Recent News Releases Chinook Salmon Season to Open July 1 on Portions of Klamath, Trinity Rivers June 30, 2022 Sport fishing for Chinook salmon in the Klamath River Basin is set to begin July 1 and will continue through the fall according to salmon quota and fishery regulations that were adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission during its May teleconference meeting. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Klamath Basin, Salmon Tagged: Klamath RiverTrinity RiverRecreational FishingChinook salmon Heavy Construction, Restoration Work Forces Closure of Ocean Ranch Unit Within CDFW’s Eel River Wildlife Area Through the Remainder of 2022 June 29, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the closure of the Ocean Ranch Unit within the Eel River Wildlife Area as habitat restoration work intensifies there with the use of heavy equipment. The unit is being closed to all public access for safety effective Monday, July 11, 2022, through the end of the year. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Habitat Restoration Tagged: Humboldt CountyEel River Wildlife AreaOcean Ranch Unit Start or Renew the Hobby of Fishing on the First of Two Free Fishing Days in California June 28, 2022 The first of California’s two Free Fishing Days in 2022 is coming up over the Independence Day holiday weekend. Continue reading... Categories: Calendar, Fisheries, Fishing, Fishing in the City, Licensing, Marine, R3, Trout Tagged: Free Fishing Dayfishing licensefishingtrout Razor Clam Fishery in Del Norte County Opens After Closure Since December June 24, 2022 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. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine, Wildlife Health Tagged: clamsrazor clamsdomoic acidfishery closure CDFW to Supplement Fish Stocks for Anglers as Bacterial Outbreak Leads to Further Losses at Two Eastern Sierra Trout Hatcheries June 20, 2022 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. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Trout, Wildlife Health Tagged: fishrainbow trouttrouthatcheriesBlack RockFish Springsdiseasestockingplanting CDFW Trucks Salmon Smolts Around Adverse River Conditions June 17, 2022 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. Continue reading... Categories: Drought, Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Salmon Tagged: salmonChinook salmonSan Pablo BaySan Francisco Baydroughtwaterfisherieshatcheries California Fish and Game Commission Holds Hybrid Meeting June 16, 2022 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. Continue reading... Categories: FGC, Fisheries, Fishing, Habitat Restoration, Rare Species Tagged: Fish and Game Commissionjoshua treeendangered speciesCESACalifornia Endangered Species ActTemblor legless lizardMilo Baker's lupinelow flow inland sport fishing regulations Kirman Lake Stocked with 3,500 Brook Trout as CDFW Works to Restore Mono County Trophy Trout Fishery June 15, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has stocked 3,500 large brook trout into Kirman Lake in Mono County as part of an ongoing commitment to restore one of the West’s best trophy brook trout fisheries. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries Tagged: California FishingMono CountyBrook TroutTrophy Trout Lake Tahoe to Receive 100,000 Lahontan Cutthroat Trout This Summer: Agencies, Washoe Tribe Unite to Return Native Trout to Lake Tahoe June 3, 2022 Tahoe’s native fish are making a return this summer. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Trout Tagged: Lake TahoeTrout FishingLahontan Cutthroat TroutNative Species Salmon Fishery Monitoring Commences as the Recreational Ocean Salmon Season is Underway 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. Continue reading... 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