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A close-up photograph of a white sturgeon held aboard a boat.

The California Fish and Game Commission approved white sturgeon as a candidate species for listing under the California Endangered Species Act on June 19. The Commission found sufficient scientific evidence in a petition to determine that listing may be warranted.

Categories:   FGC, Fisheries, Fishing, Marine
school of small silver fish

CDFW this week successfully completed the release of more than 2 million fall-run Chinook salmon smolts into the Klamath River.

Categories:   Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Klamath Basin, Salmon
Chinook salmon being measured

With the 2024 closure of ocean salmon fisheries in California, CDFW officials are reminding anglers of important rules relating to transport of salmon taken from Oregon into California.

Categories:   Fishing, Law Enforcement, Marine, Salmon
large red salmon swimming in shallow water

The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously this week to close in-river salmon sport fishing in the Klamath River Basin and Central Valley rivers for the second consecutive year.

Categories:   FGC, Fishing, Klamath Basin, Salmon
CDFW employee presents certificate to  angler next to river

The California Fish and Game Commission and CDFW have recognized Scott Lyons, an El Dorado County resident, retired educator and lifelong angler, with having completed California’s 500th Heritage Trout Challenge.

Categories:   Fisheries, Fishing, Trout

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