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    • June 20, 2022
    Outdoor raceways at Black Rock Hatchery on a cloudy day, with stocking trucks in the background and netting overhead.

    Two California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) trout hatcheries in the Eastern Sierra are continuing to fight an outbreak of Lactococcus petauri, a naturally occurring bacteria that sickens fish. The current outbreak was first detected in April 2022.

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Trout, Wildlife Health
    • June 17, 2022
    Outdoor headshot of Karen Wold, wearing a black patterned blouse and smiling, standing in front of a double palm tree

    Ventura County Senior Deputy District Attorney (SDDA) Karen Wold has been named 2021 Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and California Fish and Game Commission announced this week.

    Categories: FGC, General, Law Enforcement, Wildlife
    • 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
    • June 16, 2022
    California Fish and Game Commission logo

    At its June meeting the California Fish and Game Commission acted on several issues affecting California’s natural resources. The following are just a few items of interest from this week’s meeting held in Los Angeles, Saint Helena and Trinidad, with an option for the public to join via Zoom.

    Categories: FGC, Fisheries, Fishing, Habitat Restoration, Rare Species
    • June 3, 2022
    Two boys planting whistletop at the Elkhorn Slough estuary

    The ninth annual California Invasive Species Action Week (CISAW) runs from Saturday, June 4 through Sunday, June 12, 2022. Sponsored by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), this week provides an opportunity for Californians to learn about the hundreds of harmful non-native plants and animals that threaten our state’s natural resources, ecology and economy.

    Categories: Habitat Restoration, Invasive Species, Lands, Species