A high-tech system that involves a remote-controlled pop-up balloon-like device is helping some fishermen from getting their ...

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

A Humpback whale swims off the coast of San Diego, California, in 2022, entangled with the lines of two commercial Dungeness crab traps. The line is deeply embedded in the flesh of the whale. (Photo ...

The closure was ordered by the state due to the higher concentration of humpback whales feeding offshore. California officials will further restrict commercial and recreational Dungeness crab ...

California's collapsing salmon runs and Dungeness crab rules have forced restaurants, charter boats and commercial fishers in Bodega Bay to adapt.

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

Local Dungeness crab has become more expensive ... become entangled in ropes that connect floating buoys to crab traps on the seafloor. These synthetic lines can slice deep into their skin ...

One minute to go until the start of Dungeness crab season. In the pitch black sea, Day’s radiant orange buoys bob with the promise of a payday. In total, he has set out 250 crab traps.

a San Francisco Dungeness crab fisherman who is among those participating in the pilot. "This is a way to get our industry back," he said. Justin Middleton transports crab traps past pop-up gear ...

Crab fishing this year began in early January, earlier than 2024’s January 18 start. Even then, there were 50 percent fewer traps deployed to attempt to protect whales in the area. To that end ...