State regulators in Washington have approved a new line marking rule for traps used in the state’s Dungeness crab fishery in ...

In a significant enforcement action, a commercial fishing vessel operating out of Westport, Washington, has been apprehended ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California ...

In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that ...

Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group is using a simple light trapping technique to collect survey data and learn more about ...

Federal budget cuts to NOAA are delaying plans to prevent whale entanglements in Dungeness crab fishing gear, impacting both ...

Officials explained that the whale entanglements off the West Coast reached a six-year high in 2024. There are confirmed ...

The state’s Fish and Wildlife Department says it will reevaluate the move later this month, depending on the risk fishing ...

A humpback whale that was first observed half a year ago off the Monterey coast to be entangled in lines from a Dungeness ...

California officials are limiting commercial Dungeness crab fishing along the coast — including off Sonoma County — to ...

“Unfortunately, it has been six years we've been delayed or closed early for whales,” said Brand Little, a San Francisco Dungeness crab fisherman who is among those participating in the pilot ...