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 ...

California's fishing fleet depends on catching Chinook salmon. Low population numbers could lead regulators to shut down or ...

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.

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

To the editor: Entanglement in crab fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to whales — highly intelligent, complex, majestic animals. (“New fishing gear means California can have its crab ...

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) ...

The Dungeness crab season had opened just a few ... to and from tropical breeding grounds get entangled in commercial crab fishing gear, encounters that often end in mutilation or death.

The Dungeness crab season had opened just a few ... to and from tropical breeding grounds get entangled in commercial crab fishing gear, encounters that often end in mutilation or death.

Dungeness crab fishermen pull a crab pot out of the ocean near Bodega Bay, Calif. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) After Stephen A. Smith Said He’d Divorce Serena Williams Over That ...

Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone are among the coastal species that appear most vulnerable to climate risks.

Annually, regional fishing fleets land over 8,200 tons of Dungeness crab, contributing an average of over $45 million dollars to local and regional coffers each year. While this crab fishery ...