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 ...

All open Fishing Zones remain under a Fleet Advisory for both the commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries.

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

A proposal to keep diamondback terrapins from drowning when trapped in Chesapeake Bay crab pots is sparking angry objections from watermen. More than 265 and counting are filing objections to a ...

Ever wonder where those claws came from? You can thank your nearest stone crab for his sacrifice. Also, Indian and St. Johns ...

Unlike the floating vertical trap lines that can sometimes entangle migrating whales, the pop-up buoys sit on the ocean floor ...

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 ...