Marine Region Newsfeed RSS newsfeed generator 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 | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 71 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | March 28, 2024 | 2024, Crab, General, Regs commercial, Regs recreational | 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 Closes Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery and Limits Commercial Fishing to Inside 30 Fathoms in Related Articles 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) CDFW Closes Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales From Entanglement CDFW Closes Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales From Entanglement (6/13/2025) CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales From Entanglement CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales From Entanglement (10/27/2023) CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales from Entanglement CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales from Entanglement (10/28/2022) 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) 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) Comments are closed. Categories 2022 (41) 2023 (55) 2024 (56) 2025 (57) Abalone (1) Birds (4) Crab (48) Enforcement (9) Events (41) Fish (87) General (208) Grants (5) Health advisories (81) Invertebrates (15) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (7) Regs commercial (71) Regs recreational (100) Squid (5) Most Recent CDPH Lifts Annual Quarantine for Sport-Harvested Mussels Along California Coast October 30, 2025 Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishing Begins Nov. 1 with Limitations, Commercial Season Delayed October 24, 2025 CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Whole Dungeness Crab from the Northern California Coast October 24, 2025 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module CDPH Lifts Annual Quarantine for Sport-Harvested Mussels Along California Coast Thursday, October 30, 2025 CDPH Lifts Annual Quarantine for Sport-Harvested Mussels Along California Coast California Department of Public Health News Release (10/24/2025) Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishing Begins Nov. 1 with Limitations, Commercial Season Delayed Friday, October 24, 2025 Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishing Begins Nov. 1 with Limitations, Commercial Season Delayed (10/24/2025) CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Whole Dungeness Crab from the Northern California Coast Friday, October 24, 2025 CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Whole Dungeness Crab from the Northern California Coast California Department of Public Health News Release (10/24/2025)