Marine Region News Admin Marine Region Newsfeed RSS newsfeed generator CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 351 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | March 30, 2023 | 2023, Crab, General, Regs commercial | CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales (3/30/2023) CDFWAnnouncesClosureofCommercialDungenessCrabFisheryOffCentralCaliforniatoProtectHumpbackWhales Related Articles CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales (3/25/2022) 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) CDFW Announces Depth Restriction for the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Fishing Zones 1 and 2, and Recreational Crab Trap Prohibition in Zones 3-6 to Protect Humpback Whales CDFW Announces Depth Restriction for the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Fishing Zones 1 and 2, and Recreational Crab Trap Prohibition in Zones 3-6 to Protect Humpback Whales (5/1/2023) CDFW Continues Partial Recreational Crab Trap Restriction and Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Delay to Protect Whales from Entanglement and Due to Low Crab Quality CDFW Continues Partial Recreational Crab Trap Restriction and Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Delay to Protect Whales from Entanglement and Due to Low Crab Quality (11/21/2022) CA Recreational Dungeness Crab Season to Open with Trap Restriction While the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery is Delayed to Protect Whales from Entanglement CA Recreational Dungeness Crab Season to Open with Trap Restriction While the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery is Delayed to Protect Whales from Entanglement (10/25/2024) CDFW Opens Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Northern Management Zone, Continues Commercial Fishery Delay in Central Management Area CDFW Opens Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Northern Management Zone, Continues Commercial Fishery Delay in Central Management Area (12/20/2023) Comments are closed. Categories 2022 (41) 2023 (55) 2024 (56) 2025 (68) 2026 (42) Abalone (2) Birds (5) Crab (64) Enforcement (10) Events (44) Fish (102) General (260) Grants (6) Health advisories (116) Invertebrates (51) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (10) Regs commercial (84) Regs recreational (118) Squid (5) Most Recent CDPH Lifts Warning About Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Monterey County October 13, 2026 Del Norte County Recreational Razor Clam Fishery Closes Due to Public Health Hazard October 12, 2026 CDPH Warns Against Consuming Razor Clams from Del Norte County October 9, 2026 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module CDPH Lifts Warning About Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Monterey County Tuesday, October 13, 2026 CDPH Lifts Warning About Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Monterey County California Department of Public Health News Release (10/12/2026) Del Norte County Recreational Razor Clam Fishery Closes Due to Public Health Hazard Monday, October 12, 2026 Del Norte County Recreational Razor Clam Fishery Closes Due to Public Health Hazard (10/9/2026) CDPH Warns Against Consuming Razor Clams from Del Norte County Friday, October 9, 2026 CDPH Warns Against Consuming Razor Clams from Del Norte County California Department of Public Health News Release (10/8/2026)