California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps because of the risk of humpback whale entanglements, authorities said Friday.

The California Dungeness crab commercial fishing will begin this year on Jan. 5, which will be past its traditional holiday season opener but in time for Lunar New Year celebrations. The California ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday that the season would close effective April 30 from the ...

(BCN) — Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, usually a centerpiece of Christmas dinners in Northern California, will open Jan. 5 in central California waters, the state Department of Fish and ...

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

This week, fishermen off the Humboldt County coast are entering their second week of commercial Dungeness crab season after a month-long delay protracted the beginning of the season to the first of ...

To protect humpback whales, the Bay Area’s commercial crab-fishing season will come to a close April 30, state officials ...

San Francisco crabbers who must wait once more to search for crustaceans say this season’s delay continues a yearslong trend that conflicts with traditional customer demand. Officials at the ...

The commercial Dungeness crab season off the Bay Area is about to hit a hard pause. The California Department of Fish and ...

There’s no local Dungeness crab for Christmas or New Year’s, but there should be plenty soon if you want to build your Super Bowl party or Valentine’s Day dinner around the West Coast’s favorite ...