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Search for blog posts by year or topic: Recent Posts 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 All blog posts (2014-2018) Creature Features Exploring California's MPAs Fish ID Quiz Fishes From the Regional Manager Invertebrates Herring Management Outreach Regulations Research Snapshots Website Column Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Submarine Canyon Habitats (12/27/2019) Rare 7-year-old Chinook Salmon Caught in California Ocean Salmon Fishery (12/17/2019) Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Sea Lion Cove State Marine Conservation Area (11/26/2019) Celebrating 50 Years of Protection at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (11/26/2019) Creature Feature: Fantail Sole (11/6/2019) Northern Channel Islands Marine Protected Areas Join Growing Network of Global Ocean Refuges (11/4/2019) California Fish and Game Commission Adopts the California Pacific Herring Fishery Management Plan (10/18/2019) Environmental Disaster Continues to Decimate Bull Kelp Forest and Red Abalone Populations in Northern California (10/18/2019) Upcoming Regulation Changes for Commercial Dungeness Crab and Other Trap Fisheries (10/2/2019) Final Draft of California Pacific Herring Fishery Management Plan Submitted to Fish and Game Commission (9/25/2019) Reducing the Risk of Marine Life Entanglement (9/25/2019) Webinar Invitation: Prioritizing California's Fisheries for Management Efforts (9/24/2019) Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Updates (9/19/2019) Creature Feature: Striped Marlin (9/11/2019) Final 2018 Commercial Landings Reports Now Available (8/22/2018) Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Big River Estuary State Marine Conservation Area (8/13/2019) Marine Region's 2018 By the Numbers Report Now Available! (8/7/2019) POSTPONED: Prioritizing State-Managed Fisheries: Informational Update and Discussion Set for July 30 (7/29/2019) Creature Feature: Kelp Greenling and Rock Greenling (7/15/2019) Draft California Pacific Herring Fishery Management Plan Available for Public Comment (6/18/2019) Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Reading Rock State Marine Conservation Area and Reading Rock State Marine Reserve (5/14/2019) Creature Feature: Yellowtail (5/13/2019) Spiny Lobster Report Cards Due by April 30, 2019 (4/18/2019) 2019 Ocean Salmon Seasons Finalized for the California Coast (4/18/2019) 2019 Recreational and Commercial Fishing Regulations Available for Download (4/9/2019) New California Sheephead Fillet-at-Sea Regulation Now in Effect (4/3/2019) California Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Will Close Statewide April 15, 2019 (4/2/2019) Creature Feature: Monkeyface Prickleback (3/28/2019) Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Double Point/Stormy Stack Rock Special Closure (3/28/2019) Grunion Dance: By the Light of the Moon (3/11/2019) Marine Region's 2018 Year in Review Now Available! (3/8/2019) Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Casino Point State Marine Conservation Area (2/26/2019) Point Molate Herring Spawn Report (2/20/2019) Outlook for 2019 Ocean Salmon Fisheries to be Presented at Meeting (2/12/2019) Richardson Bay Herring Spawn Report (2/12/2019) Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program Town Hall Report Now Available (1/28/2019) Creature Feature: Spotted Sand Bass (1/28/2019) Exploring California's Marine Protected Areas: Scorpion State Marine Reserve (1/28/2019) Herring Spawn Activity Update (1/28/2019) North Bay Herring Spawning (1/25/2019) Herring Spawns Around the Bay (1/11/2019) California Recreational Groundfish and Lingcod Fishing Regulation Changes for 2019 (1/4/2019) Herring Spawning in the New Year (1/4/2019) Search for news releases by year or topic: Recent News Releases 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 All News Releases (2011-2018) Abalone Birds Crab Enforcement Events Fish Grants Health Advisories Licenses Lobster Marine Mammals Marine Protected Areas Oil Spills Regulations: Commercial Regulations: Recreational Squid CDPH Lifts Rock Crab Health Advisory in Sonoma County California Department of Public Health News Release (3/29/2018) CDFW Invites Public Input on Development of State Coastal Marine Aquaculture Program (3/28/2018) April Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishery Curtailed on Much of the California Coast (3/16/2018) CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Alameda and Contra Costa Counties California Department of Public Health News Release (3/16/2018) CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County California Department of Public Health News Release (3/14/2018) CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from San Francisco and San Mateo Counties California Department of Public Health News Release (3/8/2018) CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Marin County California Department of Public Health News Release (3/2/2018) California's Drought, Poor Ocean Conditions Impact Salmon Forecast for 2018 (3/1/2018) CDFW to Host Public Meeting on Ocean Salmon Fisheries (2/8/2018) CDFW Seeks Input on 2018 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season Dates (2/8/2018)
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