Media Contact Contact an Information Officer Related News Feeds California Outdoors Q&A OSPR News Marine Region News Subscribe Subscribe to CDFW News releases via email or text.* Sign Up(opens in new tab) *Accredited media representatives should contact an Information Officer to be placed on CDFW's media list. Follow Us Follow on Twitter @CaliforniaDFW(opens in new tab) Follow on Facebook(opens in new tab) Search News 2022-2024 News Releases Free Fishing Day: Get Hooked on a New Adventure July 2, 2024 The first of California’s two free fishing days in 2024 is coming up following the Independence Day holiday. Continue reading... Categories: Fishing, Fishing in the City, Outreach, R3 Tagged: free fishing dayfishing in the cityfishingcalifornia fishing Fish and Game Commission Approves White Sturgeon as a Candidate Species for Listing as Threatened June 28, 2024 The California Fish and Game Commission approved white sturgeon as a candidate species for listing under the California Endangered Species Act on June 19. The Commission found sufficient scientific evidence in a petition to determine that listing may be warranted. Continue reading... Categories: FGC, Fisheries, Fishing, Marine Tagged: White SturgeonCalifornia Endangered Species ActSport Fishing CDFW Releases More Than 2 Million Chinook Salmon into Klamath River May 24, 2024 CDFW this week successfully completed the release of more than 2 million fall-run Chinook salmon smolts into the Klamath River. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Klamath Basin, Salmon Tagged: Important Information for California Anglers Bound for Oregon’s Recreational Ocean Salmon Fisheries: Oregon Salmon Must be Brought onto Oregon Shores May 24, 2024 With the 2024 closure of ocean salmon fisheries in California, CDFW officials are reminding anglers of important rules relating to transport of salmon taken from Oregon into California. Continue reading... Categories: Fishing, Law Enforcement, Marine, Salmon Tagged: Ocean Recreational and In-River Salmon Sport Fisheries in California Closed for Second Consecutive Season May 17, 2024 The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously this week to close in-river salmon sport fishing in the Klamath River Basin and Central Valley rivers for the second consecutive year. Continue reading... Categories: FGC, Fishing, Klamath Basin, Salmon Tagged: 1234567...1718Next