Department of Fish and Game

2005 News Releases

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December 22, 2005

Fish and Game Commission Approves Final Plan for Abalone Recovery and Management

Contacts: Ian Taniguchi, ARMP Coordinator, (562) 342-7182
Carrie Wilson, Office of Communications, (831) 649-7191

December 9, 2005

Second Dungeness Crab Season Delay Notification

December 1, 2005

Fishermen Must Return Punch Cards for the Now Closed 2005 Recreational Abalone Season

Contacts: Jerry Kashiwada, Associate Marine Biologist, (707) 964-5791
Carrie Wilson, Associate Marine Biologist, (831) 649-7191

November 18, 2005

DFG Will Suspend Recreational Cabezon Fishery on Dec. 1

Contacts: Deb Wilson-Vandenberg, (831) 649-2892
Debbie Aseltine-Nielsen, (858) 546-7150

November 1, 2005

Annual Quarantine Lifted for Sport-Harvested Mussels: Health Advisories for Some Seafood Remain in Effect in Three Counties

Contacts: Ken August or Lea Brooks, (916) 440-7660

October 19, 2005

DFG Urges Anglers to Catch and Release with Care

Contacts: Saltwater fishing, Ed Roberts, Marine Region, (562) 342-7199
Freshwater fishing, Dave Lentz, Inland Fisheries Division, (916) 445-3773
General, Alexia Retallack, Office of Communications, (916) 653-8124

September 21, 2005

DFG Will Close Commercial Cabezon Fishery Season on Oct. 1

Contacts: Deb Wilson-Vandenberg, Marine Region, (831) 649-2892
Robert Leos, Marine Region, (831) 649-2889
Carrie Wilson, Office of Communications, (831) 649-7191

September 19, 2005

Second Chance to Wet a Line as Statewide Free Fishing Day is Saturday, Sept. 24

Contacts: Joe Ferreira, Sacramento coordinator, (916) 358-1644
Brian Young, South Coast Region coordinator, (562) 342-7148
Central Coast Region, (707) 944-5500
Troy Swauger, Office of Communications, (916) 654-2096

September 8, 2005

Recreational ocean salmon season to close Sept. 11 north of Horse Mountain

Contacts: Marc Heisdorf, Marine Biologist, (707) 576-2873
Carrie Wilson, DFG Office of Communications (831) 649-7191

August 25, 2005

Southern California Ocean Sport Fishing Restrictions Will Change Sept. 1

Contacts: Ed Roberts, Marine Region (562) 342-7199
Carrie Wilson, DFG Office of Communications (831) 649-7191

July 28, 2005

Recreational Abalone Season Reopens Aug. 1

Contacts: Jerry Kashiwada, Marine Region, (707) 964-5791
Carrie Wilson, Marine Communications, (831) 649-7191

July 18, 2005

Commercial Greenlings Fishery Season Set to Close Aug. 1, 2005

Contacts: Deb Wilson-Vandenberg, DFG Marine Region, (831) 649-2892
Robert Leos, DFG Marine Region, (831) 649-2889

July 15, 2005

California Fish and Game Commission Announces Special Meetings to Solicit Public Comments

Contact: Robert R. Treanor, Fish and Game Commission, (916) 653-4899

June 24, 2005

DFG Creates an Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations Hotline

Contact: Ed Roberts, Marine Biologist, (562) 342-7199

June 24, 2005

Recreational Abalone Fishery Closes in July and will Reopen Aug. 1

Contacts: Jerry Kashiwada, Marine Region, (707) 964-5791
Carrie Wilson, DFG Office of Communications, (831) 238-2044

June 8, 2005

Events Highlight California's Free Fishing Day on Saturday, June 11

Contacts: Ethan Rotman, Fishing in the City, San Francisco Bay Area, (415) 892-0460
Joe Ferreira, Fishing in the City, Sacramento, (916) 358-1644
Troy Swauger, Office of Communications, (916) 654-2096

May 16, 2005

MLPA Initiative, Department of Fish and Game Announce Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group

Contacts: Melissa Miller-Henson, (530) 400-2545
Mike Wintemute, (916) 651-6443

May 6, 2005

DFG Asks Abalone Divers to Make Extra Effort to Accurately Record Catch

Contact: Glenn Underwood, DFG License Revenue Branch, (916) 227-2268

May 5, 2005

Department of Fish and Game Busts Nine in two Sacramento/San Francisco Sturgeon Caviar Poaching Operations

Contact: Steve Martarano, DFG Office of Communications, (916) 804-1714

April 12, 2005

MLPA Task Force Adopts Master Plan Framework Recommendation to Guide Creation of Marine Protected Areas

Contacts: Melissa Miller-Henson, (530) 400-2545
Mike Wintemute, (916) 651-6443

April 11, 2005

California MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force Selects Central Coast Study Region for Developing Alternative Network Components of Marine Protected Areas - Chair Phil Isenberg Also Announces Central Coast Project Manager

Contacts: Melissa Miller-Henson, (530) 400-2545
Mike Wintemute, (916) 651-6443

April 7, 2005

Marine Life Protection Act "Blue Ribbon Task Force" Holds Public Hearing in Pasadena

Contact: Mike Wintemute, (916) 651-6443

April 5, 2005

DFG Announces Additional Recreational Groundfish Opportunities

Contact: Carrie Wilson, Office of Communications (831) 649-7191

April 5, 2005

Back Bay Science Center Sponsors April 9 Shark Viewing and Shark Pup Naming Contest

Contacts: John Scholl, (949) 640-9959
Sue Lau (714) 639-7497

March 7, 2005

WCB Funds Largest Tidal Marsh Restoration Project on West Coast

Contacts: Al Wright, Executive Director WCB, (916) 445-8448
Larry Wyckoff, DFG Central Coast Region, (707) 944-5542

January 13, 2005

Recreational Ocean Salmon Season Opens Feb. 12, 2005 Between Horse Mountain and Point Arena

Contacts: Marc Heisdorf, Marine Biologist, (707) 576-2873
Ocean Salmon Project, (707) 576-2882

January 6, 2005

Marine Life Protection Act Science Advisory Team Members Announced; First Meeting Scheduled Friday in Oakland

Contact: Mike Wintemute, Deputy Director for Communications, (916) 651-6443