The long-delayed commercial Dungeness crab season in the San Francisco Bay Area was expected to open by today. Still, due to ...

When diamondback terrapins spy bait sitting in a crab pot, they often push their way inside to feast, only to get stuck. Terrapins, a small and vulnerable species, use lungs to breathe and can drown ...

Stacks of derelict crab traps collected from the Chesapeake Bay as part of the Virginia Marine Debris Removal Program. “This is a special program because it allows local communities to tackle the ...

PUGET SOUND, Wash. — Huge crowds are expected to line up to board the ferry system through the holiday, but the return of crab pots in the water could cause even more concerns. Buoy lines that mark ...

Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater’s Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay Area, ...

LEWES, DE. - The University of Delaware is taking part in a research program that detects lost crab pots on the floors of Delaware's bays by using sonar. The program aims to locate and remove the ...

Two French bulldogs who were missing for more than a month in Alaska have been found dead inside a pair of crab pots — with their owners believing they were abducted and killed in a sick “personal” ...

Beaufort native Brett Everett races across the glassy surface of the Morgan River in a 22-foot boat on a muggy 71-degree morning, using the Lowcountry waterway to drive deep into the salt marshes. But ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that summer crab-fishing seasons will begin July 1 in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty Inlet. “The summer seasons ...

The Bay Area’s commercial Dungeness crab season can begin Jan. 5, state officials announced Friday, now that many of the migrating behemoths of the sea have safely made their way down the coast.