Media Contact Contact an Information Officer Related News Feeds California Outdoors Q&A OSPR News Marine Region News Subscribe Subscribe to CDFW News releases via email or text.* Sign Up(opens in new tab) *Accredited media representatives should contact an Information Officer to be placed on CDFW's media list. Follow Us Follow on Twitter @CaliforniaDFW(opens in new tab) Follow on Facebook(opens in new tab) Search News 2022-2024 News Releases CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales from Entanglement October 28, 2022 The recreational take of Dungeness crab using crab traps will be temporarily restricted statewide when the season opens on Saturday, Nov. 5 due to presence of humpback and blue whales and the potential for entanglement from trap gear. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine Tagged: Dungeness CrabCrabbingFishingCalifornia Dungeness Crab Season Don’t Let Fall Upland Seasons Fly By! October 26, 2022 Wild pheasant, fall turkey and the second dove season will open on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, putting California’s fall hunting season in full strut. Continue reading... Categories: Hunting, Upland Game, Wildlife Tagged: Upland HuntingCalifornia Upland HuntingCalifornia QuailWild TurkeyWild PheasantChukarSnipe CDFW Celebrates 50 Years of Wild Trout Waters October 24, 2022 CDFW is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first designated “Wild Trout Waters” in the state, a pioneering wild trout conservation and management practice at the forefront of the nation’s modern environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s and a designation still benefitting California anglers today. Continue reading... Categories: Fishing, Habitat Restoration Tagged: Wild TroutCalifornia Trout FishingHeritage and Wild Trout ProgramHat CreekFall RiverHot CreekOwens River Upper Trinity River Adult Chinook Salmon Quota Met October 20, 2022 Based upon California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) projections of the recreational fall-run Chinook salmon catch on the Trinity River, anglers will meet the Upper Trinity River adult fall-run Chinook salmon quota for the 2022 season as of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21 Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Salmon Tagged: Trinity RiverChinook Salmon FishingClosure CDFW’s Ocean Ranch Unit in Humboldt County Remains Closed to Waterfowl Hunting, Public Access Through Remainder of 2022 October 20, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wants to remind waterfowl hunters that its Ocean Ranch Unit in Humboldt County, part of the larger Eel River Wildlife Area, will be closed to all hunting and public access through the end of the year due to heavy construction and habitat work taking place. Continue reading... Categories: Habitat Restoration, Hunting, Lands, Wildlife Tagged: Humboldt CountyDuck HuntingEel River Wildlife AreaDucks Unlimited Prev12...15161718192021...2627Next