State officials opened the central coast of California to recreational Dungeness crab season on Thursday and commercial season could open as soon as late next week.

Commercial crab fishing south of Mendocino County will be allowed starting at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 18 under a 50 percent trap reduction, which is meant to reduce the risk of entanglements for humpback ...

Dungeness crab season has officially kicked off in California after a two-month delay. November 2024 marked the sixth year commercial fishing for these crabs was delayed.

The commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed in Humboldt County for the third time this season as fisherman look for higher price of crab in deal with seafood company.

Commercial crab fishing will remain on hold in fishing zones south of the Sonoma-Mendocino county border “until at least the next risk assessment due to elevated numbers of humpback whales ...

The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife delayed commercial Dungeness crab fishing in Northern California until January 2024.

Commercial crab fishing south of Mendocino County will be allowed starting at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 18 under a 50 percent trap reduction, which is meant to reduce the risk of entanglements for humpback ...

Fishing Zones 1 and 2, which collectively span from the California-Oregon border down to the Sonoma-Mendocino County line, will remain open to commercial Dungeness crab fishing.

T he commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in the San Francisco region will be delayed to protect whales from getting tangled in trap gear, state regulators said.