Again this year, California officials are delaying the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “numerous reports” throughout 2025 of migrating humpback whales getting ensnared by old ...

The California Dungeness crab commercial fishing will begin this year on Jan. 5, which will be past its traditional holiday season opener but in time for Lunar New Year celebrations. The California ...

Dungeness crab fishermen Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund pull a crab pot out of the ocean off the Sonoma coast in January 2025. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) For many Californians, ...

The U.S. state of California is set to open up the last section of its coast to commercial Dungeness crab harvesting after ...

Bay Area seafood lovers hoping to serve fresh Dungeness crab for Thanksgiving or Christmas are out of luck again this year. California officials have postponed the commercial crabbing season once more ...

"State health agencies determined that Dungeness crab no longer poses a significant human health risk due to domoic acid." ...

Commercial Dungeness crab season will officially come to a close in the state next week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday. The CDFW on June 20 will close crabbing in Zone 1 ...

For many Californians, crab bakes, crab cakes and crab feeds are traditional holiday fare. But the need to protect humpback whales in California's coastal waters combined with widespread domoic acid ...