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 | 118 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | March 25, 2022 | 2022, Crab, Events, General, Regs commercial | CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales (3/25/2022) 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 (3/30/2023) 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 (69) Abalone (2) Birds (4) Crab (57) Enforcement (9) Events (41) Fish (87) General (220) Grants (5) Health advisories (92) Invertebrates (27) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (7) Regs commercial (73) Regs recreational (103) Squid (5) Most Recent Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Portions of Northern California, One Area Further Delayed Due to Public Health Hazard January 8, 2026 Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Last Closed Area of Humboldt County after Delay Due to Public Health Risks December 30, 2025 CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County December 30, 2025 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Portions of Northern California, One Area Further Delayed Due to Public Health Hazard Thursday, January 8, 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 Tuesday, December 30, 2025 Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Last Closed Area of Humboldt County after Delay Due to Public Health Risks (12/30/2025) CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County Tuesday, December 30, 2025 CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County California Department of Public Health News Release (12/29/2025)