A recent crash in population prompted a multi-partnership study to analyze crab abundance patterns in the Pacific Northwest.

Dungeness crab is a California classic. Since these crustaceans first took off commercially in San Francisco around 1848, California crabbers have been dropping their traps and hauling them in. The ...

One minute to go until the start of Dungeness crab season. In the pitch black sea, Day’s radiant orange buoys bob with the promise of a payday. In total, he has set out 250 crab traps.

Harrington said he caught one green crab after setting more than 200 traps in Sequim Bay last year. It was the first he’s found since 2022. At the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, Fawn Wagner, its ...

California’s Dungeness crab industry was once a booming business. But crabbers are now struggling with their hauls because of strict rules aimed at protecting whales. And many fishermen are ...

The officer found that they had two coolers filled with 84 Dungeness and red rock crab. The officer filed criminal charges for 1st-degree over limit, possession of female Dungeness crab ...

Entanglement in fishing gear is a leading threat to endangered whales and sea turtles. Trap fisheries, like California’s commercial Dungeness crab and New England lobster fisheries, are threatening ...

The Dungeness crab season had opened just a few weeks earlier ... meaning the fleet has fewer weeks to fish and can use just a fraction of its traps. And the weeks that are open to crabbing ...