Humpback whale populations have increased, but a change in migration patterns has them staying in Monterey Bay during the ...

California's Dungeness crab industry is under increasing regulation because of concerns over whales getting entangled in fishing gear. With a truncated season and sharp limits on gear, crabbers wonder ...

It's tragic when whales get tangled in crab fishing gear. But we should worry for the crabs being caught, cooked and eaten.

The Dungeness crab fleet has been cut in half since 1980, and with other fisheries facing their own challenges, the overall California commercial fishing fleet shrank by 80% in the same period.

As climate change has destabilized large parts of the local fishing industry, western Washington has turned its focus to the dungeness crab, a valuable species in the state’s fishing and ...

Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery is under increasing pressure to address whale entanglements after a ...

WDFW opened their state’s coastal season after detailed test fishing and data analysis. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries/ Austin Trigg After months of delays, the West Coast has officially begun the ...

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) ...