Recent News Releases 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 Wildlife Scientists Continue to Seek Cause of California Brown Pelican Illness and Mortality May 26, 2022 Since approximately May 13, 2022, several Southern and Central California wildlife rehabilitation facilities from San Luis Obispo County south to San Diego County have been admitting hundreds of California brown pelicans, a fully protected species in California Continue reading... Categories: Marine, Wildlife, Wildlife Health Tagged: brown pelicansstarvationrehab facilities 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... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine, Salmon, Scientific Study, Species Tagged: salmonoceanChinookmonitoringsciencemarine New California Grunion Season and Limit Regulations May 16, 2022 Earlier this year, the California Fish and Game Commission adopted regulatory changes to increase the length of the seasonal closure and create a bag and possession limit for grunion, an iconic species found in California and Baja California. Continue reading... Categories: Education, Fisheries, Marine Tagged: grunionmarinefisheryregulations California Fish and Game Commission Holds First Hybrid Meeting April 25, 2022 At its April 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 Monterey and Trinidad, with an option for the public to join via Zoom. Continue reading... Categories: Bears, Big Game, FGC, Fisheries, General, Marine, Rare Species, Wildlife Tagged: Fish and Game CommissionFGCpink shrimpclamshydraulic pumpscrabshrimpsteelheadCESAendangered speciesMarine Stewardship Councilbearsbear huntingpetitionsouthern California steelhead Recreational Salmon Seasons Finalized for the California Coast April 15, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announces California recreational ocean salmon fishing season dates are now set for the remainder of 2022 and offer about the same number of open days as last year. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine, Salmon Tagged: fishingseasonssalmonchinookcohomarine CDFW Moves Quickly to Close the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Statewide in Response to Humpback Whale Entanglements April 6, 2022 CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and announced the closure of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Fishing Zones 1 and 2 (Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the Oregon state line) effective at noon on April 20, 2022. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Marine Tagged: humpback whaleswhale entanglementscommercial dungeness crab CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales March 25, 2022 CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and announced the closure of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Fishing Zones 3, 4, 5 and 6 (Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the U.S./Mexico border) effective at noon on April 8, 2022. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Marine, Wildlife Health Tagged: dungenesscrabfishery closureentanglementhumpbackwhalesfishing gear Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishery Set to Open April 2 March 15, 2022 California’s recreational salmon fishery will open April 2 in ocean waters from Point Arena south to the U.S./Mexico border, with a minimum size limit of 24 inches. Openings for north of Point Arena will be determined in mid-April. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine, Salmon Tagged: salmonchinookregulationsoceanmarine 123Next
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