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After delays due to poor meat quality and concerns about whale entanglements, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife today announced the local commercial Dungeness...

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The Dungeness crab season off the California coast will be delayed because of the presence of humpback whales in the area​ and the threat of their entanglement, authorities said Friday.

Commercial fishermen are most likely going to be crabby after the latest announcement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The opening of the Dungeness crab commercial fishing season for areas south of Point Arena in Mendocino County is delayed for the fifth year running, California wildlife officials announced Friday.

Last week regulators shuttered commercial crab fishing season for most of California, another blow to the state’s fishing industry that has already seen salmon season canned for the year.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham has assessed entanglement risk under the Risk Assessment Mitigation Program (RAMP) and announced a fishery closure for the commercial

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will lift the Dungeness crab trap prohibition in Fishing Zones 3-6 (all areas south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line) for the recreational

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery statewide on Dec. 31, 2022. Fishing Zones 3-6 (all areas south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county

The days of Christmas crab seem to be pretty much behind us, and the issue of whale entanglements with crab pots are yet a new wrinkle in our relationship with the Dungeness crop, joining low body meat and price standoffs between fishermen and buyers as yet another thing that stands between us and o