The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in the Central Management Area (Sonoma/Mendocino County line (38°46.125’ N. latitude) to Point ...

The Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the ...

California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps ...

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, usually a centerpiece of Christmas dinners in Northern California, will open Jan. 5 in central California waters, the state Department of Fish ...

The endangered whales are moving on. It's safe for San Francisco fishermen to catch Dungeness crab again. Commercial fishing ...

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CDFW is also lifting the temporary recreational crab trap restriction beginning Jan. 2, 2026, at 8:01 a.m., between the California/Oregon border and Cape Mendocino (40°10’ N. latitude) and between the ...

The U.S. state of California will open the central section of its coast to commercial Dungeness crab fishers on 5 January ...

The season will open later than its traditional start to protect whales in fishing zones off of the Bay Area coast.

Commercial Dungeness crabbing boats in Oregon have a three day window to set their traps before they can begin their harvest ...

The recreational crabbing season has opened in southern Humboldt County, after a delay surrounding elevated levels of domoic ...

The region’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the ...