Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, usually a centerpiece of Christmas dinners in Northern California, will open Jan. 5 in central California waters, the state Department of Fish ...

CDFW is also lifting the temporary recreational crab trap restriction beginning Jan. 2, 2026, at 8:01 a.m., between the California/Oregon border and Cape Mendocino (40°10’ N. latitude) and between the ...

The U.S. state of California will open the central section of its coast to commercial Dungeness crab fishers on 5 January ...

The Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the ...

California officials will further restrict commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fishing next month south of the Sonoma-Mendocino county line to reduce entanglement risks for humpback whales ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab ends next week in the Bay Area, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said. The reason is to minimize the risk of humpback whales getting entangled in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is set to close off the San Francisco Bay Area coast on May 1, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Monday.

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, a centerpiece of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in Northern California, will be delayed until at least around the New Year, state officials said Friday.

Earlier this month, commercial snow crabs started hitting Unalaska’s docks again, for the first time in nearly three years. The Bering Sea snow crab fishery reopened in mid-October, after billions of ...