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News Releases, 2022-Present

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Angler with silver Kokanee fish at Lake Berryessa

As part of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Hatchery Program’s mission to support fish conservation, angling opportunities and California’s economy, CDFW stocked 1.53 million inland Chinook and Kokanee salmon fingerlings into reservoirs in 17 counties this spring.

Categories:   Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Salmon
Woman fishing WAFWA/RBFF

The first of California’s two free fishing days in 2024 is coming up following the Independence Day holiday.

Categories:   Fishing, Fishing in the City, Outreach, R3
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

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