Commercial Dungeness crabbing boats in Oregon have a three day window to set their traps before they can begin their harvest ...

Four conservation groups have petitioned the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to strengthen risk reduction measures to ...

Years of shortened seasons have led many to leave the industry. But that's not stopping some younger generation fishermen.

Oregon’s Dungeness crabbing season is underway on the coast after a roughly two-week delay.The Oregon Department of Fish & ...

Again this year, California officials are delaying the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “numerous reports” throughout 2025 of migrating humpback whales getting ensnared by old ...

After four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups today formally petitioned the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt ...

Conservation groups have submitted a petition to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, asking regulators to take action to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is set to close off the San Francisco Bay Area coast on May 1, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Monday.

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 ...

Two people were rescued Sunday morning after a commercial fishing vessel sank about three miles offshore west of Newport, ...

California will close final Dungeness crab fishing zones on June 20 at 6 p.m. Closures aim to prevent humpback whale entanglements in commercial fish gear. Crab traps in closed zones may be retrieved ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, a centerpiece of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in Northern California, will be delayed until at least around the New Year, state officials said Friday.