KINGSTON, Wash. - The M/V Salish ferry was taken out of service Wednesday, for the second time in less than 24 hours after getting tangled up with a crab pot. That caused delays on the Port Townsend ...

A 50-year-old crabber drowned after his kayak flipped and he got tangled in rope in Washington, deputies said. The man was crabbing Monday, July 1, in the Hood Canal in Seabeck, the Kitsap County ...

GEARHART, Ore. - Specialists say a 27-foot Gray Whale that washed up on the Oregon coast died after getting tangled in a rope from a crab pot. The whale washed ashore around 4 p.m. on Friday at ...

New rules set by Canada's Department of Oceans and Fisheries to limit the amount of crab pot rope that can be left floating on the surface won't have a major impact on snow crab harvesters in the Gulf ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A local crab fisherman has come up with a simple idea that could allow crab pots to remain at sea while keeping migrating whales safe. Crab fisherman who also fish for salmon during ...

Rockfish anglers have moved to the nearshore area now we’ve passed into November. The deep reefs past 300 feet are now closed until December. There are still plenty of rockies on the inside, though ...