Contact Information
Main Office: 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100
Monterey, CA 93940
Information: (831) 649-2870, AskMarine@wildlife.ca.gov
Acting Regional Manager:
Paul Hamdorf
2009 News Releases
January February March April May June July August September October November December
December 31, 2009
DFG Reminds Anglers to Purchase 2010 Fishing Licenses; New Fishing Regulations to Take Effect in March
December 15, 2009
San Francisco to Receive Oil Spill Response Equipment Grants
December 8, 2009
Final Fishing Closure Lifts for Crown Memorial State Beach
November 25, 2009
Fishing Closures Lifted for Most of Alameda Shoreline; Only One Beach Remains Closed to Harvesting
November 9, 2009
Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp Repealed
November 4, 2009
San Francisco Bay Spill Update: Shoreline fishing activities resume in some Alameda County areas
October 31, 2009
Bay Area Shoreline Fishing Closure in Effect until Determined Safe to Reopen
October 27, 2009
Marine Life Protection Act Science Advisory Team Members Announced for North Coast
October 1, 2009
State Research Vessel Begins Second Life
September 22, 2009
National Hunting and Fishing Day Spotlights California's Natural Resources
September 17, 2009
DFG Announces Two Public Meetings to Discuss Lobster Hoop Net Regulation Changes
August 20, 2009
Ten-Day Recreational Ocean Salmon Season to Open in Northern California August 29
August 17, 2009
DFG Seeks Resources, Partners for Development of a Lobster Fishery Management Plan
August 17, 2009
DFG Seeks Information on Theft of Sea Otter Radio Receiver
August 4, 2009
Commercial Greenling Fishery Season Set to Close September 1, 2009; Commercial Cabezon Fishery Trip Limit Decreases September 1, 2009
July 29, 2009
DFG Introduces Online "Tracker" for Recreational Yelloweye Rockfish Catches
July 16, 2009
MLPA Initiative Begins Planning Process in California's North Coast Region
June 30, 2009
DFG Releases Rare Marbled Murrelet Fledgling
June 4, 2009
DFG Director Comments on the National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion to Protect Salmon
June 2, 2009
Poachers Threaten Monterey's Endangered Black Abalone
May 26, 2009
Sport Fishing Licenses now Available Online
May 18, 2009
DFG Using State-of-the-Art Technology to Tag and Track Salmon
May 1, 2009
Unusual Mortality Observed in Central Coast Cormorants
April 7, 2009
Rehabilitated Oiled Sea Otter of Facebook Fame Returns to the Sea
March 25, 2009
Abalone fishing season opens April 1 north of San Francisco Bay
March 20, 2009
OSPR Issues Statement on 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
February 26, 2009
Oiled Sea Otter Gets Second Chance at DFG Facility in Santa Cruz
February 23, 2009
DFG to Host Public Meeting on Salmon
February 18, 2009
Ocean Salmon Season Setting Process Begins; Estimates of 2008 Sacramento River Fall Chinook Escapement At All Time Low
February 13, 2009
New Dates For Free Fishing Day -- Fourth of July and Labor Day
January 29, 2009
California's MLPA Initiative continues to complete recommendations for Marine Protected Areas: Public-private partnership provides bridge funding for mapping project
January 9, 2009
Wardens Arrest Five In Alleged Abalone Poaching Case
January 5, 2009
DFG will Bring License Sales and Information Staff to January's Northern California Outdoor Sports Shows