Looks like Monterey Bay anglers are getting a Christmas present from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps ...

CDFW is also lifting the temporary recreational crab trap restriction beginning Jan. 2, 2026, at 8:01 a.m., between the California/Oregon border and Cape Mendocino (40°10’ N. latitude) and between the ...

The recreational crabbing season has opened in southern Humboldt County, after a delay surrounding elevated levels of domoic ...

The region’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the ...

The Dungeness season was delayed to keep migrating humpback whales from becoming tangled in fishing gear. Entanglements once ...

A trap restriction is in place in the northernmost part of the state due to the risk of whale and sea turtle entanglements.

Commercial fishing for Dungeness crab, usually a centerpiece of Christmas dinners in Northern California, will open Jan. 5 in central California waters, the state Department of Fish ...

No Dungeness crabs on the table this Christmas - and that's becoming par for the course in the industry. The crabbing season ...

The U.S. state of California will open the central section of its coast to commercial Dungeness crab fishers on 5 January ...

After a delay to the season opener due to elevated levels of domoic acid, the recreational Dungeness crab fishery opened ...