Marine Region News Admin

Recreational Crab Traps Restricted in Central Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement while Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing Opportunities Continue
(5/15/2026)

Commercial Dungeness Crab Pop-up Fishing Gear Now Authorized for the Entire Central Management Area, Depth Restriction in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement
(4/17/2026)

Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing Opportunities Continue with Alternative ‘Pop-Up’ Gear to Protect Whales from Entanglement
(3/13/2026)

CDPH Lifts Warning About Consuming Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from One Area of the Northern California Coast
California Department of Public Health News Release (1/26/2026)

Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Humboldt County
(1/23/2026)

CDPH Lifts Warning About Consuming Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from One Area of the Northern California Coast
California Department of Public Health News Release (1/9/2026)

CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat the Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from the Northern California Coast​
California Department of Public Health News Release (1/9/2026)

Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Portions of Northern California, One Area Further Delayed Due to Public Health Hazard
(1/8/2026)

Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Last Closed Area of Humboldt County after Delay Due to Public Health Risks
(12/30/2025)

Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open Jan. 5 in Central California; Recreational Crab Trap Restrictions Lifting Jan. 2
(12/19/2025)