though a California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group made up of fishermen, marine biologists, environmental group representatives and scientists and the California Department of Fish and ...

CDFW officials said while Dungeness crab has historically been available in time for the December holidays, the presence of whales in the fishing areas and entanglements in fishing gear have ...

For Fishing Zones 1 and 2 -- the area from the California-Oregon border to the Sonoma-Mendocino county line -- will have the start of the Dungeness crab season further delayed "due to the ...

Most of California's Dungeness crab fishing will be able to return on Jan. 5. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Dec. 20 that it will open commercial Dungeness crab ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Following an entanglement of a humpback whale in California crabbing gear and information showing many humpback whales are currently feeding off California, the state’s fish and ...

(CN) — After some delay to protect migrating humpback whale populations from entanglement in fishing gear, commercial fishing for Dungeness crab can start next month in the far north of California.

California’s Dungeness crab season is set to begin Jan ... Sonoma county line will officially open early next month. Fishing Zones 3, 4, 5 and 6, which stretch to the U.S.-Mexico border ...