The Dungeness crab fishery is under increasing regulation as California tries to prevent whales from getting entangled in fishing gear. Facing a truncated season and sharp limits on how many pots ...

On Thursday, California wildlife officials announced that the commercial Dungeness crab season will continue ... part of the state from Reading Rock, between Arcata and Crescent City, to the ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife ... coon-striped shrimp or rock crab, said Ogg. “The Dungeness crab industry is held accountable for everything that occurs,” he said.

Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the marine species most vulnerable to the changing climate's ...

Most of California's Dungeness crab fishing will be able to return on Jan. 5. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Dec. 20 that it will open commercial Dungeness crab ...

Protecting leatherbacks under the California Endangered Species Act would make them a state conservation priority. Despite the lack of regular monitoring of state fisheries, leatherback sea turtles ...

An endangered leatherback sea turtle was also found dead and entangled in rock crab gear. The Center filed its lawsuit after whale entanglements off California’s coast broke records for three straight ...

The anemic hauls so early in the season mark the latest setback for California's commercial Dungeness crab fishery, a roughly $45-million-a-year industry that delivers one of the state's most ...

Crew members Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund throw out line while setting crab pots off the Sonoma County coast. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) ...