Crabs Credit: CDFW October 25, 2025 - The recreational Dungeness crab season will open beginning Nov. 1, 2025, except in northern California where it has been delayed due to a public health hazard.

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, a centerpiece of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in Northern California, will ...

A crabbing vessel turns below a U.S. Coast Guard flyover inspection of crabbing ships along the Washington and Oregon coasts near Astoria, Ore., on Jan. 1, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo via AP, File) ...

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 ...

A Humpback whale swims off the coast of San Diego, California, in 2022, entangled with the lines of two commercial Dungeness crab traps. The line is deeply embedded in the flesh of the whale. (Photo ...

Another year of a delayed commercial Dungeness crab season is incredibly difficult for our fleet and port communities,” Lisa Damrosch, the association’s executive director, said in a statement.

A portion of the state's coast will be closed for commercial Dungeness crab fishing due to high levels of domoic acid found in the area, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced ...

Commercial Dungeness crab fishing from Cape Falcon to Klipsan Beach, Washington, is set to begin Feb. 1 after delays due to low meat yields. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tests crabs out ...

A Southern California fish market owner was inundated with requests for fresh Dungeness crabs for the holidays, but the only way she could get them was to pay a premium to have them flown overnight ...