State officials said commercial fishery will remain open in Zones 1 and 2, which extend north from the Sonoma-Mendocino ...

All open Fishing Zones remain under a Fleet Advisory for both the commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fisheries.

Blue crabs are abundant all along the Jersey coast, in tidal creeks and rivers and in shallow, saltwater bays, from the ...

The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement the closure is meant to reduce entanglement risk to the ...

Proposed federal budget cuts could severely undermine Chesapeake Bay restoration, according to one environmental group.

The area between the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to Pigeon Point, which includes the San Francisco Bay, will close at 6 p.m.

Up until now, with a recreational saltwater fishing license, crabbers could fish up to two pots of crab traps. The final change is now they can fish up to five traps with an extra five dollar ...

Some essential gear for crabbing includes traps, bait, a knife, rope, zip ties, gloves, boots, weights, a bushel basket, and a measuring device. Snare or pyramid traps work well for recreational ...

This was already a requirement for commercial traps. Recreational crabbers may purchase an annual enhanced recreational crab trap endorsement to fish up to five crab pots. A recreational saltwater ...

Sosnowski's bill would require "anyone" who traps green crabs to get a license and report their catch to the state, a ...