Oregon's Dungeness crab season is coming up, but there’s a problem looming over this fishery. The ropes and buoys that allow crabbers to collect their crab pots from the seafloor can injure and even ...

While most Alaskans were preparing for Thanksgiving dinner, the residents of Tenakee Springs worked to free a whale tangled in buoys and crab pots. “We were first alerted about this entangled whale ...

President Trump announces $2,000 "tariff dividend" checks for Americans, funded by tariffs on foreign goods. by Joel Moreno, KOMO News Reporter PUGET SOUND, Wash. — Huge crowds are expected to line up ...

EDMONDS — When crab pots get tangled in ferry propellers, it’s the taxpayer who gets pinched. A poorly dropped pot can cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. In 2017, three vessels had to ...

Mar. 19—Starting May 1, a reduced pot limit and 14-day landing requirement will be in effect for the Washington coastal Dungeness crab fishery. The intent of these requirements is to reduce the risk ...

EDMONDS — Washington State Ferries is asking crabbers to keep their crab pots out of ferry lanes after stray traps caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to three vessels last summer. The ...

Olympic College student Dylan Diefendorf led a team to victory at the University of Washington’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge for a more environmentally friendly crab-pot and ...

Cameron Selck flips over a crab that had landed upside down in a crate at Half Moon Bay’s Pillar Point Harbor. Keeping the crabs upright is important to keep them alive and fresh. Photo by Anna ...

Researchers are trying to figure out how to reduce the number abandoned crab pots in the Chesapeake Bay. The so-called "ghost pots" kill blue crabs as well as fish and birds and turtles. Researchers ...