The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season has been delayed for all of California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the presence of whales and leatherback sea turtles ...

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(KRON) — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has delayed the opening of commercial crabbing season statewide to protect whales and sea turtles, the agency announced Friday. CDFW Director ...

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Again this year, California officials are delaying the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “numerous reports” throughout 2025 of migrating humpback whales getting ensnared by old ...

California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps because of the risk of humpback whale entanglements, authorities said Friday.

(BCN) — Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, usually a centerpiece of Christmas dinners in Northern California, will open Jan. 5 in central California waters, the state Department of Fish and ...

Bay Area commercial crab fishermen are waiting for another assessment in December to get a better idea of when they'll get the green light to harvest Dungeness crab. Years of shortened seasons have ...

California crab fisheries will close for the season in April when whales are feeding off the state's coast as part of an effort to keep Dungeness crab fishery gear from killing protected whales, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dungeness crab fishermen Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund pull a crab pot out of the ocean off the Sonoma coast in January ...