Cori Gardner of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve sets up and secures collapsible crab traps near the Padilla Bay shoreline. Plastic containers of mackerel sit at the center of ...

Under new rules, California’s fish and wildlife department may prohibit use of crab traps during part of the upcoming Dungeness recreational season.

Cori Gardner of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve sets up and secures collapsible crab traps near the Padilla Bay shoreline. Plastic containers of mackerel sit at the center of ...

Crab traps, or crab pots, are constructed so that crabs lured in by bait cannot exit. The traps are dropped, marked with buoys, and left for up to several days. They are required to have small escape ...