN1 lining_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 bill_NN1 was_VBD it_PNP gave_VVD California_NP0 crabbers_NP0 the_AT0 chance_NN1 to_TO0 speak_VVI directly_AV0 to_TO0 state_VVI legislators_NN2 about_PRP the_AT0 years_NN2 of_PRF work_NN1 they_PNP had_VHD put_VVN into_PRP preventing_VVG and_CJC mitigating_VVG whale_NN1 entanglements_NN2 ,_PUN Platt_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT He_PNP noted_VVD the_AT0 hard_AJ0 work_NN1 has_VHZ already_AV0 paid_VVN off_AVP ,_PUN with_PRP just_AV0 one_CRD confirmed_VVD entanglement_NN1 last_ORD year_NN1 where_AVQ the_AT0 whale_NN1 was_VBD disentangled_VVN without_PRP injury_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC zero_CRD so_AV0 far_AV0 this_DT0 year_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ We_PNP had_VHD a_AT0 strong_AJ0 coalition_NN1 effort_NN1 to_TO0 educate_VVI assembly_NN1 members_NN2 on_PRP popup_AJ0 gear_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 problems_NN2 with_PRP it_PNP and_CJC to_TO0 also_AV0 educate_VVI them_PNP on_PRP all_DT0 the_AT0 measures_NN2 already_AV0 taken_VVN by_PRP commercial_AJ0 fishermen_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ Platt_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT 
Professional_AJ0 lobbyists_NN2 with_PRP roots_NN2 in_PRP fishing_NN1 ports_NN2 also_AV0 came_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 aid_NN1 of_PRF California_NP0 crabbers_NN2 and_CJC offered_VVD their_DPS services_NN2 pro_PRP bono_NN1 to_TO0 help_VVI defeat_VVI the_AT0 bill_NN1 ._SENT After_PRP the_AT0 bill_NN1 was_VBD introduced_VVN ,_PUN it_PNP was_VBD amended_VVN to_TO0 require_VVI ropeless_AJ0 gear_NN1 only_AV0 in_PRP marine_AJ0 sanctuaries_NN2 ,_PUN but_CJC that_DT0 was_VBD still_AV0 not_XX0 a_AT0 viable_AJ0 option_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 fishing_NN1 industry_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ Here_AV0 's_VBZ the_AT0 rub_NN1 :_PUN CBD_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 going_VVG away_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ Platt_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ My_DPS hope_NN1 is_VBZ that_CJT in_PRP the_AT0 interim_AJ0 ,_PUN we_PNP are_VBB even_AV0 more_AV0 ready_AJ0 to_TO0 stand_VVI up_AVP as_PRP industry_NN1 to_TO0 protect_VVI our_DPS livelihoods_NN2 ._SENT But_CJC we_PNP need_VVB to_TO0 continue_VVI working_VVG on_PRP our_DPS own_DT0 practical_AJ0 ideas_NN2 of_PRF how_AVQ we_PNP can_VM0 trap_VVI fish_NN0 when_CJS whales_NN2 are_VBB around_AVP as_PRP their_DPS populations_NN2 grow_VVB ._SENT "_PUQ 
