When the opening of the commercial crab season was shut down in November, it was common sense to think that there would be a ton more Dungeness crabs available along the Bay Area coast. But nobody ...

With the regulated catch quotas of contemporary fisheries, design versatility for a fishing boat can be important. A new 19.8 x 7.3-m (65 x 24-ft.) combination crab trap and groundfish trawler ...

A greenhorn photo-documents the lives of crabbers on Alaska’s remote Saint Paul Island during a winter week on a crab fishing boat in the Bering Sea. It took just 20 minutes for my stomach to flip.

A trial of innovative crab fishing gear designed to reduce whale entanglements is being hailed as a resounding success that should advance widespread use of the new technology off the California coast ...

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The Dungeness crab season officially opens today in much of California, but Bay Area crab lovers probably will have to wait at least a day to buy the tasty crustaceans because commercial fishermen and ...

Yesterday, the San Francisco Chronicle broke the news that the Dungeness crab strike was over and the boats were heading out to set their traps. As SFoodie had reported before Thanksgiving, the Bay ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- For the first time ever, people looking for fresh Dungeness crab will be able to buy it directly from local fishermen off their boats beginning Wednesday. The Port of San ...