In a significant enforcement action, a commercial fishing vessel operating out of Westport, Washington, has been apprehended ...

California’s Dungeness crab season is starting to end in Monterey Bay. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said it will close commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries in ...

The state’s Fish and Wildlife Department says it will reevaluate the move later this month, depending on the risk fishing lines pose to the whales.

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

State regulators in Washington have approved a new line marking rule for traps used in the state’s Dungeness crab fishery in ...

In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that commercial Dungeness crab fishing would be closed later ...

Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group is using a simple light trapping technique to collect survey data and learn more about ...

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 humpback whale that was first observed half a year ago off the Monterey coast to be entangled in lines from a Dungeness ...

California officials are limiting commercial Dungeness crab fishing along the coast — including off Sonoma County — to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear.

“Unfortunately, it has been six years we’ve been delayed or closed early for whales,” said Brand Little, a San Francisco Dungeness crab fisherman who is among those participating in the pilot.

State regulators in Washington have approved a new line marking rule for traps used in the state’s Dungeness crab fishery in ...