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Angler Report

Recreational Lobster Fishing Information

Peter Tietz 09/25/202001/20/2021 Angler Report, CA State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

California’s coastal waters are home to a multitude of invertebrates (species lacking a bony skeleton). The California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) takes a particularly special place within this group as a highly sought-after target of both California’s recreational and commercial…

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California Squid Fishery In the Spotlight on the Central Coast.

Peter Tietz 08/22/202009/30/2020 Angler Report, News

The market squid fishery is busy at work on Monterey Bay. Market squid, also called calamari, are small invertebrates that periodically frequent shallower waters off the California coast. These slippery siblings of octopuses live very short lives (five to nine months) and…

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Anglers Report June

Peter Tietz 06/12/202001/20/2021 Angler Report, SCYA Announcements

An angler fishing recently in Baja California Sur, Mexico, caught an 88-pound white seabass that could break a 67-year-old world record. Ricardo Reyes Martinez landed the giant seabass on April 30, but the International Game Fish Assn. announced the catch…

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The Three Plastic Islands

Peter Tietz 05/01/202001/20/2021 Angler Report, News

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also know as the Pacific Trash Vortex or gyre, is located in the central North Pacific Ocean and is larger than the state of Texas. There are also garbage patches in the Indian and Atlantic…

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Sea Lions cash cows or pariahs

Peter Tietz 03/30/202001/20/2021 Angler Report, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

Sea lions are cash cows in the Bay Area. Farther south, fishermen say, ‘Shoot ‘em’ The welcome mat for California sea lions has been rolled out in San Francisco but is nowhere to be seen in La Jolla and many…

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Blue Fin Tuna brings $1.8mil

Peter Tietz 02/25/202004/13/2020 Angler Report, News

From our Feb Anglers Report: $1.8 million spent on a Big Tuna at a New Year’s auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market! Kiyoshi Kimura, known as the “Tuna King,” operates a restaurant chain Sushi Zanmai, and paid 193 million yen…

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It’s Lobster Season

Peter Tietz 12/01/201912/23/2019 Angler Report, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, Governmental

A legal-sized lobster carapace is as large or larger than the fixed gap of the measuring gauge. A California sport fishing license with ocean enhancement stamp is required to take lobster south of Point Arguello. Divers must keep their fishing…

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Lobster Season Starts

Peter Tietz 09/13/201811/03/2018 Angler Report, CA State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways, News

The 2018-19 lobster season opened at 6:00 AM on September 29, 2018 and ends on March 20, 2019. Report Cards must be returned by April 30, 2019. Our beaches are popular for lobster fishing but can be hazardous for divers…

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Sharks are Protected — June Angler Report

Peter Tietz 06/13/201704/13/2020 Angler Report, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

CDFW Reminds Anglers that White Sharks are Protected From Fishing White shark As the summer months approach and with increased sightings of white sharks off Southern California beaches, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is issuing a reminder…

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Quarantine of Sport-Harvested Mussels Began May 1

Peter Tietz 05/02/201707/07/2017 Angler Report, CA State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced the annual quarantine of sport-harvested mussels gathered along the California coast. The quarantine begins May 1 and applies to all species of mussels that are recreationally harvested along the California coast,…

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    • SCYA May Board Zoom Meeting
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