Marine Region News Admin 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 | 350 | 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 Recreational Crab Traps Restricted in Central Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement while Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing Opportunities Continue Recreational Crab Traps Restricted in Central Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement while Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing Opportunities Continue (5/15/2026) 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) Commercial Dungeness Crab Pop-up Fishing Gear Now Authorized for the Entire Central Management Area, Depth Restriction in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement Commercial Dungeness Crab Pop-up Fishing Gear Now Authorized for the Entire Central Management Area, Depth Restriction in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales from Entanglement (4/17/2026) 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) Comments are closed. Categories 2022 (41) 2023 (55) 2024 (56) 2025 (68) 2026 (29) Abalone (2) Birds (5) Crab (64) Enforcement (10) Events (43) Fish (97) General (247) Grants (6) Health advisories (105) Invertebrates (43) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (9) Regs commercial (81) Regs recreational (113) Squid (5) Most Recent CDFW Seeks Information Related to Southern Resident Killer Whale July 24, 2026 CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Del Norte County July 15, 2026 Monterey Bay Northern Anchovy and Pacific Sardine Commercial Take Restrictions and Recreational Advisory in Place Due to Public Health Hazard June 26, 2026 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module CDFW Seeks Information Related to Southern Resident Killer Whale Friday, July 24, 2026 CDFW Seeks Information Related to Southern Resident Killer Whale (7/16/2026) CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Del Norte County Wednesday, July 15, 2026 CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Del Norte County California Department of Public Health News Release (7/14/2026) Monterey Bay Northern Anchovy and Pacific Sardine Commercial Take Restrictions and Recreational Advisory in Place Due to Public Health Hazard Friday, June 26, 2026 Monterey Bay Northern Anchovy and Pacific Sardine Commercial Take Restrictions and Recreational Advisory in Place Due to Public Health Hazard (6/26/2026)