California has run a pilot program since 2023 to try out so-called pop-up gear to find a solution to crabbers' woes.

The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement the closure is meant to reduce entanglement risk to the ...

The area between the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to Pigeon Point, which includes the San Francisco Bay, will close at 6 p.m.

State officials said commercial fishery will remain open in Zones 1 and 2, which extend north from the Sonoma-Mendocino ...

Crab fishing this year began in early January, earlier than 2024’s January 18 start. Even then, there were 50 percent fewer ...

Some important changes are coming to the world of crabbing this year, all with the goal of protecting and preserving South ...

The gear lets fishermen use a remote-operated, acoustic release device to pop-up a crab pot from the ocean floor rather than have it tethered to a floating buoy. Pots can be strung together with ...

Second, people that use crab pots or crab traps will be required to have escape rings so that undersized crabs can escape, which Brunson says has been a requirement for commercial crabbers for a ...

Sosnowski's bill would require "anyone" who traps green crabs to get a license and report their catch to the state, a ...