On January 5 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission began its ten-day-long blue crab trap closure. This closure gives groups, authorized by the FWC, time ...

Dungeness crab ... year commercial fishing for these crabs was delayed. The decision was made to protect migrating humpback whales from potentially becoming entangled in the crab traps.

Dungeness crab season, which is normally expected to begin in November, opened to fishermen at 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning in ...

The commercial season, which used to open in November, was delayed again this year to protect migrating humpback whales from entanglement with the lines that connect the crab traps to the buoys ...

Many commercial fishermen in Humboldt County expressed frustration with the wait — and with these types of delays becoming a ...

Many fishermen planned to retrieve their crab pots at 12:01 a.m. They were allowed to set their traps on Thursday ... Typically the commercial season starts in mid-November.

Thus, the commercial crab season for Northern California will not begin until Jan. 15 at 12:01 a.m. under a 25 percent trap reduction. A pre-soak period will begin on Jan. 12, 2025, at 8:01 a.m ...

Junior Jimenez holds up Dungeness crabs after unloading it from a fishing boat during the first official day of commercial crab fishing season ... the reduction in traps has helped and Bonham ...

Chelsey Ellis is the executive director of the Area A Crab Association, which represents 42 commercial crab fishing vessels and ... “This year we wanted to help make the biggest and best Crab Trap ...