Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2023-2024 season. In order to avoid entanglements with the large number of whales feeding in nearshore areas along ...

A California crab fishermen who is fishing with a crab snare. Crab loop traps (crab snares) may have up to six loops. (Creative Commons photo) Question: While crabbing from shore with a rod/reel/crab ...

Despite the delay of commercial Dungeness crab season, and the temporary prohibition against using ”long soak” rigid crab pots, plenty of Monterey Bay residents enjoyed their traditional Thanksgiving ...

The Dungeness crab season is officially open on the West Coast, and we managed to catch our first crabs of the season! In this video, we take you along as we crab snare from shore and land our very ...

The commercial Dungeness crab season opens Friday, and a storm of vessels from as far away as Oregon is circulating off the Northern California coast, pulling their first trap hauls this very morning.

Crabs are hideous sea creatures with cold, shifty eyes, twisted, scuttling legs, formidable crushing claws and warty armor. But the flesh of this barbarous beast is a sweetly delicate meat. Local ...

Another year, another delay to the start of commercial crab season.. This year’s commercial Dungeness crab season will be pushed forward a week to Nov. 22 in an effort to decrease the chances of ...