Testing found crab shells have yet to fully harden after their most recent molting, with 64.5% in Long Beach on Nov. 3 and 61 ...

On Deadliest Catch, Wizard deckhand Roger Schlosstein had a particularly rough day. While fishing in an Arctic storm, Schlosstein dealt with more than one freak accident. While he was running the ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Fisherman Jake Bunch leans over the side of the fishing boat “Sadie K,” spears his catch, and reels it aboard: an abandoned crab pot, dangling one limp lasagna noodle of kelp ...

In its wake, we examined whale entanglements along the West Coast. Entanglements occur when a human-made material — such as ...

A juvenile humpback whale was euthanized nearly two days after it was discovered stranded in an entanglement of fishing line.

The man who drowned Sunday morning near the mouth of the Tomales Bay was identified Monday as a 40-year-old San Jose man. Thong Hoang Nguyen died after he was pulled underwater when he got tangled in ...

KINGSTON, Wash. - The M/V Salish ferry was taken out of service Wednesday, for the second time in less than 24 hours after getting tangled up with a crab pot. That caused delays on the Port Townsend ...

Over 12,000 crab pots are lost in Washington state's Puget Sound every year, costing an estimated $700,000 in lost harvest revenue, and more poignantly, damaging the sea floor environment. Using sonar ...