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 | 42 | 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) Read More CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 52 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | March 30, 2023 | 2023, Crab, General, Regs commercial | CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales (3/30/2023) Read More CDFW Moves Quickly to Close the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Statewide in Response to Humpback Whale Entanglements | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 175 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | April 6, 2022 | 2022, Crab, Events, General, Regs commercial | CDFW Moves Quickly to Close the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Statewide in Response to Humpback Whale Entanglements (4/6/2022) Read More CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 119 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | March 25, 2022 | 2022, Crab, Events, General, Regs commercial | CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Off Central California to Protect Humpback Whales (3/25/2022) Read More Categories 2022 (41) 2023 (55) 2024 (56) 2025 (69) Abalone (2) Birds (4) Crab (57) Enforcement (9) Events (41) Fish (87) General (220) Grants (5) Health advisories (92) Invertebrates (27) Licenses (3) Lobster (15) MPAs (7) Regs commercial (73) Regs recreational (103) Squid (5) Most Recent Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Portions of Northern California, One Area Further Delayed Due to Public Health Hazard January 8, 2026 Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Last Closed Area of Humboldt County after Delay Due to Public Health Risks December 30, 2025 CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County December 30, 2025 DNN News Feed (RSS) Module Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Portions of Northern California, One Area Further Delayed Due to Public Health Hazard Thursday, January 8, 2026 Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Portions of Northern California, One Area Further Delayed Due to Public Health Hazard (1/8/2026) Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Last Closed Area of Humboldt County after Delay Due to Public Health Risks Tuesday, December 30, 2025 Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open in Last Closed Area of Humboldt County after Delay Due to Public Health Risks (12/30/2025) CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County Tuesday, December 30, 2025 CDPH Lifts Warning for Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County California Department of Public Health News Release (12/29/2025)