Press Releases

2020-8-14 Livestreamed Committee Event August 18: “Examining the Impact of the Klamath Dams on Tribes, Fisheries, the Environment, and Downstream Stakeholders”

2020-3-10 Fisheries experts, environmental leaders, to testify on impacts of President Trump's water grab to California’s rivers and fish

2019-12-10 Senator McGuire issues statement on Dungeness crab season opener

2019-11-15 Senator McGuire to host important hearing on Dungeness crab season along with creating fish friendly highways for endangered species

2019-9-17 Governor Newsom - Mike McGuire reappointment to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

2019-5-3 TODAY McGuire to host Hearing on Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on California’s Fisheries and Wildlife

2019-5-1 McGuire to host Hearing on Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on California’s Fisheries and Wildlife

  • Clip of Senator McGuire discussing the upcoming hearing

2019-4-25 McGuire to host Hearing on Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on California’s Fisheries and Wildlife

2019-3-19 McGuire re-named Chair of State’s Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture

2018-11-27 McGuire hosts Fisheries Hearing in San Francisco Focused on California’s Whale Protection Efforts and State of the State on 2018-19 Crab Season 

2018-11-21  McGuire Hosts Hearing on CA's Crab Season & Whale Protection Efforts Next Week!

2018-9-25 Governor signs McGuire’s bill that will benefit fishermen, fish buyers, the State’s economy and the environment

2018-3-8 McGuire hosts Legislature’s 45th Annual CA Fisheries Forum this afternoon

2018-3-5 McGuire hosts Legislature’s 45th Annual CA Fisheries Forum

2018-2-8 McGuire, fishermen, environmental organizations and leaders to rally in opposition to offshore oil proposal

2018-2-5 McGuire Introduces Resolution Opposing Trump’s Offshore Oil Proposal - see SR 73

2017-10-26 Senator McGuire to hold Fisheries Hearing Friday in Eureka

2017-8-24 Senator McGuire introduces Salmon Restoration & Protection Resolution

2017-6-14 Senator McGuire and Assemblymember Wood continue fight for salmon, and fishing fleet

2017-5-25 Senator McGuire responds to Governor’s request for federal salmon disaster

2017-5-22 Speakers announced for Salmon disaster hearing

2017-5-16 Senator McGuire to hold hearing on disastrous Salmon Collapse

2017-5-11 Senator McGuire responds to Governor’s May Budget revisions

2017-5-5 Senator McGuire, Assemblymember Wood request Governor declare Salmon Disaster

2017-3-22 McGuire announces Legislature's 44th Annual Fisheries Forum

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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