Marine Region News Admin Marine Region Newsfeed RSS newsfeed generator Recreational Pacific Halibut Season to Open April 1 | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 155 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | March 27, 2026 | 2026, Fish, General, Regs recreational | Recreational Pacific Halibut Season to Open April 1 (3/27/2026) Related Articles San Francisco and Mendocino California Recreational Groundfish Offshore-Only Season and Northern All-Depth Season Opens May 15 San Francisco and Mendocino California Recreational Groundfish Offshore-Only Season and Northern All-Depth Season Opens May 15 (5/12/2022) Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery Set to Open May 1 Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery Set to Open May 1 (4/19/2023) CDFW Seeks Input on 2022 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season Dates CDFW Seeks Input on 2022 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season Dates (2/1/2022) Pacific Fishery Management Council Recommends Limited Recreational Ocean Salmon Season, Continued Closure for Commercial Salmon Fishing Off California Pacific Fishery Management Council Recommends Limited Recreational Ocean Salmon Season, Continued Closure for Commercial Salmon Fishing Off California (4/15/2025) 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 Seeks Public Input on California's Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery CDFW Seeks Public Input on California's Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery (2/14/2024) 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)