Many fishermen planned to retrieve their crab pots at 12:01 a.m. They were allowed to set their traps on Thursday. "We've got a tank on our boat. We put our crabs in there. Once the tank is full, ...

Years of shortened seasons have led many to leave the industry. But that's not stopping some younger generation fishermen.

Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater’s Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay Area, ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area. Commercial Dungeness crabbing, scheduled to open Nov. 15, is likely to be delayed. In order ...

Crew members Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund throw out line while setting crab pots off the Sonoma County coast. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It was a calm January morning, the ...

Rockfish anglers have moved to the nearshore area now we’ve passed into November. The deep reefs past 300 feet are now closed until December. There are still plenty of rockies on the inside, though ...

TURNED OVER TO A LAB FOR TESTING. ANOTHER DELAY FOR CRAB SEASON HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST. AGAIN OVER CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF HUMPBACK WHALES. THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SAYS THEY’VE ...

The Dungeness crab is the sweet-meated foundation of San Francisco’s culinary scene, driving a multi-million-dollar industry for local families and serving as the star ingredient at iconic places like ...

SEATTLE — Researchers are waging a quiet battle in the Pacific Northwest to protect one of the region’s most iconic species — the Dungeness crab. Using light traps, scientists at the MaST Center ...