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Double check and ask our director its pretty much fogged out, this is our dublin camera. The white you see back there, its not supposed to be like that. Theres so much fog thats how it looks right now. 45 degrees. Humidity is 86 . Look at San Francisco 52 and also the temperatures have been kind of a little chillier at night, and its been slow to clear when it comes to that fog especially along the coastline. We had hazy skies that lingered and temperatures will climb into the 70s for the inland...

The abundance of whales in Central Coast waters, something everyone cheers for, has at the same time presented a challenge: How can we create a crab fishery that can coexist

Twenty crab fishermen have signed up to try out new gear that does not pose the same entanglement threat.

With humpback whales heading back to their feeding grounds off coastal California and gray whales migrating north to Alaska, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced it will close the commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries in southern and central fishing zones to reduce the risk of entanglements. Recently spotters with the department counted as many as 34 humpbacks in one day, said Ryan Bartling, a senior environmental scientists at the wildlife agency.

Twenty crab fishermen have signed up to try out new gear that does not pose the same entanglement threat.

Twenty crab fishermen have signed up to try out new gear that does not pose the same entanglement threat.

Every year during Dungeness crab season, fishermen set out at dawn to cast their traps into the ocean. These crab traps, composed of large cages that sink to the floor, are connected to buoys that re

A month after commercial Dungeness crab season opened in the Half Moon Bay area on Jan. 18, residents and tourists alike can purchase fresh crab off the back of local

Humpback whales and leatherback sea turtles are hanging off the coast of California, and state fish and wildlife officials have delayed the start of the crabbing season to protect marine animals.

In an announcement late Thursday, the Department of Fish and Wildlife stated the delay was "due to high numbers of humpback whales and a recent confirmed entanglement of a leatherback sea turtle in commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear lost in a previous season."