News Room

Contact

Contact an Information Officer

Search News

Search CDFW news releases, or browse by date

More CDFW News

Subscribe

Sign up to receive CDFW News by email*:

    *Accredited media representatives should contact an Information Officer to be placed on CDFW’s media list.

    Follow

    Follow on Twitter @CaliforniaDFW

    Follow on Facebook

    rss
    • June 17, 2022
    Small salmon smolts jump and squirm in a dip net hovering over water in a harbor

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is nearing the completion of its efforts to transport 19.7 million hatchery-raised fall-run and 960,000 spring-run juvenile Chinook salmon (known as smolts) to the San Pablo Bay, San Francisco Bay and seaside net pens this spring and summer.

    Categories: Drought, Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Salmon
    • April 6, 2022
    hatchery worker in truck near water

    California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce that 21 of its 22 state fish hatcheries will reopen to the public on Thursday, April 7. The facilities have been closed to visitors for nearly two years during the Covid-19 pandemic, although hatchery operations and stocking efforts continued without significant interruption.

    Categories: Education, Fisheries, Hatcheries
    • February 22, 2022
    Panoramic view of a bridge and riverbed, part of the Roy’s Pools restoration project to benefit coho salmon.

    CDFW today announced the award of funding to an initial 15 multi-benefit restoration and protection projects for North Coast coho salmon recovery under its Proposition 1 grant program.

    Categories: Grants, Habitat Restoration, Salmon