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 California Department of Fish and Wildlife and California Fish and Game Commission News Release: San Diego Dep. City Attorney Named 2022 Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year June 14, 2023 San Diego Deputy City Attorney (DCA) Jordan B. DuBois has been named 2022 Wildlife Prosecutor of the Year, the California Fish and Game Commission and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) jointly announced today. Continue reading... Categories: Law Enforcement, Public Safety Tagged: wildlife prosecutor of the yearLEDlaw enforcement Judgment, Penalties for Unlawful Importation and Sale of Non-native Abalone April 12, 2023 A Los Angeles Superior Court judged against a group of people and businesses who imported and sold live, non-native abalone in Los Angeles in violation of California law. Continue reading... Categories: General, Law Enforcement Tagged: abaloneLEDLaw Enforcement DivisionLaw EnforcementWildlife Officers CDFW to Meet with Public, Sell Licenses and Warden Stamps at 2023 Sport Shows February 13, 2023 CDFW returns to the sport shows in 2023. Continue reading... Categories: Outreach Tagged: eventssport showsoutreachmarineLEDlicensing Commercial Crab Fishing Violations on the Rise March 1, 2022 Wildlife officers from the CDFW Marine Enforcement Division have noticed an uptick in the number of commercial Dungeness crab cases in North Coast waters since December 2021. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, General Tagged: MarineMarine Enforcement DivisionDungeness crabcommercial crabbingviolationsLEDLaw Enforcement Division Commercial Poachers Convicted for Illegal Fishing in Marine Protected Areas January 12, 2022 A San Diego County judge recently imposed a $5,000 fine on a Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel (CPFV) operating in a Marine Protected Area (MPA), CDFW announced. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, General, Law Enforcement, Marine Tagged: LEDLaw Enforcement DivisionMarine Protected AreasMPA