Marine Region News Admin Marine Region Newsfeed RSS newsfeed generator California's Marine Protected Area Network Recognized as International Gold Standard for Marine Conservation | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 275 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | June 12, 2025 | 2025, Events, General, MPAs | California's Marine Protected Area Network Recognized as International Gold Standard for Marine Conservation California Ocean Protection Council News Release (6/12/2025) CaliforniasMarineProtectedAreaNetworkRecognizedasInternationalGoldStandardforMarineConservation Related Articles Tribal Representatives, Researchers and Stakeholders Join State to Discuss the First Ten Years of California's Marine Protected Area Network Tribal Representatives, Researchers and Stakeholders Join State to Discuss the First Ten Years of California's Marine Protected Area Network (3/15/2023) Commercial Poachers Convicted for Illegal Fishing in Marine Protected Areas Commercial Poachers Convicted for Illegal Fishing in Marine Protected Areas (1/12/2022) Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing Opportunity Continues in Northern Management Area, Will Close in Central Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing Opportunity Continues in Northern Management Area, Will Close in Central Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement (4/21/2025) Wildlife Conservation Board Awards 37 Million in Grants to 14 Habitat Conservation and Restoration Projects Wildlife Conservation Board Awards 37 Million in Grants to 14 Habitat Conservation and Restoration Projects (2/27/2025) 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 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) CDFW Closes Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery and Restricts Recreational Crab Traps in the Central Management Area, Limits Commercial Fishing to Inside 30 Fathoms in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement CDFW Closes Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery and Restricts Recreational Crab Traps in the Central Management Area, Limits Commercial Fishing to Inside 30 Fathoms in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement (3/28/2024) Comments are closed. Categories 2022 (41) 2023 (55) 2024 (56) 2025 (68) 2026 (27) Abalone (2) Birds (5) Crab (64) Enforcement (10) Events (43) Fish (96) General (245) Grants (6) Health advisories (104) Invertebrates (42) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (9) Regs commercial (81) Regs recreational (114) Squid (5) Most Recent Monterey Bay Northern Anchovy and Pacific Sardine Commercial Take Restrictions and Recreational Advisory in Place Due to Public Health Hazard June 26, 2026 California Fish and Game Commission Takes Emergency Action to Prevent White Shark Take and Reduce Potential Interactions Between Hooked Sharks and Swimmers June 25, 2026 CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County June 11, 2026 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module Monterey Bay Northern Anchovy and Pacific Sardine Commercial Take Restrictions and Recreational Advisory in Place Due to Public Health Hazard Friday, June 26, 2026 Monterey Bay Northern Anchovy and Pacific Sardine Commercial Take Restrictions and Recreational Advisory in Place Due to Public Health Hazard California Department of Public Health News Release (6/26/26) California Fish and Game Commission Takes Emergency Action to Prevent White Shark Take and Reduce Potential Interactions Between Hooked Sharks and Swimmers Thursday, June 25, 2026 California Fish and Game Commission Takes Emergency Action to Prevent White Shark Take and Reduce Potential Interactions Between Hooked Sharks and Swimmers (6/25/2026) CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County Thursday, June 11, 2026 CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County California Department of Public Health News Release (6/11/2026)