California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishing Begins in Most Areas Nov. 7 with Trap Restrictions, Commercial Season Delayed

CDPH: • Domoic Acid results website (subsection Analytical Data – Crabs) • Shellfish advisories web page for latest ...
California Department of Fish and Wildlife

CDFW Seeks Public Comment Related to Veiny Monardella

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking data and public comments on a petition to list veiny ...
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New Grant Opportunity: Delta-Based Decontamination Control Sites to Prevent the Spread of Golden Mussel

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering $6 million in grant funding to develop or enhance boating decontamination control efforts in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This ...
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Camp Cady Wildlife Area

Camp Cady Wildlife Area is approximately 1,900 acres of desert riparian habitat, consisting of screwbean mesquite, tamarisk, willow, cottonwood, saltgrass, saltbush, and cattails along the Mojave ...
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Vegetation Datasets (GIS)

Overview Many of the vegetation datasets have been cooperatively produced, but will have stewards responsible for the maintenance and updating of the data. Steward organizations for many of the ...
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Spill Response Drills and Exercises

The Drills and Exercises Unit (D&E) promotes the preparedness of vessel and facility plan holders by assisting in the design of and evaluating equipment deployment drills and tabletop exercises. Drill ...
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Invertebrates of Interest: Crabs

Set a maximum size for the main buoy of up to 6 inches in diameter and up to 14 inches in length. No changes were made to marking requirements for the main buoy. Allow for an optional secondary marker ...
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Current California Ocean Recreational Fishing Regulations - Central Region

Please see the Central Management Area Recreational Groundfish Regulations Summary table for current rockfish fishing regulations. The leopard shark is part of a group of fish known as groundfish, ...
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Discovery of invasive nutria in California

Through their extensive herbivory and burrowing habits, nutria have devastating impacts on wetland habitats, agriculture, and water conveyance/flood protection infrastructure. Nutria consume up to 25% ...
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Nearshore Fishery Management Plan (NFMP)

Adopted in 2002, the Nearshore Fishery Management Plan (NFMP) identifies a management strategy for 19 of California’s nearshore finfish species targeted by recreational anglers and the commercial ...
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Spotted Owl Observations Database Information

CDFW started the Spotted Owl Observations Database in 1973. The database tracks both subspecies of Spotted Owl that occur in California. The Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) occurs in ...
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Fishing in the City - Sacramento Metro Area

These events are geared towards children ages 5-15 years old with little to no fishing experience. All participants must be accompanied by an adult and use Fishing in the City provided rods/reels and ...