Recent News Releases 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 a Statewide Fleet Advisory for the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery February 18, 2022 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is issuing a statewide fleet advisory for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery due to a recent humpback whale entanglement, approximately 5 miles west of Cypress Point near Monterey Bay (Fishing Zone 4). Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Marine Tagged: Fleet AdvisoryDungeness CrabCommercial FishingWhale Entanglements
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