After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation ...

No Dungeness crabs on the table this Christmas - and that's becoming par for the course in the industry. The crabbing season ...

This was the third year of California-sponsored trials for the equipment used to catch Dungeness crabs while avoiding whale entanglements. Ropeless fishing gear is proving effective at avoiding whale ...

Washington will open up the southernmost portion of its coast – from Klipsan Beach south to the Oregon border – on 31 ...

This week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife completed its assessment of the Monterey Bay, finding that there are not enough humpback whales in the area to warrant the stoppage of the ...

Preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 34 whales were found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast in 2024, the highest number reported since 2018. The ...

California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps ...

The Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the ...

CDFW is also lifting the temporary recreational crab trap restriction beginning Jan. 2, 2026, at 8:01 a.m., between the California/Oregon border and Cape Mendocino (40°10’ N. latitude) and between the ...

The U.S. state of California will open the central section of its coast to commercial Dungeness crab fishers on 5 January ...

Crabs are biting well this summer in New Jersey. The blue claw crab is being found in tidal creeks, rivers and shallow bays along the coast. The Barnegat Bay area in Ocean County is known to be a ...