California will close commercial fishing for Dungeness crab in the San Francisco area on May 1 to protect whales, after ...

Commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is set to close off the San Francisco Bay Area coast on May 1, the California ...

State regulators have frequently been forced to delay the California commercial Dungeness crab fishery – or close it early – ...

All open Fishing Zones remain under a Fleet Advisory for both the commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries.

State officials said commercial fishery will remain open in Zones 1 and 2, which extend north from the Sonoma-Mendocino ...

The area between the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to Pigeon Point, which includes the San Francisco Bay, will close at 6 p.m.

The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement the closure is meant to reduce entanglement risk to the ...

According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the changes will be aimed at protecting migrating ...

California has run a pilot program since 2023 to try out so-called pop-up gear to find a solution to crabbers' woes.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is set to close off the San Francisco Bay Area coast on May 1, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Monday.