Recreation Dungeness crab season will open on Nov. 1 along the coast of the Central Coast and the Monterey Bay, but with some ...

Again this year, California officials are delaying the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “numerous ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, a centerpiece of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in Northern California, will ...

Humpback whales and domoic acid contamination are putting the brakes on California's commercial Dungeness crab fishery this ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area.

The U.S. state of California has delayed the start of the commercial Dungeness crab season until 2026 after regulators ...

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have announced a statewide delay to the commercial Dungeness crab season ...

In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that commercial Dungeness crab fishing would be closed later this month along the ...

Crabs Credit: CDFW October 25, 2025 - The recreational Dungeness crab season will open beginning Nov. 1, 2025, except in northern California where it has been delayed due to a public health hazard.

California will close final Dungeness crab fishing zones on June 20 at 6 p.m. Closures aim to prevent humpback whale entanglements in commercial fish gear. Crab traps in closed zones may be retrieved ...

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday that it will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Sonoma/Mendocino County line to the U.S./Mexico border starting on Jan.