Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Traditional crabbing gear sits at a dock in Newport, the Dungeness Crab Capital of the World. Next spring, fishermen across Oregon ...

Marine Conservation Society volunteer Maria Munn calls for more crabbing gear recycling stations along Dorset’s coast after finding 98 abandoned nets.

Traps need to allow crabs to enter and exit freely The season for using crab pots in coastal marine areas is closed as of Sept. 16, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is ...

The gear lets fishermen use a remote-operated, acoustic release device to pop-up a crab pot from the ocean floor rather than have it tethered to a floating buoy. Pots can be strung together with ropes ...

Preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 34 whales were found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast in 2024, the highest number reported since 2018. The ...

For the sixth consecutive year, California officials are delaying the region’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “high abundance” of migrating humpback whales already getting ensnared by ...

MONTEREY, Calif. (KSBW) — Pop-up fishing gear is one step closer to becoming available to local crab fishermen. “We hope to see Monterey Bay fishermen really get back out on the water and keep ...

Again this year, California officials are delaying the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “numerous reports” throughout 2025 of migrating humpback whales getting ensnared by old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopts new rules to enforce vessel monitoring system and to begin testing pop-up gear in state ...