The Dungeness crab fishery in Central California opens Jan 5 with a 50% trap reduction to protect marine life.

State officials on Friday announced the commercial Dungeness crab fishery for most of the California coast will finally open ...

Most of the Golden State's coast will open to the industry in early January, with the remainder opening midmonth.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that commercial fishing for Dungeness crab can begin in January — ...

CDFW is also lifting the temporary recreational crab trap restriction, beginning Jan. 2, 2025, at 8:01 a.m., from the ...

The recreational fishery for Dungeness crab is open in the portion of northern California that was delayed due to a public ...

William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS has announced the first round of subawards for the National Fishing Trap Removal, ...

The season will officially begin on Jan. 5, 2025, for areas south of Point Arena to the U.S./Mexico border. This area will be ...

After three postponements, the Dungeness crab fishing season will open throughout Central and Southern California, including ...

12. That area will be subject to a 25% trap reduction. The recreational crabbing season began on Nov. 2, but the use of traps was prohibited in Zones 3 and 4, between the Sonoma-Mendocino county ...

The 2023-24 commercial season didn’t start at all in 2023, though recreational crabbing was allowed earlier. Fishermen ...

On the recreational crab fishing side, CDFW will lift the temporary crab trap restriction as of Thursday, January 2, from the Sonoma-Mendocino county line to Lopez Point, Monterey County.