(BCN) — In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that commercial Dungeness crab fishing would be closed later this month ...

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 ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. Dungeness crab season has officially kicked ...

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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 ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday that the season would close effective April 30 from the Oregon border down to Pigeon Point, due to the presence of endangered humpback ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish ...

Dungeness crabs are pulled out of a crab pot near Bodega Bay, Calif., on Jan. 30. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: Entanglement in crab fishing gear is one of the biggest ...

The region’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the migrating behemoths of the sea have safely made their way down the coast. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is set to close off the San Francisco Bay Area coast on May 1, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Monday.