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 November 2022 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar October 28, 2022 November 2022 CDFW Calendar of Events Continue reading... Categories: Calendar Tagged: Calendarevents 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 Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce Targets Illegal Indoor Cultivation in Industrial Warehouses in Southern California in Second Operation October 26, 2022 The UCETF took recent actions to shut down unlicensed indoor cultivation operations in large, industrial warehouses located in the San Fernando Valley. Continue reading... Categories: Cannabis, Law Enforcement Tagged: #cannabisenforcement 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 Prev12...62636465666768...9495Next