Crab
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Crab season is opening this Saturday
The provision authorizes the use of hoop nets, crab traps (where allowed, not in Fishing Zones 3 and 4), and dip nets
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CDFW Restricts Recreational Crab Traps and Delays the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery
Deployment and use of crab traps in any recreational crab fishery (including rock crab) is temporarily restricted
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CDFW Announces Depth Restriction for the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and implemented a 30-fathom depth constraint
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CDFW Announces Closure of Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery
The take and possession of Dungeness crab is therefore prohibited after noon on April 15, 2023, in fishing zones 3-6.
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CDFW Lifts Trap Restrictions in the Commercial and Recreational Dungeness Crab Fisheries
CDFW will lift the 50 percent commercial fishery trap reduction
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CDFW Restricts the use of Crab Traps
For the Recreational Crab Fishery to Minimize Risk of Whale Entanglements
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Humpback Whales Cause California's Commercial Dungeness Crab Closure
This closure is being implemented because of two recent humpback whale entanglements that occurred off San Mateo County and in Monterey Bay involving California commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear.
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Violations Rise for Commercial Crab Fishing
CDFW Marine Enforcement Division have noticed an uptick in the number of commercial Dungeness crab cases since December 2021.
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California commercial Dungeness crab fishery
If you have an interest in understanding how CDFW, its many partners and the California commercial Dungeness crab fishery are working together
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Dungeness Crab Fishery Update Nov 2021
Commercial and Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery Update Humpback whales have migrated out of Fishing Zones 1 and 2 and crabs there have passed quality testing
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Dungeness Crab Fishery Opens
The recreational take of Dungeness crab using crab traps, hoop nets and snares is allowed starting Nov. 6, 2021, in Fishing Zones 1 and 2 (from the Oregon state line to the Sonoma/Mendocino county line) and in Fishing Zones 5 and 6 (the area south of Lopez Point, Monterey County).
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Adoption of New Recreational Dungeness Crab Fishery Regulations
New regulations adopted by the Fish and Game Commission(opens in new tab) authorize the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director to restrict the use of crab traps in the beginning and end of the recreational Dungeness crab season
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Entanglement Risk in the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery
CDFW Works With Diverse Stakeholder Group to Manage Entanglement Risk in the Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery
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