Collapsing salmon runs and restrictions on Dungeness crab have forced restaurants, charter boats and commercial fishers in ...

The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement the closure is meant to reduce entanglement risk to the ...

A crab trap restriction was implemented in Fishing Zone 4 (Pigeon Point to Lopez Point, Monterey County) on April 15, 2025.

"Fishing gear developers and fishermen pioneered a new way to fish for crab that virtually eliminates risk to migrating and ...

a San Francisco Dungeness crab fisherman who is among those participating in the pilot. "This is a way to get our industry ...

A new crab trap regulation will take effect next Thursday to protect whales off the coast of Northern California.

State officials said commercial fishery will remain open in Zones 1 and 2, which extend north from the Sonoma-Mendocino ...

According to NOAA officials, a humpback whale became entangled in crab traps in October. Rescue efforts led by the Large ...

Crab fishing this year began in early January, earlier than 2024’s January 18 start. Even then, there were 50 percent fewer ...