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News Releases, 2022-Present

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A high Sierra lake surrounded by granite cliffs.

Sept. 7 is California Biodiversity Day, an annual event marking the anniversary of the launch of the California Biodiversity Initiative in 2018. California is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world and is one of 36 global biodiversity hotspots — areas containing exceptional concentrations of plant and animal species found nowhere else on the planet.

Categories:   Education, Environment, Fisheries, Marine, Outreach, Plants, Scientific Study, Species
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
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
pelicans in rehab

CDFW has received increased reports of California brown pelicans, a federally protected species, stranded along the coast from Santa Cruz County south to San Diego County, since late April.

Categories:   Marine, Wildlife Health
Razor clam on the beach.

CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham has closed the recreational razor clam fishery in Humboldt County following a recommendation from state health agencies determining that consumption of razor clams in the area poses a significant threat for domoic acid exposure.

Categories:   Fisheries, Marine, Public Safety

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