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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
EVERETT — Jerry Solie was leaving the Everett marina on a recent morning, explaining why he had dropped his crab pots in an out-of-the-way spot near Hat Island. He had left the pots in 100 or so feet ...
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 ...
After years of a shortened crab fishing season aimed at preventing whale entanglements off the West Coast, California crabbers are experimenting with a new fishing method that allows them to stay on ...
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 ...
A humpback whale was freed earlier this month from an entanglement that wildlife officials considered life-threatening in the Gulf of Alaska. The whale, a juvenile, was effectively "hog-tied" for at ...
SALEM, Ore. — 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 ...