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 | 196 | 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 (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)