dungeness crab

The commercial Dungeness crab fishery off all of California’s coast will be closed this month because humpback whales have been entangled in fishing gear.

Commercial Dungeness crab fishing off most of California’s coast will end early after two humpback whales were recently entangled in crab-fishing gear

It’s officially crab season! Starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, California formally opened its commercial Dungeness Crab season, which had been delayed almost a month by concerns for migrating whales. Robert Handa reports.

The long-delayed commercial crab fishing season in coastal areas near San Francisco launched Wednesday.

For more than a century, local Dungeness crab has been a staple on Thanksgiving across the Bay Area. But in the last few years, new regulations aimed at protecting whales have kept local crab fishermen out of the water. Joe Rosato Jr. shows why Dungeness crab at Thanksgiving might not be a thing anymore.

Crab lovers may not be enjoying their favorite dish on Thanksgiving Day.

State Fish and Wildlife officials have delayed the Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season to protect migrating humpback whales and leatherback sea turtles in the coastal waters, the department announced Monday.

Recreational Dungeness crab season opens Nov. 6 and, in response to new regulations by the Fish and Game Commission, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife may prohibit crab traps in an effort to prevent marine life entanglement.

California’s fish and wildlife managers announced that the commercial Dungeness crab finishing season will open Dec. 23.

Commercial Dungeness crab season has been delayed until at least mid-December due to various factors including whale presence and low-quality crab meat.

California wildlife regulators have postponed the start of the commercial Dungeness crab season to protect whales and sea turtles from becoming entangled in fishing gear

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife on Wednesday said the commercial Dungeness crab fishery south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line will be closed after May 15 to protect whales and sea turtles from entanglement with fishing gear.