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2022-2024 News Releases

CA Recreational Dungeness Crab Season to Open with Trap Restriction While the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery is Delayed to Protect Whales from Entanglement

October 25, 2024

The recreational Dungeness crab season will open statewide beginning Nov. 2, 2024. The use of traps will be temporarily prohibited between the Sonoma/Mendocino County line and Lopez Point, Monterey County (Fishing Zones 3 and 4) when the season opens due to presence of humpback whales and potential for entanglement from trap gear.

Categories: Dungeness Crab, Fisheries, Marine

Klamath River Chinook Salmon Reoccupying Historic Habitat, Spawning Above Former Dam Locations

October 18, 2024

A Chinook salmon swims within a tributary of the Klamath River.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is excited to announce that adult fall-run Chinook salmon have begun occupying and spawning in newly accessible habitat behind the former dam locations on the Klamath River. These are the first observations of anadromous fish returning to California tributaries upstream of the former Iron Gate Dam since 1961.

Categories: Environment, Fisheries, Habitat Restoration, Hatcheries, Klamath Basin, Salmon

Tagged: Klamath River Chinook Salmon Dam Removal

Fish and Game Commission: Western Burrowing Owl Becomes CESA Candidate; Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year Named; Waterfowlers Hall of Fame Inductees Recognized

October 15, 2024

The California Fish and Game Commission acted on a variety of issues affecting California’s natural resources at its Oct. 9-10 meeting.

Categories: FGC, Fisheries, Fishing, Marine, Rare Species, Species, Wildlife

Tagged: western burrowing owl Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year Waterfowlers Hall of Fame Bear Lake buckwheat California Fish and Game Commission Wild Trout Waters Fish and Wildlife experimental fishing groundfish

Los Angeles City Attorney Mark Soto Named Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year

October 10, 2024

Deputy City Attorney Mark Soto with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s (LACA) Office is the 2023 Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced.

Categories: Fisheries, Law Enforcement, Wildlife

Tagged: Los Angeles City Attorney Mark Soto Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year