As part of its ongoing plan to prevent the entanglements, last year, the state of Oregon mandated that commercial crabbing operations reduce the number of pots they deploy and stick to shallower ...

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) rejected a petition filed by conservation NGOs seeking new rules to reduce the ...

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Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishing community came out in force Friday against proposed rule changes aimed at protecting humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear. The rules, proposed in a ...

COMMERCIAL DUNGENESS CRAB SEASON WILL CLOSE EARLY THIS SEASON. ALL CRAB FISHERIES IN CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF SONOMA WILL SHUT DOWN ON APRIL 8TH. CRAB SEASON AN INCREASE OF HUMPBACK WHALES IN CRABBING ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area. Commercial Dungeness crabbing, scheduled to open Nov. 15, is likely to be delayed. In order ...

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 ...

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 this month along the ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday that it will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Sonoma/Mendocino County line to the U.S./Mexico border starting on Jan.

Dungeness crabs are weighed at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay on the first day of the 2018 commercial season. State officials announced Friday that the final Northern California fishing zones ...