NEWPORT, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon’s Dungeness crabbing season is underway on the coast after a roughly two-week delay. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife said the state’s commercial crab season is ...

European green crabs are small, measuring just four inches across. But since they were first introduced in the 1980s, these spiny crustaceans have become a massive problem, wreaking havoc on coastal ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced it will further delay the season opener for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery off the central and southern coasts. The decision is based on ...

Preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 34 whales were found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast in 2024, the highest number reported since 2018. The ...

California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps because of the risk of humpback whale entanglements, authorities said Friday.

The recreational crabbing season has opened in southern Humboldt County, after a delay surrounding elevated levels of domoic acid in the shellfish. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of ...

Southern sea otters are making a comeback along the coast of California—and they're chowing down on invasive European green crabs. Michael Yang European green crabs are small, measuring just four ...