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Ocean-related News Releases

Ocean-related news releases issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and other state agencies.

Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery to Open Jan. 5 in Central California; Recreational Crab Trap Restrictions Lifting Jan. 2
(12/19/2025)

California Fish and Game Commission Extends Red Abalone Recreational Fishery Closure, Finds CESA Listing of Bear Lake Buckwheat Warranted
(12/18/2025)

Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery Opens in Del Norte, Mendocino and Parts of Humboldt Counties After Delay Caused by Public Health Risks
(12/12/2025)

CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat the Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from the Northern California Coast
California Department of Public Health News Release (12/12/2025)

CDPH Lifts Warning about Consuming Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from One Area Along Northern California Coast
California Department of Public Health News Release (12/12/2025)

CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Whole Dungeness Crab from a Portion of the Northern California Coast
California Department of Public Health News Release (12/12/2025)

CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat the Internal Organs of Rock Crab from the Northern California Coast​
California Department of Public Health News Release (12/12/2025)

CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Sonoma County​
California Department of Public Health News Release (11/21/2025)

CDPH Lifts Warning About Consuming the Internal Organs of Sport-Harvested Dungeness Crab from One Area of the Northern California Coast
California Department of Public Health News Release (11/20/2025)

CDPH Lifts Annual Quarantine for Sport-Harvested Mussels Along California Coast
California Department of Public Health News Release (10/24/2025)

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Marine Region (Region 7)
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