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

The Michele-Ann, seen at the Newport harbor on Dec. 12, 2025, will be one of many crabbing boats heading out on the Dungeness crab harvest this month. Commercial Dungeness crabbing boats in Oregon ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — While Oregon's crab boats prepare for the Dec. 16 season opener, retired University of Oregon professor Dr. Alan Shanks has already been looking ahead to this year's catch for the ...

Oregon's commercial Dungeness crab season opens Dec. 16 from Cape Falcon to the California border, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. Crab will be available in time for the ...

The delayed opening of the commercial crab season has left Central Coast seafood shops without local crab to sell for Thanksgiving meals, prompting them to source crabs from up north to keep holiday ...

Many Bay Area families swear by local Dungeness crab at the holiday dinner table. But for the seventh straight year, commercial crabbing season has been delayed — this time until January. So if you ...

Bay Area commercial crab fishermen are waiting for another assessment in December to get a better idea of when they'll get the green light to harvest Dungeness crab. Years of shortened seasons have ...

Splicing rope, painting buoys and stacking pots, Washington commercial fishing crews are making final preparations for the most prized fishery in the Pacific Northwest. The official start of the 2025 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The opening of California’s Dungeness crab commercial fishery was delayed to Jan. 1 to protect humpback whales ...

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Again this year, California officials are delaying the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “numerous reports” throughout 2025 of migrating humpback whales getting ensnared by old ...

The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season has been delayed for all of California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the presence of whales and leatherback sea turtles ...