The once-thriving sardine population — made famous in John Steinbeck’s novel “Cannery Row” — has taken a nosedive along the West Coast, where regulators are considering a ban on reeling in the tiny ...

The Pacific sardine fishery is likely to be closed to direct fishing next season, because the population of small fish has declined below federally mandated limits. The Pacific Fishery Management ...

Noting the continuous positive impact of a seasonal ban on sardine fishing, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

Federal fishery regulators on Wednesday approved an early closure of the commercial sardine season off Oregon, Washington and California -- shutting down the harvest of the highly sought fish for at ...

West Coast fisheries managers will likely shut down sardine fishing this year as numbers decline, echoing a previous collapse that decimated a thriving industry and increasing worries that other ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently announced a major change for fishermen along the Southern California coast. As of June 13, 2025, the state has lifted restrictions on ...

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West Coast fisheries managers likely will shut down sardine fishing this year as numbers decline, echoing a previous collapse that decimated a thriving industry and increasing worries that other ...

West Coast fisheries managers will likely shut down sardine fishing this year as numbers decline, echoing a previous collapse that decimated a thriving industry and increasing worries that other ...

A sardine fishery on the Pacific is an iconic endeavor, like corn farming in Iowa, shrimping in Louisiana or cod fishing in New England. But like any of those, it has had severe ups and downs in the ...

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Jim Waters of Ventura caught a 35-pound yellowtail aboard the Island Spirit. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Ken Cozzens of Ventura caught a 12-pound lingcod aboard the Island Spirit. Propelled by ...

I found Sardine Lakes (Upper and Lower) by looking down on them from the Sierra Buttes Lookout Tower. In Sierra County these mountain lakes are majestic, poised in the midst of tall pines on jagged ...