PORT ARANSAS, Texas — You know the Little Mermaid song “Under the Sea,” right? Well, what you might not be seeing from above the sea are abandoned crab traps. That’s why Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

A lobster trip turns into an unexpected underwater recovery mission when the crew starts pulling lost commercial stone crab traps from the seafloor. Some are empty, some are loaded with crabs, and one ...

The wiry cubes used to haul in plump blue crabs headed for boiling pots across south Louisiana are an example of old-school efficiency – except when they’re abandoned. The large number of abandoned or ...

Reaching out of the boat with a long metal hook, marine biologist Parker White snagged the slimy buoy bobbing off the southeastern coast of Lake Maurepas on a recent windy, gray morning. As fellow ...

The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and lobster traps, which can dilute harvests and kill other fish in coastal waters from Maine to Alaska. The ...

Crab trap floats found on beaches can be identified by their markings. Float colors and numbering formats can sometimes indicate their origin. Beachcombers walking along the Texas coast often find ...

A female gray wolf in British Columbia was observed dragging an underwater crab trap ashore to access herring bait, a ...

Update: A decision was made Nov. 1 to restrict the use of traps in two zones and to delay the commercial season in those zones as well. Click here for the update. Under new rules, California’s fish ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Test results are in on a technology that could help keep a popular Bay Area seafood on the table. They're specially designed traps to fish for Dungeness crab, without ...