Marine Region News Admin

Recreational Pacific Halibut Season to Open April 1
(3/27/2026)

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

California Fish and Game Commission Finds CESA Protections Warranted for Southern California and Central Coast Mountain Lion
(2/20/2026)

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)

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)

California Fish and Game Commission Extends Red Abalone Recreational Fishery Closure, Finds CESA Listing of Bear Lake Buckwheat Warranted
(12/18/2025)

Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishing Begins Nov. 1 with Limitations, Commercial Season Delayed (10/24/2025)

California Fish and Game Commission: No maximum size limit adopted for striped bass; CESA evaluation coming for one of state's rarest plants (10/15/2025)