Beginning with a joint patrol with CDFW Marine Enforcement District and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay, CDFW wildlife officers began investigating abandoned Dungeness Crab traps off the Klamath River in Del Norte County following the 2023-24 Dungeness crab fishing...
Up to 18 tags will be reserved for nonprofit organizations to sell or auction. Nonprofit organizations compete through an application process for a chance to auction these special tags, which can only be purchased by members of the public through these...
The Tribe’s weir is based upon traditional fish harvest methods that the Hupa people have practiced since time immemorial. The Tribe’s modern weir design reflects centuries-old conservation principles that protect important genetic attributes of “natural reproducing fish populations” by use of...
“CDFW and our partners are using a number of tools to help inform Reclamation operations to maximize survival of the next generation of Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon — one of the state’s most endangered fish — and for fall-run Chinook,”...
The following is courtesy of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife: Have you ever felt the excitement of watching your bobber suddenly jiggle, then dive out of sight? Or feeling the tap-tap-tap of a bass as it tastes the worm...