Press Releases

2016-10-3 Speakers announced for hearing on crab season domoic acid levels and first ever State Hearing on Aquaculture to be held in Bodega Bay

2016-9-28 First ever State Hearing on Aquaculture to be held in Bodega Bay next week

2016-9-23 Governor Brown signs McGuire’s Whale Protection Bill

2016-8-26 With skyrocketing entanglements, Senator McGuire’s whale protection bill heads to Governor’s desk

2016-8-9 State of the CA Crab Fishery Hearing Tomorrow

2016-8-3 State of the CA Crab Fishery: Domoic Acid Levels, '16 Harvest & New Rules In Place

2016-6-30 Senator McGuire’s whale protection bill one step closer with approval in Assembly committee this week

2016-5-18 Senator McGuire’s whale protection bill gains urgency in wake of several dramatic entanglements

2016-5-2 Senator McGuire issues statement on partial opening of Dungeness crab season

2016-4-26 Update on Crab Disaster Declaration and Domoic Acid Ocean Conditions at Fisheries Hearing April 28

2016-4-21 Senator McGuire appointed to Senate Appropriations Committee

2016-4-12 Senator McGuire’s whale protection bill approved in Natural Resources Committee

2016-3-31 Senator McGuire introduces bill to protect whales and keep ocean free of lost crab gear

2016-3-18 Senator McGuire responds to crab season opener

2016-2-9 Senator McGuire praises crab disaster declaration

2016-2-8 Crab disaster will headline Thusrday's Fisheries Hearing

2016-2-3 Senator McGuire announces Legislature’s 43rd annual Zeke Grader Fisheries Forum

2016-1-25 Coastal legislators request crab season disaster declaration

Letter to Governor Brown requesting declaration of disaster for California crab fishery

2015-12-11 McGuire and Wood Move Eureka District Offices

2015-12-3 Hearing on delayed crab season today at 3 pm

2015-11-30 All-star panel of experts confirmed for hearing on delayed crab season

2015-11-16 Senator McGuire and Assemblymember Wood host hearing on crab season delay

2015-11-6 Senator McGuire issues statement on delay of Dungeness crab season

2015-9-29 McGuire continues fight to support and protect the Smith River from strip mining

2015-9-2 Senator McGuire's Humboldt Bay Harbor bill signed by Governor Brown

2015-8-27 Senator McGuire vows to continue the fight for California Offshore oil ban


2015-7-7 The Time is Now: Senator McGuire’s Medical Marijuana regulation bill pushes forward with approval from Assembly committee

2015-6-29 Fisheries hearing will assemble impressive slate of experts to discuss impacts of historic drought and rogue marijuana grows

2015-6-24 California Fisheries in Crisis: Upcoming forum focuses on historic drought and marijuana grows and their devastating impact to CA watersheds

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