After facing a delay of several weeks due to an abundance of whales off the state’s coast, California has been starting the ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, a centerpiece of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in Northern California, will be delayed until at least around the New Year, state officials said Friday.

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab ends next week in the Bay Area, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The reason is to minimize the risk of humpback whales getting entangled in ...

Fisheries director at Oceana, Ben Enticknap, explained in the release: "The latest dead humpback whale should be a wake-up ...

Much of California’s coast opened for commercial Dungeness crab fishing Sunday, finally allowing traps to be cast after months of delays. Dungeness crab season, which is normally expected to begin in ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday it will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Sonoma/Mendocino County line to the U.S./Mexico border ...