California's commercial ocean salmon fishing season is reopening after a three-year hiatus, as wildlife officials implement measures to help the population rebound.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to ...

Adult fall-run Chinook salmon congregate near the Nimbus Hatchery Fish Ladder on the American River in Sacramento County in this October 2012 file photo. (Photo by Carl Costas/California Department of ...

Efforts to bring back California's struggling salmon population are continuing, including a project in Redding. The work ...

California reopens commercial salmon fishing after three years as recovery efforts and habitat restoration help rebuild fish populations.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday that the season would close effective April 30 from the Oregon border down to Pigeon Point, due to the presence of endangered humpback ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab ends next week in the Bay Area, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The reason is to minimize the risk of humpback whales getting entangled in ...

The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season has been delayed for all of California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the presence of whales and leatherback sea turtles ...