Learn how to increase your chances of catching Dungeness crab from shore using a crab snare. This video covers essential gear ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Anglers drifting live bait are continuing to hook limits of striped bass and some halibut in San Francisco Bay as charter boat captains get ready for crab/deep water rockfish combos ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Commercial fishermen are most likely going to be crabby after the latest announcement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The opening of the Dungeness crab commercial ...

Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2023-2024 season. In order to avoid entanglements with the large number of whales feeding in nearshore areas along ...

LEWES, Del. (AP) — Researchers announced Wednesday that a new bait alternative may help reduce the number of horseshoe crabs harvested to be used as bait. Female horseshoe crabs are considered the ...

A crabbing vessel turns below a U.S. Coast Guard flyover inspection of crabbing ships along the Washington and Oregon coasts near Astoria, Ore., on Jan. 1, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo via AP, File) ...

The California Ocean Protection Council authorized more funding for "ropeless" fishing gear to be used to decrease the chance of whale and sea turtle entanglements. $650,000 will be given to advance ...

The Dungeness crab season off the California coast will be delayed because of the presence of humpback whales in the area and the threat of their entanglement, authorities said Friday. The California ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has delayed the opening of commercial crabbing season statewide to protect ...