Puget Sound crabbing kicks off Friday! While some Western Washington crabbing areas, like the South Coast / Pacific Ocean and Columbia River have yearlong crabbing seasons, the season starts July 1 in ...

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 ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Puget Sound summer crab seasons that will begin July 3 in many marine areas. “Crabbers will find that the 2025 summer seasons are ...

With Puget Sound now closed to recreational crab fishing, sport crabbers issued winter catch record cards have until Saturday to submit their catch reports. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

Several Puget Sound marine areas reopen for recreational crab fishing Wednesday, Oct. 1. “Crab harvest data reported on Catch Record Cards (CRC) from the summer season plays a critical role in ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (AP) - Over 12,000 crab pots are lost in Washington state's Puget Sound every year, costing an estimated $700,000 in lost harvest revenue, and more poignantly, damaging the sea ...