In a bid to safeguard migrating humpback whales from entanglement risks, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director, Charlton H. Bonham, has announced significant alterations to both commercial
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton H. Bonham announced that he had evaluated the entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and declared a fishery
Gray whale migration is officially in season. Every October, the gray whales of the Pacific begin a two-to-three-month migration from the cold Alaskan seas to the warm waters of Baja,
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Oct. 28 that the recreational take of Dungeness crab using crab traps was temporarily restricted statewide until the season opened on
CALIFORNIA— On March 25, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced the closure of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Fishing Zones 3, 4, 5, and 6 (Sonoma/Mendocino
HONOLULU (AP)—A number of private boats helped a team of federal responders free a young humpback whale from heavy gauge fishing gear off Hawai’i, officials said. A dive boat alerted
The Center of Biological Diversity (CBD) announced Oct. 3 it filed a lawsuit against California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, alleging the state agency is responsible for recent whale and
SACRAMENTO — A proposal to require California’s legislature to provide grant funds to qualified environmental organizations for emergency responses to marine mammal and sea turtle entanglements was vetoed by Gov.
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