SAN FRANCISCO - The long-awaited Dungeness crab season for commercial fisherman, is finally kicking off Wednesday in the Bay Area. Commercial crabbers will be able to head out into a prime fishing zone stretching from Pescadero to the Mendocino-Sonoma County line. "We've been delayed ...
The commercial Dungeness crab season in California will come to an end early to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines, officials announced Thursday. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife said the shutdown of the commercial crab...
Dungeness crab season, which traditionally starts in mid-November, has repeatedly faced delays in recent years, which has brought frustrations to crab fishermen, who rely on the holiday haul to make a living. The previous crab seasonwas delayed until Jan. 18andended early on April 8due to...
“Fishing has been very good for the [Bristol Bay red king crab] fleet this season and the crab delivered so far has been of high quality — new shell, large size, good meat-fill,” said Alaska Department of Fish and Game Area Management Biologist Ethan Nichols. As of Wednesday afternoon...
While Juanes waits for the salmon population to recover, he's putting all his effort into crabbing. "Since the season opened, I've been home probably 10 days since January," Jaunes said. Despite difficult times, he says he's not ready to give up on something h...