CDFW invites the public to submit comments on the draft 2023 Salmon Disaster Spend Plan. CDFW is asking for input on the proposed allocations of relief funding to fishing sectors, qualifying criteria, individual payouts and other components of the plan....
CDFW outlined 18 causes for discipline in addition to aggravating factors. Wildlife officers recounted multiple incidents and documented violations that included fishing in a State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA), not servicing traps at the required intervals, leaving lobster traps in the...
In little more than two years, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Service has implemented funding for 18 projects in the Delaware River Basin, 40 in the Klamath Basin, and six in the Lake Tahoe area, which are supporting habitat...
The NorCal Guides and Sportsmen's Association Striped Bass Derby is set for April 20-21 at the Colusa Public Ramp. Go to https://ncgasa.org/ for more info. ...
The Los Angeles Times detailed some of the struggles for commercial fishermen and charter boat operators as California braces for likely another closed salmon season. ...
A recreational crab trap prohibition is being implemented in Fishing Zones 3, 4 and 5 (Sonoma/Mendocino county line to Point Conception). CDFW reminds recreational crabbers that take of Dungeness crab by other methods (including hoop nets and crab snares) is allowed...