Use today’s briefing to review wildlife-disease management, a commercial fishing closure and coastal safety before your next outing. Follow the linked agency notices for the details that apply to your plans.

Hunting and Seasons

• Wyoming: commission reviews CWD management: Wyoming’s November 6 commission update says CWD is present in 71% of elk herds and 95% of mule deer herds statewide (Wyoming Game and Fish). Those figures describe affected herds, not the percentage of individual animals infected (Wyoming Game and Fish). Game and Fish says season adjustments in some hunt areas support focused harvest efforts to reduce disease in higher-prevalence locations or limit spread to adjacent herds (Wyoming Game and Fish). Review the current rules for your hunt area rather than treating this management update as a new statewide season or bag-limit change (Wyoming Game and Fish).

As you check the rules for your particular hunt area, browse our Hunting collection.

Fishing and Regulations

• Alaska: two Kodiak commercial herring districts close: Alaska’s November 6 notice closed the Uganik and Uyak districts to Kodiak commercial herring fishing at noon that day (Alaska Department of Fish and Game). Emergency Order 4-FH-K-11-26 covers Uganik District (F/B 4) and Uyak District (F/B 5) in the commercial food/bait fishery, not a general recreational fishing closure (Alaska Department of Fish and Game). Each district opens and closes by emergency order, so check the latest Kodiak ADF&G notices before commercial operations rather than assuming neighboring waters share the same status (Alaska Department of Fish and Game).

For your separate recreational angling plans, confirm the applicable sport-fishing rules and browse our Fishing collection.

Water Safety

• California: hazardous surf continues through Monday: The National Weather Service’s November 7 Bay Area forecast keeps a Beach Hazards Statement in effect through Monday evening, November 9, with breaking waves of 12 to 16 feet expected at exposed beaches (National Weather Service). The San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast discussion warns of large shore break, sneaker waves and stronger rip currents; check the current statement for your exact beach (National Weather Service). Stay off jetties, piers, rocks and other waterside structures, and never turn your back on the ocean (National Weather Service). The same update flags coastal flooding around San Francisco, San Pablo and Monterey bays, so check local tide and advisory information before choosing a shoreline route (National Weather Service).

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Photo: National Park Service, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota. No individual photographer is identified. National Park Service mule deer photo source. Illustrative mule deer photograph, not a Wyoming CWD case or an animal known to be infected. No claim to original U.S. Government works.