SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The first catch is in. Commercial Dungeness crab season officially started Sunday in Northern California. Crab fishermen were happy to be back at work, and the public was hungry ...

San Francisco — San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, known to many as a tourist attraction, harbors a small fleet of fishing boats that might otherwise be catching crabs this time of year. However, ...

Commercial fishing is one the most dangerous occupations in the U.S., characterized by hazardous working conditions, ...

This was the third year of California-sponsored trials for the equipment used to catch Dungeness crabs while avoiding whale entanglements. Ropeless fishing gear is proving effective at avoiding whale ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the U.S./Mexico border beginning Jan. 5 at 12:01 a.m.

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Some important changes are coming to the world of crabbing this year, all with the stated goal of protecting and preserving South Carolina's blue crab population. “There's ...

However, migrating endangered humpback whales are now swimming in the same waters outside the Golden Gate strait where crabs are, and long lines of rope that fishermen traditionally use to pull up ...