CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Some important changes are coming to the world of crabbing this year, all with the stated goal of protecting and preserving South Carolina's blue crab population. “There's ...
Less then a week before Dec. 25th and the local tradition of Christmas crab is again off the holiday menu this year as the Bay Area's commercial crab fishermen eagerly await the go-ahead for the start ...
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing rule changes to the commercial Dungeness crab fishery to address marine life entanglements, improve ...
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — As of this week, local blue crabbers are adjusting to new regulations. Officials are now enforcing a state law passed last year to protect the blue crab population.
The region’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the migrating behemoths of the sea have safely made their way down the coast. The ...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the U.S./Mexico border beginning Jan. 5 at 12:01 a.m.
For the first year, commercial fishers are permitted to use a new crabbing technology designed to stop the whale entanglements that have cut the seasons short in years prior. In the area from Pigeon ...
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 6-1 on Feb. 20 to deny a petition to modify commercial crabbing rules to reduce the risk of whale entanglement, although it urged the state agency to ...
Much of California’s coast opened for commercial Dungeness crab fishing Sunday, finally allowing traps to be cast after months of delays. Dungeness crab season, which is normally expected to begin in ...