In addition to the delay because of whales, the commercial Dungeness crab season in Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties was delayed until Dec. 16 because tests showed the crab meat was of ...

Dungeness crab is the most abundant crab species off the California coast, according to Fish and Wildlife, but decreases rapidly in abundance south of Monterey Bay. A California bill that would have ...

Commercial fishing of crabs, however, which was set to begin Nov. 15, has been delayed entirely between the Sonoma-Mendocino county line and the U.S.-Mexico border. Crab traps are cages that fishers ...

Crab trap floats that have washed up on the sand hold valuable clues about where they came from and what type of ... these numbers can be traced back to specific commercial or recreational ...

Second, people that use crab pots or crab traps will be required to have escape rings so that undersized crabs can escape, which Brunson says has been a requirement for commercial crabbers for a ...

Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in Northwest Florida must be removed from the water by January 5th, 2025, as a 10-day trap closure goes into effect. The closure, which affects all ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— A new rule aimed at protecting diamondback terrapin turtles from drowning in recreational blue crab traps will go into effect Wednesday, March 1.. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Anywhere from 60,000 to 80,000 terrapins drown each year in recreational and commercial crab traps in waterways around the U.S., including derelict or “ghost” crab traps that have been ...

For the 2023-24 stone crab season, all recreational and commercial stone crab traps, plastic or wood, must have an unobstructed escape ring 2 3/16 inches in diameter.

In the commercial stone crab fishery, traps are put out in long lines of up to 100 traps where each individual trap is buoyed," the FWC says on its website.

Second, people that use crab pots or crab traps will be required to have escape rings so that undersized crabs can escape, which Brunson says has been a requirement for commercial crabbers for a ...