Bay Area seafood lovers hoping to serve fresh Dungeness crab for Thanksgiving or Christmas are out of luck again this year.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has delayed the opening of commercial crabbing season statewide to protect ...

Dungeness crab season has hit a snag in California. The recreational Dungeness crab season officially opened on November 1, ...

Again this year, California officials are delaying the state’s commercial Dungeness crab season because of the “numerous reports” throughout 2025 of migrating humpback whales getting ensnared by old ...

The U.S. state of California has delayed the start of the commercial Dungeness crab season until 2026 after regulators ...

Humpback whales and domoic acid contamination are putting the brakes on California's commercial Dungeness crab fishery this ...

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have announced a statewide delay to the commercial Dungeness crab season, which is supposed to begin Nov. 15.

SAN FRANCISCO -- High numbers of migrating humpback whales spotted off the California coast in recent weeks have prompted state regulators to further postpone the commercial Dungeness crab season. The ...

MONTEREY, Calif. (KGO) -- The local Dungeness crab season starts Friday for recreational crabbing off the coast from Mendocino County south to Monterey. But commercial crabbing will have to wait until ...

With commercial crabbing restrictions along portions of the California coast, some residents in the Bay Area spent Thanksgiving Day catching their own Dungeness crab to complete their holiday meal.

The recent loss of a critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle found ensnared in derelict crabbing gear near the Farallon Islands has cast a pall over the troubled commercial fishing fleet ...

The commercial Dungeness crab season in California will be curtailed to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines, officials announced Thursday. The state Department of ...