Marine Region

Marine Region Mission: To protect, maintain, enhance, and restore California's marine ecosystems for their ecological values and their use and enjoyment by the public through good science and effective communication.

Marine Protected Areas

• Marine Protected Areas: Maps and Regulations
• Marine & Coastal Map Viewer
• MPA Mobile Website

 

Going Ocean Fishing?

Sport Fishermen, check out our easy-to-use California Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations Map. Simply click the portion of the California coast where you plan to fish, and you will access a summary of current Sport Fishing Regulations for that area.

Learn more about this 21 pound 5 ounce Pacific bonito and other California record ocean sportfish.

 

Shellfish and Finfish Health Advisories

For warnings about consuming local shellfish or finfish, view the Health Advisories for California Finfish, Shellfish and Crustaceans web page.

 

Ocean Fishing Regulations

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  2013-2014 Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations Booklet
• 2013-2014 Freshwater and Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations Supplement
• 2013-2014 In-Season Regulation Changes
• Commercial Fishing Information
  • Groundfish Trip Limit Tables
• Marine Protected Area Information for Fishermen
• For Current Recreational Groundfish Fishing Regulations, call (831) 649-2801, or view a summary of current regulations.
• For Current Ocean Salmon Regulations, call (707) 576-3429, or view a summary of current regulations.

 

Marine Management News

Marine Management News is published by the Marine Region of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and is for everyone interested in the management and conservation of California's living marine resources.

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  Read the latest issue
• Sign up for a free online subscription to Marine Management News

 

California Fishing Passport

A new fishing incentive and recognition program to highlight and promote fishing throughout the state. Pick up your free copy of the California Fishing Passport book listing 150 different popular fresh and saltwater finfish and shellfish that occur throughout the state. Try to catch one of every species listed, and you will receive stamps in your passport book documenting each achievement.

 

New Additions

• CDFW Invites Public Comment on White Shark CESA Candidacy
  Posted 6/19/2013
• Background Rationale for CDFW Recommendation to Fish and Game Commission on Abalone Management
  Posted 6/13/2013
• Summary of 2013 California Recreational Ocean Salmon Seasons
  Updated 6/10/2013
• Pacific Halibut Information
  Posted 6/4/2013
• CDFW Holds Open Meetings for Public Release of Salmon Production and Water Operations Tools
  Posted 6/3/2013
• CDFW Officers Cite Two for Abalone Poaching in Marine Protected Area
  Posted 5/23/2013
• 2013-2014 Freshwater and Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations Supplement
  Posted 5/16/2013
• May 10th, 2013 Klamath Management Zone Commercial Salmon Season Closure
  Posted 5/9/2013
• Status of the Fisheries Reports
  Includes Status of the Fisheries Report Updates Through 2011
  Posted 5/9/2013
• 2013 Draft Supplemental Environmental Document for Pacific Herring
  Posted 5/8/2013
• Annual Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Begins
  Links to California Department of Public Heath website
  Posted 4/24/2013
• Summary of 2013 California Commercial Ocean Salmon Seasons
  Updated 4/22/2013
• Fish and Game Commission Adopts 2013 Salmon Regulations
  Posted 4/17/2013
• Fish and Game Commission to Adopt 2013 Salmon Regulations
  Posted 4/16/2013
• California Creates a Globally Significant Network of Marine Protected Areas
  Posted 4/15/2013
• Abalone Poachers Sentenced to Probation, Community Service, Fined and Lose Gear
  Posted 4/10/2013
• Sea Urchin Fishery Information
  Updated 4/10/2013
• 2013-2014 California Commercial Fishing Digest
  Posted 4/3/2013
• NOAA Reminds Public to Keep a Safe Distance from Sick Sea Lions
  NOAA News Release
  Posted 4/2/2013
• Diving Safety Program
  Updated 3/21/2013
• Recreational Ocean Salmon Season to Open South of Horse Mountain on April 6
  Posted 3/20/2013
• CDFW Wildlife Officers Stop and Cite Channel Islands Fishermen
  Posted 3/20/2013
• CDPH Lifts Extended Mussel Quarantine and Health Advisory for Humboldt and Del Norte Counties
  Links to California Department of Public Health website
  Posted 3/15/2013
• CDFW Offers Recovering Service Members Reduced Fee Licenses
  Posted 3/5/2013
• Marine Invertebrate Survey and Assessment Project
  Posted 3/5/2013
• New Sport Ocean Fishing Regulation Changes for 2013
  Posted 3/1/2013
• CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat Sport-Harvested Bivalve Shellfish from Marin County
  Links to California Department of Public Health website
  Posted 2/28/2013
• New Protections for White Shark Effective March 1
  Posted 2/27/2013
• Salmon 2013 Preseason Process
  Updated 2/27/2013
• Fishery Status Update: Northern California Red Abalone
  Posted 2/26/2013
• White Shark CESA Candidacy Process
  Posted 2/25/2013
• New Recreational Groundfish Regulations Effective March 1
  Posted 2/22/2013
• Summary of 2013 Recreational Groundfish Fishing Regulations
  Posted 2/20/2013
• 2013-2014 Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations
  Effective March 1, 2013
  Posted 2/19/2013