The official start time is 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 5. The state has delayed the start of the commercial crab fishing season for the sixth year in a row. The reason is to protect endangered humpback whales ...

For Fishing Zones 1 and 2 -- the area from the California-Oregon border to the Sonoma-Mendocino county line -- will have the start of the Dungeness crab season further delayed "due to the ...

Managing the fishery to also protect whales and sea turtles has become a collaborative effort between commercial and ...

CDFW officials said while Dungeness crab has historically been available in time for the December holidays, the presence of whales in the fishing areas and entanglements in fishing gear have ...

CDFW officials said while Dungeness crab has historically been available in time for the December holidays, the presence of whales in the fishing areas and entanglements in fishing gear have ...

Most of California's Dungeness crab fishing will be able to return on Jan. 5. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Dec. 20 that it will open commercial Dungeness crab ...

As of Wednesday this week, rockfish season is closed in all depths. Boating anglers can still go on the hunt for flatfish. Sand dabs adequate delicious, though small.

Crab season in the stretch of coast between Mendocino-Sonoma counties and the California-Oregon border will be further ...