After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that ...

Officials explained that the whale entanglements off the West Coast reached a six-year high in 2024. There are confirmed ...

The state’s Fish and Wildlife Department says it will reevaluate the move later this month, depending on the risk fishing ...

State regulators in Washington have approved a new line marking rule for traps used in the state’s Dungeness crab fishery in the hopes of reducing the risk vertical lines pose to whales.

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 ...

Director Charlton H. Bonham has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and announced ...

In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that ...

The state’s Fish and Wildlife Department says it will reevaluate the move later this month, depending on the risk fishing ...