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A charter boat deck hand arrives on the fishing docks with two Chinook salmon in hand.

Significant improvements in key California salmon populations — specifically Sacramento River fall-run Chinook and Klamath River fall-run Chinook — will allow for more ocean salmon fishing opportunities this year.

Categories:   Environment, Fisheries, Fishing, Marine
Graphic map of Dungeness crab fishing zones off the California coast.

CDFW Director Meghan Hertel has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program and announced changes to both commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries in Fishing Zones 4 and 5.

Categories:   Dungeness Crab, Environment, Fisheries
A close-up photo of a Dungeness crab held up aboard a fishing vessel.

CDFW will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the Central Management Area (Sonoma/Mendocino County line to Point Conception beginning January 5, 2026.

Categories:   Dungeness Crab, Fisheries, Fishing, Marine
2025 Dungeness crab fishing zones.

The recreational Dungeness crab season will open beginning November 1, 2025, except in northern California where it has been delayed due to a public health hazard.

Categories:   Dungeness Crab, Environment, Fisheries
a CDFW law enforcement patrol boat in the ocean

The California Fish and Game Commission has revoked the commercial fishing licenses and permits of two fishermen after extensive histories of violations in the lobster and Dungeness crab fisheries.

Categories:   Dungeness Crab, Environment, Fisheries, Fishing, Law Enforcement

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