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The November 2025 CDFW Calendar of Events is now available.

The October CDFW Calendar of Events is now available.

CDFW has cited five individuals in separate incidents for unlawful possession and use of suction dredge equipment in state waterways, in violation of Fish and Game Code (FGC) section 5653(e). Suction dredging is harmful to native fish and wildlife habitat, making it difficult for native species to thrive and creating favorable conditions for invasive species.

The species for the 2025-26 contest will be the band-tailed pigeon.

California Biodiversity Day is a time to celebrate our state’s remarkable nature while encouraging actions to protect and steward it for future generations. Originally designated on Sept. 7, 2018, this annual event has expanded into a weeklong celebration, with this year’s events taking place Sept. 6-14 throughout the state.

The September CDFW Calendar of Events is now available.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW’s) Cannabis Restoration Grant Program recently awarded more than $3.9 million to the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project (MBSTP), to support the captive broodstock program operations at its Kingfisher Flat Conservation Hatchery in Santa Cruz County and help it continue its education, outreach and monitoring activities.

The California Fish and Game Commission adopted emergency changes to the state’s groundfish regulations so that recreational ocean fisheries are no longer constrained by quillback rockfish.

The CDFW July Calendar of events is now available.

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