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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Battle Creek Wildlife Area

The Battle Creek Wildlife Area is 582 acres of riparian forests, marshes, and oak woodland that support a diverse variety of migratory and resident bird species, as well as aquatic and terrestrial ...
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Current California Ocean Recreational Fishing Regulations - SF Bay Region

Please see the San Francisco Management Area Recreational Groundfish Regulations Summary table for current rockfish recreational fishing regulations. The leopard shark is part of a group of fish known ...
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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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California Recreational Fisheries Survey (CRFS)

The California Recreational Fisheries Survey (CRFS) mission is to collect fishery-dependent data on California’s marine recreational fisheries, and to accurately estimate catch and effort in a time ...