Marine Region News Admin Marine Region Newsfeed RSS newsfeed generator Pacific Fishery Management Council Recommends Limited Recreational Ocean Salmon Season, Continued Closure for Commercial Salmon Fishing Off California | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 350 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | April 15, 2025 | 2025, Fish, General, Regs commercial, Regs recreational | Pacific Fishery Management Council Recommends Limited Recreational Ocean Salmon Season, Continued Closure for Commercial Salmon Fishing Off California (4/15/2025) Pacific Fishery Management Council Recommends LimiContinued Closure for Commercial Salmon Fishing Of Related Articles 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) Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery Open in Northern California, Continued Meat Quality and Whale Protection Delays for Commercial Fishery Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery Open in Northern California, Continued Meat Quality and Whale Protection Delays for Commercial Fishery (12/9/2024) 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) Important Information for California Anglers Bound for Oregon's Recreational Ocean Salmon Fisheries: Oregon Salmon Must Be Brought Onto Oregon Shores Important Information for California Anglers Bound for Oregon's Recreational Ocean Salmon Fisheries: Oregon Salmon Must Be Brought Onto Oregon Shores (5/24/2024) PFMC Recommends Repeat Closure for California's 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries PFMC Recommends Repeat Closure for California's 2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries (4/10/2024) Salmon Fishery Monitoring Commences as the Recreational Ocean Salmon Season is Underway Salmon Fishery Monitoring Commences as the Recreational Ocean Salmon Season is Underway (5/20/2022) Comments are closed. Categories 2022 (41) 2023 (55) 2024 (56) 2025 (68) 2026 (17) Abalone (2) Birds (5) Crab (63) Enforcement (9) Events (43) Fish (91) General (236) Grants (5) Health advisories (99) Invertebrates (36) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (8) Regs commercial (78) Regs recreational (110) Squid (5) Most Recent Annual Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Begins May 1 April 27, 2026 California Fish and Game Commission Increases Bear Harvest Limit to 2, Hears Recommendations on MPA Petitions April 22, 2026 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 April 17, 2026 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module Annual Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Begins May 1 Monday, April 27, 2026 Annual Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Begins May 1 California Department of Public Health News Release (4/24/2026) California Fish and Game Commission Increases Bear Harvest Limit to 2, Hears Recommendations on MPA Petitions Wednesday, April 22, 2026 California Fish and Game Commission Increases Bear Harvest Limit to 2, Hears Recommendations on MPA Petitions (4/22/2026) 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 Friday, April 17, 2026 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)