Marine Region News Admin Marine Region Newsfeed RSS newsfeed generator Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing Opportunities Continue with Alternative ‘Pop-Up’ Gear to Protect Whales from Entanglement | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 194 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | March 16, 2026 | 2026, Crab, General, Invertebrates, Regs commercial, Regs recreational | Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishing Opportunities Continue with Alternative ‘Pop-Up’ Gear to Protect Whales from Entanglement (3/13/2026) 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) 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 Protects Returning Humpback Whales from Entanglement Risk While Providing Continued Fishing Opportunities for Dungeness Crab CDFW Protects Returning Humpback Whales from Entanglement Risk While Providing Continued Fishing Opportunities for Dungeness Crab (4/3/2025) 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) Comments are closed. Categories 2022 (41) 2023 (55) 2024 (56) 2025 (68) 2026 (25) Abalone (2) Birds (5) Crab (64) Enforcement (10) Events (43) Fish (94) General (244) Grants (6) Health advisories (103) Invertebrates (42) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (9) Regs commercial (80) Regs recreational (112) Squid (5) Most Recent CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County June 11, 2026 CDFW Investigation Finds SoCal Restaurant in Violation of Fishing and Advertising Laws June 3, 2026 WCB Approves $80.4 Million for Wildlife Connectivity, Salmon Recovery, Biodiversity and Public Access Projects June 3, 2026 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County Thursday, June 11, 2026 CDPH Lifts Warnings about Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County California Department of Public Health News Release (6/11/2026) CDFW Investigation Finds SoCal Restaurant in Violation of Fishing and Advertising Laws Wednesday, June 3, 2026 CDFW Investigation Finds SoCal Restaurant in Violation of Fishing and Advertising Laws (6/1/2026) WCB Approves $80.4 Million for Wildlife Connectivity, Salmon Recovery, Biodiversity and Public Access Projects Wednesday, June 3, 2026 WCB Approves $80.4 Million for Wildlife Connectivity, Salmon Recovery, Biodiversity and Public Access Projects (5/28/2026)