This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. After years of a shortened crab fishing ...

Pop-up fishing gear is one step closer to becoming available to local crab fishermen.“We hope to see Monterey Bay fishermen really get back out on the water and keep bringing in crab in a way that’s ...

Less then a week before Dec. 25th and the local tradition of Christmas crab is again off the holiday menu this year as the Bay Area's commercial crab fishermen eagerly await the go-ahead for the start ...

Abandoned crab traps become “ghost gear,” continuing to catch and kill sea life after they’re no longer tended by their owner ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area. Commercial Dungeness crabbing, scheduled to open Nov. 15, is likely to be delayed. In order ...

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 ...