In a significant enforcement action, a commercial fishing vessel operating out of Westport, Washington, has been apprehended ...

State regulators in Washington have approved a new line marking rule for traps used in the state’s Dungeness crab fishery in ...

Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group is using a simple light trapping technique to collect survey data and learn more about ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

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.

A humpback whale that was first observed half a year ago off the Monterey coast to be entangled in lines from a Dungeness ...

The state’s Fish and Wildlife Department says it will reevaluate the move later this month, depending on the risk fishing ...

State regulators in Washington have approved a new line marking rule for traps used in the state’s Dungeness crab fishery in ...

Federal budget cuts to NOAA are delaying plans to prevent whale entanglements in Dungeness crab fishing gear, impacting both ...

“Unfortunately, it has been six years we’ve been delayed or closed early for whales,” said Brand Little, a San Francisco Dungeness crab fisherman who is among those participating in the pilot.