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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, a centerpiece of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in Northern California, will be delayed until at least around the New Year, state officials said Friday.

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 ...

The endangered whales are moving on. It's safe for San Francisco fishermen to catch Dungeness crab again. Commercial fishing for the crab, usually a centerpiece of Christmas dinners in Northern ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, a centerpiece of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations in Northern California, will be delayed until at least around the New Year, state officials said Friday.

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 ...