Media Contact Contact an Information Officer Related News Feeds OSPR News Marine Region News Subscribe Subscribe to CDFW News releases via email or text.* Sign Up *Accredited media representatives should contact an Information Officer to be placed on CDFW's media list. Follow Us Follow on X Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Search News News Releases, 2022-Present 2025 Ocean Salmon Fishing Regulations Now in Effect, State Conforms to Federal Regulations May 27, 2025 On Friday, May 16, 2025, the National Marine Fisheries Service published the annual West Coast salmon fishing regulations for federal waters, including those for California’s limited ocean recreational salmon season. Continue reading... Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Salmon Tagged: Salmon FishingCalifornia Ocean Salmon SeasonChinook Salmon Pacific Fishery Management Council Recommends Limited Recreational Ocean Salmon Season, Continued Closure for Commercial Salmon Fishing off California April 15, 2025 On April 15, 2025, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) acted to recommend limited fishing opportunities for California’s recreational ocean salmon fisheries through the end of 2025. This decision will allow for the first recreational salmon fishing in California since 2022. The PFMC also recommended a repeat year of closure for California’s commercial salmon fisheries, the third year in a row. Continue reading... Categories: Salmon Tagged: Salmon FishingSport Fishing2025 Fishing Season CDFW Completes Release of 23 Million Fall-Run Chinook Salmon August 23, 2023 CDFW has completed the release of approximately 23 million fall-run Chinook salmon raised at its four Central Valley anadromous fish hatcheries, the Feather River Fish Hatchery, the Nimbus Fish Hatchery, the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery and the Merced River Hatchery. Continue reading... Categories: Drought, Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Salmon, Scientific Study Tagged: Chinook SalmonSalmon FishingHatchery ProductionTrucking Salmon Klamath River Upstream of Interstate 5 Reopened to Adult Chinook Salmon Harvest November 8, 2022 CDFW has announced that recreational fishing for adult, fall-run Chinook salmon on the Klamath River has reopened between Interstate 5 near Hornbrook and 3,500-feet below the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County. Continue reading... Categories: Klamath Basin, Salmon Tagged: Salmon FishingKlamath RiverChinook SalmonFall RunCalifornia Fishing CDFW Announces Angling Closure for Lower Klamath River September 3, 2022 Due to dramatically increased harvest rates of Chinook salmon above the Highway 101 bridge, the recreational fishing quota for the Lower Klamath River will be imminently met. Based upon CDFW projections of the recreational fall-run Chinook salmon catch on the Klamath River, anglers will meet the Lower Klamath River adult fall-run Chinook salmon quota below the Highway 96 Bridge near Weitchpec for the 2022 season as of 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 5 Continue reading... Categories: Fishing, Klamath Basin, Salmon Tagged: Klamath RiverSalmon FishingChinook SalmonAngling Closure