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.

Dungeness crab for sale at the Fishetarian Fish Market in Bodega Bay on April 11. Florence Middleton/CalMatters photo ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is set to close off the San Francisco Bay Area coast on May 1, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced ...

Dungeness crab fishermen Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund set crab pots off the Sonoma County coast on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, near Bodega Bay. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) ...

Vertical lines will be allowed to continue in other parts of Northern California, including Zones 1-3 in Half Moon Bay, San Francisco and Bodega Bay, where whales are now returning to their ...

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 ...

California's Dungeness crab season is starting to end in Monterey Bay. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said it will close commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries in ...

Anemic hauls of Dungeness crab early in the season are the latest setback for California's commercial crab industry, which has also faced complications due to humpback whale migration.