This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area. Commercial Dungeness crabbing, scheduled to open Nov. 15, is likely to be delayed. In order ...

Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishing community came out in force Friday against proposed rule changes aimed at protecting humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear. The rules, proposed in a ...

The recreational Dungeness crab season is set to open Nov. 1, except in Northern California, where it has been delayed for another year for health reasons. State health agencies found that the ...

SALEM, Ore.— After four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups today formally petitioned the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission ...

On December 11th, 2025, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (OFWC) received a formal petition (available here) from several conservation groups to adopt new measures and amend existing rules in ...

When it comes to the fruits of the sea, few are so prized as a good Dungeness crab. These meaty crustaceans are a fixture of autumn and winter tables up and down the West Coast. Dungeness crab is a ...

The following is a press release from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife: The Director has declared that the last closed area of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Humboldt County ...