Despite the delay of commercial Dungeness crab season, and the temporary prohibition against using ”long soak” rigid crab pots, plenty of Monterey Bay residents enjoyed their traditional Thanksgiving ...

Marine environmental scientist Travis Buck holds a California spiny lobster caught in a traditional hoop net. Nets can’t be taken to a location while free or scuba diving. Divers can catch lobster by ...

Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2023-2024 season. In order to avoid entanglements with the large number of whales feeding in nearshore areas along ...

A three-month experimental fishing season off the California coast allowed a catch of 229,000 pounds of Dungeness crab with no harm to whales, officials say. A three-month trial of whale-friendly ...

If you want to go lobster hoop netting, you only have until Wednesday to do so before the season closes. Captain Dave Dodge reported that the lobster hoop netting inside Long Beach Harbor has been ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife continued their stoppage of crab fishing with traps in the Monterey Bay for the protection of the whales. The reason for the delay is to protect the ...

In one instance that occurred last week, game wardens were alerted by a local fishing guide who witnessed a Mexican commercial vessel operating on the Texas side of Falcon Lake. Responding officials ...