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 season, which is normally expected to begin in November, opened to fishermen at 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning in all but two zones along the coast.

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 ...

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.

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.

Jan. 5—Much of California's coast opened for commercial Dungeness crab fishing Sunday, finally allowing traps to be cast after months of delays. Dungeness crab season, which is normally expected ...

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

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 ...