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    • November 11, 2022
    An American flag flaps off the stern of a boat on a lake.

    CDFW thanks California veterans for their service to and sacrifice for our country.

    Categories: Fishing, Hunting, R3
    • November 10, 2022
    Vamos a Pescar logo.

    CDFW is now accepting applications for the Vamos A Pescar community grant program for fishing programs, classes and activities committed to educating and engaging diverse, multi-generational, bi/multi-lingual participants new to fishing, boating and aquatic stewardship in California.

    Categories: Fishing, Grants, R3
    • November 10, 2022
    Vamos a Pescar logo

    El Departamento de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de California (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CDFW) se encuentra ya aceptando solicitudes para el programa de subvenciones comunitarias Vamos A Pescar para programas, clases y actividades de pesca comprometidos con la educación y la participación de participantes diversos, multigeneracionales, bi/multilingües que sean nuevos en la pesca, navegación y administración acuática en California.

    Categories: Fishing, Grants, R3
    • October 28, 2022
    A close-up photo of a Dungeness crab.

    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.

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine
    • October 24, 2022
    Underwater photo of a wild rainbow trout hiding among branches, leaves and other cover.

    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.

    Categories: Fishing, Habitat Restoration