President Biden has signed legislation to ban swordfish drift gillnets in all US waters and bring California and Oregon in line with other coastal regions. The federal Driftnet Modernization and…
Seeking public input on restoration activities Orange County, Calif. – State and federal trustee agencies for natural resources impacted by the October 2021 Pipeline P00547 oil spill off the coast of…
Changes to recreational fishing seasons, depth limits and bag limits for a variety of groundfish species will be implemented in 2023. The new regulations were adopted by the Pacific Fishery…
Hoop net users statewide will want to review new hoop net regulations that went into effect on October 31, 2022, especially since the recreational Dungeness crab season opened during a trap…
The recreational take of Dungeness crab using crab traps will be temporarily restricted statewide when the season opens on Saturday, Nov. 5 due to presence of humpback and blue whales…
The 365-day California fishing license takes effect for 2023 Thanks to the efforts of the Coastal Conservation Association of California (CCA CAL) and Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg), anglers in the…
On Monday, Sept. 19, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 2109, providing new protections for white sharks in California waters. White sharks, also called great white sharks, are…
MICHAEL RUST, PH.D. TO SERVE AS SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW Michael Rust, Ph.D., most recently Science Advisor to the Office of Aquaculture at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and…