No one did much fishing this past week in the Monterey Bay area. Conditions were just too rough, even for most surfcasters.

Whales that get caught in Dungeness crab fishing gear have left fishermen and environmentalists scrambling for a solution.

To protect consumers, California delayed the Nov. 15 opening of crab season an unprecedented five months. (Congress appropriated $25 million in disaster aid, which didn’t reach the fishermen ...

The anemic hauls so early in the season mark the latest setback for California's commercial Dungeness crab fishery, a roughly $45-million-a-year industry that delivers one of the state's most ...

As of March 3, 8.33 million pounds of Dungeness crab were landed statewide this season, including 5.03 million pounds ...

Ironically, it boasts about accommodating one of the most detrimentally-rated invasive species: the infamous European green crab. These tiny crabs make a massive ecological footprint, feeding non ...

The Dungeness crab season had opened just a few weeks earlier — two months behind schedule — and was off to a slow start. "We're working very hard to basically get nothing," said Ogg.

The anemic hauls so early in the season mark the latest setback for California's commercial Dungeness crab fishery, a roughly $45-million-a-year industry that delivers one of the state's most ...