This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The opening of California’s Dungeness crab commercial fishery was delayed to Jan. 1 to protect humpback whales ...

TURNED OVER TO A LAB FOR TESTING. ANOTHER DELAY FOR CRAB SEASON HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST. AGAIN OVER CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF HUMPBACK WHALES. THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SAYS THEY’VE ...

Cameron Selck flips over a crab that had landed upside down in a crate at Half Moon Bay’s Pillar Point Harbor. Keeping the crabs upright is important to keep them alive and fresh. Photo by Anna ...

Pacific Coast residents have a longstanding holiday tradition of eating Dungeness crab, named after Dungeness Bay in Washington State, where the first commercial fishing for the species took place.

Crew members Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund throw out line while setting crab pots off the Sonoma County coast. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It was a calm January morning, the ...

Invasive European green crabs were first detected in Alaska three years ago, on Annette Island in southern Southeast. The ...

The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season has been delayed for all of California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the presence of whales and leatherback sea turtles ...

It's Oregon Dungeness crab season! Crystal Adams, executive director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, joined us to share what we can expect for the rest of the season. She was joined by Chef ...

EVERETT, Wash. — The Puget Sound is basically the crab fishing capital of the recreational world! It's where weekend warriors and seasoned anglers alike come to fill their buckets with Dungeness crabs ...

On this Veterans Day, Joe Rosato Jr. has the story of one Bay Area family on the receiving end of a small gesture that made a ...

After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California crabbers are experimenting with a new fishing method that allows them to stay on ...