Dungeness crab season has hit a snag in California. The recreational Dungeness crab season officially opened on November 1, ...

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

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

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

Bay Area seafood lovers hoping to serve fresh Dungeness crab for Thanksgiving or Christmas are out of luck again this year.

Again this year, California officials are delaying the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “numerous reports” throughout 2025 of migrating humpback whales getting ensnared by old ...

A Humpback whale swims off the coast of San Diego, California, in 2022, entangled with the lines of two commercial Dungeness crab traps. The line is deeply embedded in the flesh of the whale. (Photo ...

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 ...

PORT ANGELES — Organizers for the Dungeness Crab Festival aren’t looking at the weather. And they suggest you don’t either. “This is a rain-and-shine event, and we have fun no matter what,” festival ...

The commercial Dungeness crab fishery will be delayed in all Fishing Zones due to numerous reported entanglements this year, high abundance of humpback whales, and presence of leatherback sea turtles.