Commercial Dungeness crab gear has entangled at least ... as problematic with the environmental solution. Typically, the crab season cools off at this point of the season. About 5,000 fewer ...

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

"This year, we shortened it (the season) given the heightened risk of migrating whales coming back up the coast," CDFW director Chuck Bonham told CBS News. The commercial Dungeness crab season ...

At 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 4, commercial fisherman Barry Day is 10 miles off the coast of Half Moon Bay, watching the clock. One minute to go until the start of Dungeness crab season. In the pitch ...

The conflict between protecting endangered species and supporting vital cultures is at play in other places as well. In ...

Sonoma Coast restaurants often walk a fine line, balancing culinary creativity with tourist expectations. Many visitors come ...

Salmon bans and crab fishing restrictions force fishing towns to find new income. California’s coastal fishing towns are scrambling to adapt as salmon fishing is banned for a third year and crab ...

The number of adult female, male and juvenile crabs in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia raises concern for experts.

Blue crab populations in the Chesapeake Bay took a sizable hit in 2025, marking a need for more cautious harvest regulations, ...