Our federal fisheries managers have declared cowcod stocks to be rebuilt, after careful analysis of new and more accurate fish stock assessment data. This is awesome news and I want every red-blooded ...

Shester, Ph.D., is the California campaign director and senior scientist for Oceana — the largest nonprofit dedicated solely to ocean conservation — and grew up in Carlsbad. Designating protected ...

The cowcod rockfish — given its bovine name for its beefy appearance — along with a few other species are not doing so well along the Central Coast, despite the fact that populations of other fish in ...

After a 20-year rockfish recovery effort, marine scientists and fishermen reached an unlikely compromise to protect fragile areas of the seafloor off Southern California’s coast while reopening others ...

Dock Totals 2/19– 3/4: 684 anglers aboard 34 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past two weeks caught 1 barracuda, 22 calico bass (88 released), 21 halfmoon, 1 halibut ...

In the Southern Management Zone (Point Conception to the Mexican border), our maximum allowable fishing depth has been temporarily reduced from 60 fathoms (360 feet) to 50 fathoms (300 feet), from Nov ...

For the second consecutive year, a low number of salmon is jeopardizing the California salmon season. Estimates are for 33,622 salmon this year, making it the second lowest number since the 2008-2009 ...

Local anglers and fishing related businesses are lamenting the lack of a salmon season this year. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife in accordance with the Pacific Fisheries Management ...

We’re getting closer to rockfish season opening up soon, and have a pretty solid idea of what it’s going to look like once it does. Salmon season is, officially, still unannounced, though there are ...