When winter weather settles on the Oregon Coast, crab boats wait for the all-clear announcement from the Oregon Department of ...

This was the third year of California-sponsored trials for the equipment used to catch Dungeness crabs while avoiding whale entanglements. Ropeless fishing gear is proving effective at avoiding whale ...

The Dungeness crab season is officially open on the West Coast, and we managed to catch our first crabs of the season! In this video, we take you along as we crab snare from shore and land our very ...

The 25/26 Dungeness Crab Season kicked off strong with a successful outing at around 120 FOW, yielding some nets with over 8 keepers while others came up empty. After 2-3 hours on the water, 30 nice ...

Years of shortened seasons have led many to leave the industry. But that's not stopping some younger generation fishermen.

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The first catch is in. Commercial Dungeness crab season officially started Sunday in Northern California. Crab fishermen were happy to be back at work, and the public was hungry ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- Recreational Dungeness crab season in the Bay Area is one of the most anticipated openers in California and it started at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday Nov. 3. The boat slips ...

Dr. Alan Shanks has spent decades predicting Oregon's valuable Dungeness crab harvest by studying the baby crabs, with ...

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 ...

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 ...