CMA's dolphin-turned-movie star, who died in 2021, was also trapped in a crab trap as a calf. It was the rope of that tightly-wound trap that caused Winter to lose her tail flukes.

To reduce whale entanglements it makes sense for crab trap lines to mimic kelp. As any surfer can attest, kelp always lets you go. A wave crashes and sends you spinning in a kelp bed, the kelp ...

Carl Britt, biologist manager, unties the rope of a docked boat to take off for the crab trap rodeo at Lake Maurepas on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Javier Gallegos ...

The season will officially begin on Jan. 5, 2025, for areas south of Point Arena to the U.S./Mexico border. This area will be subject to a 50% trap reduction.

A pilot program to test new pop-up crab traps in the San Francisco Bay Area could mean a longer fishing season and lower prices on local Dungeness crab for consumers.

Carl Britt, biologist manager, unties the rope of a docked boat to take off for the crab trap rodeo at Lake Maurepas on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Javier Gallegos ...