Dungeness crab season has hit a snag in California. The recreational Dungeness crab season officially opened on November 1, 2025. However, the commercial season remains closed and is delayed until at ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We've had a lot of discouraging news recently about the Dungeness crab season being delayed here in the Bay Area. But a recent big development could help turn the situation ...

The U.S. state of California is set to close more of its Dungeness crab fishery to traditional gear as regulators anticipate ...

SEATTLE — Researchers are waging a quiet battle in the Pacific Northwest to protect one of the region’s most iconic species — the Dungeness crab. Using light traps, scientists at the MaST Center ...

The recreational Dungeness crab season is set to open Nov. 1, except in Northern California, where it has been delayed for another year for health reasons. State health agencies found that the ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California crabbers are experimenting with a new fishing method that allows them to stay on ...

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 ...

A Humpback whale swims off the coast of San Diego, California, in 2022, entangled with the lines of two commercial Dungeness crab traps. The line is deeply embedded in the flesh of the whale. (Photo ...

A Humpback whale swims off the coast of San Diego, California, in 2022, entangled with the lines of two commercial Dungeness crab traps. The line is deeply embedded in the flesh of the whale. (Photo ...

EVERETT, Wash. — The Puget Sound is basically the crab fishing capital of the recreational world! It's where weekend warriors and seasoned anglers alike come to fill their buckets with Dungeness crabs ...