Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state's fish and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Test results are in on a technology that could help keep a popular Bay Area seafood on the table. They're specially designed traps to fish for Dungeness crab, without ...

TO STILL GO OUT AND TURN A PROFIT DURING WHALE MIGRATION SEASON... WHILE KEEPING OUR MARINE LIFE SAFE... NORMAL CRAB TRAPS SIT ON THE SEA FLOOR WITH A LINE TRAVELING UP TO A BUOY AT THE SURFACE ...

The California Ocean Protection Council authorized more funding for "ropeless" fishing gear to be used to decrease the chance of whale and sea turtle entanglements. $650,000 will be given to advance ...

A crabbing vessel turns below a U.S. Coast Guard flyover inspection of crabbing ships along the Washington and Oregon coasts near Astoria, Ore., on Jan. 1, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo via AP, File) ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Anglers drifting live bait are continuing to hook limits of striped bass and some halibut in San Francisco Bay as charter boat captains get ready for crab/deep water rockfish combos ...

The wiry cubes used to haul in plump blue crabs headed for boiling pots across south Louisiana are an example of old-school efficiency – except when they’re abandoned. The large number of abandoned or ...

Crab trap floats found on beaches can be identified by their markings. Float colors and numbering formats can sometimes indicate their origin. Beachcombers walking along the Texas coast often find ...