LEWES, Del. (AP) — Researchers announced Wednesday that a new bait alternative may help reduce the number of horseshoe crabs harvested to be used as bait. Female horseshoe crabs are considered the ...

In a flurry of end-of-the-year bill signings Friday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill banning the use ...

The California Ocean Protection Council authorized more funding for "ropeless" fishing gear to be used to decrease the chance of whale and sea turtle entanglements. $650,000 will be given to advance ...

Looks like Monterey Bay anglers are getting a Christmas present from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The CDFW announced this week it will be opening a limited season for commercial ...

COMMERCIAL DUNGENESS CRAB SEASON WILL CLOSE EARLY THIS SEASON. ALL CRAB FISHERIES IN CALIFORNIA SOUTH OF SONOMA WILL SHUT DOWN ON APRIL 8TH. CRAB SEASON AN INCREASE OF HUMPBACK WHALES IN CRABBING ...

(BCN) — In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that commercial Dungeness crab fishing would be closed later this month ...

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

California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps ...

After at least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation ...

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