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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
2012 News Releases
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12/31/2012
New Sturgeon Regulations Effective Jan. 1, 2013
12/31/2012
Department Name Change Effective Tomorrow
12/26/2012
Commercial Dungeness Crab Season in Northern California Delayed Once More
12/20/2012
DFG Completes 2012 Fish Tagging Program
12/19/2012
Guide to Northern California Marine Protected Areas Now Available Online
12/13/2012
Commercial Dungeness Crab Season in Northern Region Further Delayed
12/7/2012
Updated Guide to Central California Marine Protected Areas Now Available Online
11/30/2012
Wildlife Conservation Board Funds Environmental Improvement and Acquisition Projects
11/28/2012
North Coast Marine Protected Areas Effective December 19
11/20/2012
Commercial Market Squid Fishery to Close Nov. 21
11/16/2012
Commercial Dungeness Crab Season Delayed off North Coast
11/1/2012
Nimbus Hatchery Fish Ladder to Open Nov. 5
11/1/2012
DFG Congratulates Elkhorn Slough Foundation on 30 Years
10/30/2012
California Dungeness Crab Season to Open
10/16/2012
Hefty Fines and Penalties for Mendocino County Abalone Poachers
10/15/2012
DFG and Partners use Aircraft and Submersible Camera to Count Pacific Sardine
10/8/2012
DFG Wardens Cite Lobster Stealing Suspect
9/21/2012
Sea Otter Awareness Week is Sept. 23-29
9/20/2012
California Fish and Game Commission to Discuss PG&E's Diablo Canyon Seismic Study
9/20/2012
Marina Man Convicted of Poaching Endangered Black Abalone
9/14/2012
DFG Expands Online Services to Include Harvest Reporting
9/14/2012
Information Packet Helps Marinas and Yacht Clubs get Spill Information
9/14/2012
Guide to Southern California Marine Protected Areas Now Available
9/12/2012
Otter Pup Is First In California Born To Previously Oiled Sea Otter
9/4/2012
Calling All Anglers – Take a Friend Fishing for Free on Saturday Sept. 8
8/13/2012
DFG Announces Public Comment Period for Dungeness Crab Trap Limit Program
8/1/2012
Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project Under Way With Public Input
7/18/2012
The Bite is On! Fishing for Salmon off California Coast is Best in Years
7/17/2012
Feeding Brown Pelicans Harms them More than it Helps
7/3/2012
Free Fishing Day is Saturday July 7
6/6/2012
North Coast Marine Protected Areas Adopted in Final Coastal Ocean Region
6/5/2012
DFG Cites Poacher For Harvesting Giant (Black) Sea Bass
5/25/2012
Wardens Arrest Two Repeat Abalone Poachers
5/25/2012
DFG Warden Discovers Boat, Drugs on Central California Coast
5/17/2012
Coho Salmon Identification is Critical in California's Ocean Fisheries
5/16/2012
DFG Begins New Study to Increase Survival of Out-migrating Juvenile Salmon
5/8/2012
DFG and Orange County Successfully Prosecute First MPA Violation
5/8/2012
DFG to Hold Public Meeting on Pacific Halibut Management
5/7/2012
State Offers Grants to Benefit Coastal Habitat
5/7/2012
Nominations Now Being Accepted for Fisheries Restoration Grant Program Peer Review Committee
5/1/2012
New Recreational and Commercial Fishing Opportunities for Greenlings Effective May 1, 2012
4/30/2012
Portions of the Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Area to Reopen for Anchoring and Mooring
4/19/2012
Commission Adopts Salmon Season Regulation Packages
4/19/2012
Recreational Ocean Salmon Season Opens May 1 from Horse Mountain to the Oregon/California State Line
4/9/2012
Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program Study Now Available
3/30/2012
North Coast Abalone Season to Open; New Closure, Regulations in Effect
3/26/2012
DFG Holds Public Meetings on Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan Process
3/16/2012
Nominations Now Being Accepted for Fisheries Restoration Grant Program Peer Review Committee
3/2/2012
Draft Environmental Impact Report Now Available for Proposed North Coast Marine Protected Areas
3/2/2012
Monterey Commercial Fishing License Sales Office Plans a Half-Day Closure
2/6/2012
DFG to Host Public Meeting on Salmon
1/31/2012
Fisheries Restoration Grant Application Period Opening Soon
1/27/2012
Wardens Bust Three on Charges of Buying, Selling Abalone
1/18/2012
MarineBIOS, Marine and Coastal Map Viewer
1/15/2012
DFG Marine Wardens Snare Poacher Inside New Marine Protected Area
1/13/2012
Anglers Reminded to Mail in Sturgeon, Abalone, Spiny Lobster, Salmon Report Cards in January