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2022-2023 News Releases

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  • November 17, 2023
Map of fishing zones in California.

CDFW is continuing the temporary recreational crab trap restriction from the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to Lopez Point (Fishing Zones 3 and 4) and expanding the restriction to the California/Oregon state line to Cape Mendocino (Fishing Zone 1) due to presence of humpback whales and the potential for entanglement from trap gear. The recreational trap restriction for Fishing Zone 1 will go into effect on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, at 6 p.m. and continue in Zones 1, 3 and 4 until at least the next risk assessment.

Categories: Dungeness Crab, Fisheries
  • November 17, 2023
CDFW staffer showing off a white sturgeon aboard a boat.

CDFW announced today that emergency regulations enacted by the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) last month to reduce the harvest of white sturgeon in state waters are now in effect, having been approved by the Office of Administrative Law.

Categories: Marine, Sturgeon
  • November 13, 2023
A group of anglers fish from a rock jetty.

CDFW is now accepting applications for the Vamos A Pescar community grant program for fishing programs, classes and activities committed to educating and engaging diverse, multi-generational, bi/multi-lingual participants new to fishing, boating and aquatic stewardship in California.

Categories: Fishing, Fishing in the City
  • November 9, 2023
Two razor clams on a sandy beach.

The CDFW Director has closed the recreational razor clam fishery in Del Norte County following a recommendation from state health agencies that the consumption of razor clams in the area poses a significant threat for domoic acid exposure.

Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Marine
  • August 31, 2023
Two people holding fishing poles

California's second Free Fishing Day of 2023 is Saturday, Sept. 2.

Categories: Fishing

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