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Bodega Bay’s crab season offers allure of sea’s bounty, but treacherous waters await In deadliest 48 hours in nearly four decades of Sonoma’s coastal history, two incidents at the start of ...
Crab pots used to catch Dungeness crab in Bodega Bay. The industry has been restricted in California waters because of entanglements with humpback whales. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters.
13-year-old survivor of Bodega Bay capsized boat recounts harrowing moments The only survivor of a deadly crabbing trip on Bodega Bay is trying to come to terms with losing his dad, uncle and ...
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 ...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing boaters off Bodega Bay coast Six people went out on a crabbing boat Saturday that did not return, officials say ...
Human remains recovered from waters near Bodega Dunes The U.S. Coast Guard alerted the Sheriff’s Office shortly after 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and deputies were dispatched to the Bodega Bay ...
“It’s been horrible,” said Bodega Bay commercial fisherman Dick Ogg on a recent morning as he prepared to offload and sell one of his last Dungeness crab hauls of the season at Spud Point ...
Bodega Bay isn’t what it used to be. How an ailing industry has transformed the fishing village Collapsing salmon runs and restrictions on Dungeness crab have forced restaurants, charter boats ...
Collapsing salmon runs and restrictions on Dungeness crab have forced restaurants, charter boats and commercial fishers in California's coastal villages to adapt.