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

California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in ...

Dungeness crab fishers using convention equipment face peril. Thankfully, 'pop-up' equipment can save the whales and their jobs.

Generations of fishermen have fueled a vibrant Coastside community, but for an increasing number of fishermen, passion isn’t ...

Crab is back on the menu. California’s commercial Dungeness crab season, which opened in January and is expected to last through April, is now in full swing. That means fresh, tender crab meat is ...

The Dungeness crab season had opened just a few weeks earlier ... Crab pots sit on the ocean floor, with more than 200 feet of rope attaching them to buoys at the surface.

Two years prior, the department had partnered with the California Ocean Protection Council and the National Marine Fisheries Service to form the California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group.

A fleet advisory for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in all waters off Oregon was issued Jan. 30 by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Marine Resources Program.

Oregon's commercial Dungeness crab fishery is under increasing pressure to address whale entanglements after a ...