Marine Region Newsfeed RSS newsfeed generator CDFW Closes Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales From Entanglement | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 103 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | June 13, 2025 | 2025, Crab, General, Regs commercial | CDFW Closes Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery in Northern Management Area to Protect Whales From Entanglement (6/13/2025) Read More 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 CA Recreational Dungeness Crab Season to Open with Trap Restriction While the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery is Delayed to Protect Whales from Entanglement | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 151 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | October 25, 2024 | 2024, Crab, General, Regs commercial, Regs recreational | 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) Read More CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales From Entanglement | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 200 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | October 27, 2023 | 2023, Crab, General, Regs commercial, Regs recreational | CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales From Entanglement (10/27/2023) 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 Continues Partial Recreational Crab Trap Restriction and Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Delay to Protect Whales from Entanglement and Due to Low Crab Quality | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 41 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | November 21, 2022 | 2022, Crab, General, Regs commercial, Regs recreational | 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) Read More CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales from Entanglement | 1 MIN READ | 0 Comment | 261 | by mary.patyten@wildlife.ca.gov | October 28, 2022 | 2022, Crab, General, Regs commercial, Regs recreational | CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Protect Whales from Entanglement (10/28/2022) 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)