Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A crab is shown to members of the media before an off-the-boat crab sale at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco in January. The ...

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 ...

Dungeness crab fishermen Bradlee Titus, left, and Axel Bjorklund pull a crab pot out of the ocean off the Sonoma coast in January 2025. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) For many Californians, ...

The California Dungeness crab commercial fishing will begin this year on Jan. 5, which will be past its traditional holiday season opener but in time for Lunar New Year celebrations. The California ...

Another year, another delay in Dungeness crab season. On Friday, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced a statewide delay to the commercial Dungeness crab season, which is ...

For many Californians, crab bakes, crab cakes and crab feeds are traditional holiday fare. But the need to protect humpback whales in California's coastal waters combined with widespread domoic acid ...