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 | 156 | 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) 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) CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from One Area Along Northern California Coast Area CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from One Area Along Northern California Coast Area California Department of Public Health News Release (11/1/2024) Comments are closed. Categories 2022 (41) 2023 (55) 2024 (56) 2025 (68) 2026 (12) Abalone (2) Birds (5) Crab (62) Enforcement (9) Events (43) Fish (90) General (231) Grants (5) Health advisories (97) Invertebrates (33) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (7) Regs commercial (75) Regs recreational (108) Squid (5) Most Recent CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Marin and San Mateo Counties April 1, 2026 CDFW Finds Starvation to be Primary Cause of Increased Mortalities in California Seabirds March 30, 2026 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season to Open April 1 March 27, 2026 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Marin and San Mateo Counties Wednesday, April 1, 2026 CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Marin and San Mateo Counties California Department of Public Health News Release (3/30/2026) CDFW Finds Starvation to be Primary Cause of Increased Mortalities in California Seabirds Monday, March 30, 2026 CDFW Finds Starvation to be Primary Cause of Increased Mortalities in California Seabirds (3/27/2026) Recreational Pacific Halibut Season to Open April 1 Friday, March 27, 2026 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season to Open April 1 (3/27/2026)