The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is moving up regulations for commercial crab fisherman in an effort to ...

Oregon is hitting fast‑forward on its crab protections this year, pulling key “late‑season” rules up to April 1 in a bid to ...

ODFW is moving the May 1 “late season” regulations to April 1 this year to reduce the risk of whale entanglements in ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) has received a formal petition (available here) from several conservation groups to adopt new measures and amend existing rules in the Oregon ...

Filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council and the American Cetacean Society, the petition asks officials to open a pathway for fishers to use pop-up ...

Green crabs threaten West Coast ecosystems, livelihood and tribal traditions European green crabs, an invasive species first ...

Just about every estuary on the Oregon Coast, from the Necanicum at Seaside south to Brookings, has bank or pier access to crabbing, both for pots and for a wide variety of traps cast with hook and ...

SALEM, Ore. — An invasive freshwater crab species that can cause erosion problems and damage flood control as well as threaten native crab species in Oregon was captured in a river in mid-November, ...

Oregon and Washington wildlife officials are asking people to keep an eye out for hairy-clawed mitten crabs in the Columbia River. In April, a commercial fisher caught a Chinese mitten crab along the ...

An invasive crab species has been spotted again in Oregon, a discovery that wildlife officials called "concerning," especially because the crab turned up this time in a different part of the state.

Portland City Council considers $20.7 million allocation plan to combat housing insecurity Portland City Council is set to discuss a plan to allocate roughly $20.7 million in unused funds, recently ...

After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups are petitioning the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt ...