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    • May 16, 2022
    Grunion on the beach at night

    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.

    Categories: Education, Fisheries, Marine
    • November 19, 2021
    crab pot (trap) aboard commercial crab boat

    Humpback whales have migrated out of Fishing Zones 1 and 2 and crabs there have passed quality testing, which means that the commercial fishery north of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the Oregon state line will open on Dec. 1, giving commercial crabbers the opportunity to get crab on tables and menus before the year is out.

    Categories: Fisheries, Marine