Dungeness crab season gets underway amid hope for relief in commercial fishing fleet Short crab seasons and a collapse of salmon stocks has left many in the coastal fishing fleet struggling to ...

It was a calm January morning, the waters off Bodega Bay unusually smooth, but crab fisherman Dick Ogg couldn't shake a grim feeling that the day wouldn't go his way. The Dungeness crab season had ...

Collapsing salmon runs and restrictions on Dungeness crab have forced restaurants, charter boats and commercial fishers in California's coastal villages to adapt.

From 2014 to 2022, commercial Dungeness crab fishing in California was responsible for 28 percent of all humpback entanglements off the state’s coast, according to a Bay Nature report cited by ...

Bodega Bay fishing fleet catches break with waived docking fees To reduce the hardship caused by closed salmon and reduced crab seasons, local fishers can get dock fees waived through the end of ...

Individuals and local agencies have stepped up to help crab fishermen as they await a decision on more extensive federal and state aid.

Six people were on a 21- foot boat going crab fishing in Bodega Bay, when it started taking on water this past weekend. Family members said an 11-year-old boy survived, the body of a teenager was ...

From the living room window of their waterfront home, Carol and Tony Anello have watched the rise and fall of Bodega Bay. Traffic on Westshore Road flows past in waves, fishing boats pull into the ...

There was good news in a recent report from Captain Ryan Giammona of Bodega Bay's North Bay Fishing Charters. Two weekends ago, they ran a few rock cod/crab combo trips between both boats and ...