The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season has been delayed for all of California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the presence of whales and leatherback sea turtles ...

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California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps because of the risk of humpback whale entanglements, authorities said Friday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dungeness crab fishermen Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund pull a crab pot out of the ocean off the Sonoma coast in January ...

California officials will further restrict commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fishing next month south of the Sonoma-Mendocino county line to reduce entanglement risks for humpback whales ...

Arya Surowidjojo / OPB Oregon’s valuable commercial Dungeness crab fishery has seen significant changes in recent years as the state looks to minimize and monitor whale entanglements involving gear ...

Much of California’s coast opened for commercial Dungeness crab fishing Sunday, finally allowing traps to be cast after months of delays. Dungeness crab season, which is normally expected to begin in ...

Preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 34 whales were found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast in 2024, the highest number reported since 2018. The ...

Due to the dangers presented to humpback whales, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced it will end commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fishing south of Pigeon Point, ...