Report Card Due Date Approaching for Steelhead, Abalone, Spiny Lobster, North...
The Department of Fish and Game reminds anglers to turn in their 2010 Fishing Report-Restoration Cards by Jan. 31. This legal requirement applies to all holders of report cards for steelhead, abalone,...
View ArticleSuccessful Fish Rescue Completed at Tisdale and Fremont Weir off Sacramento...
The Department of Fish and Game completed two days of successful fish rescues this week. A total of 46 sturgeon, 142 Chinook salmon, 12 steelhead and numerous striped bass were safely returned to the...
View ArticleAnglers Asked to Step Up Efforts to Conserve California Sturgeon
The Department of Fish and Game asks anglers to use special techniques and extra vigilance to help conserve California's green and white sturgeon.
View ArticleFishing for a Great Holiday Gift? Buy a 2012 License for Your Favorite Angler
If you’re looking for the perfect stocking stuffer for the angler in your life, the Department of Fish and Game has a suggestion.
View ArticleGame Wardens Arrest Two Poaching Suspects in San Jose
Based on intensive surveillance over the last several weeks, California game wardens arrested two suspects for commercialization of sport-caught fish and Dungeness crabs.
View ArticleAnglers Reminded to Mail in Sturgeon, Abalone, Spiny Lobster, Salmon Report...
The Department of Fish and Game reminds anglers they are required to return their 2011 Fishing Report and Restoration Cards by Jan. 31.
View ArticleThree Arrested for Sturgeon Poaching in Olivehurst
State game wardens have arrested three Olivehurst men on suspicion of sturgeon poaching on the Bear River.
View ArticleDFG Completes 2012 Fish Tagging Program
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has completed its annual sturgeon tagging program in Bay Area waters. The tagging operation is used to help manage California’s green and white sturgeon populations.
View ArticleNew Sturgeon Regulations Effective Jan. 1, 2013
New regulations for sturgeon fishing go into effect Jan. 1, 2013. The regulations are meant to increase the survival and spawning success of sturgeon caught and released by anglers in California and...
View ArticleAnglers and Divers Can Now Report Harvest Results Online
Reporting requirements for anglers and divers have not changed, but this online submission option makes the reporting faster and easier. By providing harvest details more quickly, fisheries managers...
View ArticleThe 2013-14 Freshwater Sports Fishing Regulation Pamphlet Issued
Changes this year include new regulations on sturgeon, salmon and steelhead retention, new areas where hatchery trout or steelhead may be retained, and a black bass slot limit removal on five waters....
View ArticleNew Sport Ocean Fishing Regulation Changes for 2013
New 2013-2014 Ocean Sport Fishing Regulation booklets are now available at California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) offices and wherever sport fishing licenses are sold. Anglers and divers...
View ArticleSacramento Family Faces Felony Charges for Selling Sport Caught Fish
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officers arrested a Sacramento family of three early Saturday morning for illegally selling sport-caught fish from the Delta. Luan Van Dao, 51, his...
View ArticleNew Tagging Requirements for California Sturgeon Anglers
Media Contact: Lt. Patrick Foy, 916-508-7095 California sturgeon anglers will see a small change to sturgeon tags issued beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Sturgeon anglers have been required to tag all retained...
View ArticleAnglers Urged to Return Overdue 2013 Sturgeon Fishing Report Cards
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is reminding sturgeon anglers to return their 2013 Sturgeon Fishing Report Cards, as required by law. Although the deadline to report their catch...
View ArticleYolo County Jury Convicts Sturgeon Poachers
A Yolo County jury convicted a repeat sturgeon poacher and his accomplice of multiple felonies and poaching charges stemming from a 2010 poaching investigation. They were convicted June 19, with...
View ArticleAnglers Reminded to Submit Steelhead, Sturgeon, Abalone and Salmon Report...
Media Contacts: Glenn Underwood, CDFW License and Revenue Branch, (916) 928-5841 Andrew Hughan, CDFW Communications, (916) 322-8944 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds anglers...
View ArticleAnglers Urged to Return Overdue 2014 Sturgeon Fishing Report Cards
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is reminding sturgeon anglers to return their 2014 Sturgeon Fishing Report Cards as required by law. Although the deadline to report their catch...
View ArticleWildlife Officers Rescue Nearly-lifeless Sturgeon, Cite Poaching Suspect
Contacts: Capt. Patrick Foy, CDFW Law Enforcement Division, (916) 651-6692 Janice Mackey, CDFW Communications, (916) 322-8908 California wildlife officers cited a Sacramento County man on poaching...
View ArticleAs White Sturgeon Decline, Anglers’ Failure to Return Sturgeon Fishing Report...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is working to keep the state’s white sturgeon population from declining precipitously. Much of that work is estimating the number of fish harvested...
View ArticleResponsible Angling Practices Help Conserve Sturgeon Populations
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is asking anglers to use caution and extra vigilance to help conserve California’s white sturgeon and green sturgeon populations, both of which are...
View ArticleFree Fishing Day is Saturday, Sept. 5
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) invites all Californians to celebrate the end of summer by going fishing. Sept. 5 is the second of two Free Fishing Days in 2015, when people can...
View ArticleReward Offered for Return of Satellite Tags from Federally Protected Green...
State and federal fisheries officials are asking for public assistance and offering a $20 reward for the return of each satellite tag from green sturgeon. The satellite tags, which are programmed to...
View ArticleAnglers Encouraged to Return Sturgeon Tags for Recognition and Monetary Reward
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed its annual sturgeon tagging program, catching and releasing nearly 400 sturgeon in Bay Area waters. Many of the tags are eligible...
View ArticleAnglers Urged to Return Overdue 2015 Sturgeon Fishing Report Cards
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is reminding sturgeon anglers to return their 2015 Sturgeon Fishing Report Cards as required by law. Although the deadline to report their catch...
View ArticleMap-based Sport Fishing Regulations Offers Ease of Use for Anglers
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has launched a beta release of an online location-based Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations tool to help anglers identify those regulations that...
View ArticleCDFW Rescue Efforts Save Listed Salmon, Steelhead and Sturgeon
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) biologists have rescued hundreds of fish — including dozens of endangered and threatened salmon, steelhead and sturgeon — that were stranded in...
View ArticleCDFW Busts Suspected Sturgeon Poachers; Sacramento County District Attorney...
Six Sacramento residents have been charged with multiple Fish and Game Code violations after California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officers concluded a multi-week investigation of a...
View ArticleFishing Report Cards Due Soon
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds anglers and divers that Jan. 31, 2017 is the due date for turning in steelhead, sturgeon, abalone and north coast salmon report card data....
View ArticleThreatened Green Sturgeon Rescued from Fremont Weir, Returned to Sacramento...
Biologists from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently saved a Sacramento River green sturgeon trapped in the Fremont Weir. The five-and-a-half-foot long fish was stranded in...
View ArticleAngling for a Big Sturgeon? Keep an Eye Out for a Reward Tag!
Tags, Report Cards are Important Data Collection Tools for Biologists Every year, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists rely on help from California anglers in order to monitor...
View ArticleFishing Report Cards Due Soon
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reminds anglers that Jan. 31, 2020 is the due date for turning in steelhead, sturgeon and north coast salmon report card data. Information...
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