After four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups today formally petitioned the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt ...

Whale entanglements on the U.S. West Coast in 2024 were the highest since 2018, according to a National Oceanic and ...

Commercial Dungeness crabbing boats in Oregon have a three day window to set their traps before they can begin their harvest ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California crabbers are experimenting with a new fishing method that allows them to stay on ...

Crew members Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund throw out line while setting crab pots off the Sonoma County coast. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It was a calm January morning, the ...

Conservation groups have submitted a petition to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, asking regulators to take action to ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area. Commercial Dungeness crabbing, scheduled to open Nov. 15, is likely to be delayed. In order ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We've had a lot of discouraging news recently about the Dungeness crab season being delayed here in the Bay Area. But a recent big development could help turn the situation ...

Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater’s Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay Area, ...

This story is published in cooperation with Willamette Week and the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission. Oregon Dungeness crab, our state’s official crustacean, is internationally lauded as a culinary ...

University of Oregon biology professor Alan Shanks created a way to predict the size of Oregon's Dungeness crab catch by ...