Marine Region Newsfeed RSS newsfeed generator CDFW Protects Returning Humpback Whales from Entanglement Risk While Providing Continued Fishing Opportunities for Dungeness Crab | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 16 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | April 3, 2025 | 2025, Crab, General, Regs commercial, Regs recreational | CDFW Protects Returning Humpback Whales from Entanglement Risk While Providing Continued Fishing Opportunities for Dungeness Crab (4/3/2025) CDFWProtectsReturningHumpbackWhalesfromEntanglementRiskWhileProvidingContinuedFishingOpportunitiesforDungenessCrab Related Articles 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 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) 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 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 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) 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)