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

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

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

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

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

One minute to go until the start of Dungeness crab season. In the pitch black sea, Day’s radiant orange buoys bob with the promise of a payday. In total, he has set out 250 crab traps.

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