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    • June 28, 2022
    Woman wearing waders with a fly rod, fishing in a river

    The first of California’s two Free Fishing Days in 2022 is coming up over the Independence Day holiday weekend.

    Categories: Calendar, Fisheries, Fishing, Fishing in the City, Licensing, Marine, R3, Trout
    • June 24, 2022
    Razor clam on a beach

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director has re-opened the recreational razor clam fishery in Del Norte County following a recommendation from state health agencies that the consumption of razor clams in the area no longer poses a significant threat for domoic acid exposure.

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine, Wildlife Health
    • 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
    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