Harvesting Dungeness using hoop nets or crab snares remains legal, as neither of the techniques includes overnight or multi-day soaks that can cause whale entanglements.

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Anglers are allowed to use hoop nets, crab snares and to take crab by hand for now. The season is scheduled to run through June 30. Unlike rigid crab traps, ...

O. n a rainy, windswept afternoon in November, Kaitlyn Bui stands near the water’s edge on Ocean Beach, casting a reel into the sea. It’s a few weeks into the recreational crab fishing season here in ...

Recreational fishing by crabbers who use alternate methods, such as hoop nets and crab snares, is allowed during a temporary trap restriction, the wildlife agency said. The next risk assessment ...

Recreational crabbing is still slated to begin on November 4, but crabbers in Zones 3 and 4 (which includes the Bay Area) will only be allowed to use hoop nets and crab snares, officials said ...

Recreational crabbers will be able to use other methods, including hoop nets and crab snares. North of the Mendocino-Sonoma county line to the Oregon border, commercial crabbing will only be ...

Californians hoping for a delicious Dungeness crab Christmas dinner may be disappointed again this winter. Poor crab meat quality and humpback whale entanglements prompted the California ...

Steamed, boiled, even microwaved — Dungeness crab has been a longtime Bay Area food tradition. But as is widely known, for the fourth year in a row, local Dungeness crab ...