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    • February 1, 2023
    angler on dock putting salmon in cart next to pickup truck

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) invites the public to attend its annual Salmon Information Meeting via webinar on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

    Categories: Fisheries, Salmon
    • November 29, 2022
    commercial salmon vessel on water

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will hold a public hearing on proposed regulatory changes to expressly prohibit California-caught salmon deliveries out of state.

    Categories: Fisheries, Marine, Salmon
    • September 2, 2022
    People fishing at the mouth of the Klamath River

    The spit fishery at the mouth of the Klamath River will be closed to angling at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 5.

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Salmon
    • 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
    • May 20, 2022

    California’s recreational ocean salmon season is underway, and so is the CDFW ocean salmon monitoring program. Anglers are encouraged to assist CDFW employees or agents who ask about their trip or request to examine the catch, as the information collected is essential to the science needed to support continued ocean salmon fishing opportunities in future years.

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine, Salmon, Scientific Study, Species