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Man holding a salmon with the Golden Gate Bridge in background

After two years of closure, the recreational ocean salmon fishery will open statewide for two days on June 7-8, 2025.

Categories:   Fishing, Salmon

California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW), happening June 7-15, 2025, calls for all Californians to get involved to help prevent the harmful impacts of non-native plants and animals that threaten the Golden State’s natural resources, ecology and economy.

Categories:   Education, Environment, General, Habitat Restoration, Invasive Species, Outreach, Plants, Wildlife

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking public comment on the draft Guidelines for Recovery Planning, a document intended to guide development of effective recovery plans to recover threatened and endangered species listed under the California Endangered Species Act.

Categories:   General, Wildlife
View of rocky mountains with chaparral

The CDFW June Calendar of Events is now available.

Categories:   Calendar
A close-up photo of an adult Chinook salmon in hand.

On Friday, May 16, 2025, the National Marine Fisheries Service published the annual West Coast salmon fishing regulations for federal waters, including those for California’s limited ocean recreational salmon season.

Categories:   Fisheries, Fishing, Salmon

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