Harvesting Dungeness using hoop nets or crab snares remains legal, as neither of the techniques includes overnight or multi-day soaks that can cause whale entanglements. We have no hard ...

A recent trial of innovative ropeless crab fishing gear off the California coast has sparked a heated debate within the ...

Bay Area crab fishermen are hoping test results from a new type of trap will help them recover their spring season after it ...

A three-month experiment with new crab gear technology designed to reduce the risk of whale entanglement has won over some ...

Only about the size of pinkie fingernails now, larval Dungeness crab could help predict the future of the commercial fishery.

A project in Kittery is hoping to protect softshell clams. Clamming was halted in Kittery for a number of years because of ...

Bay Area crab fishermen are hoping test results from a new type of trap will help them recover their spring season after it ...

Ready your mallets and Old Bay seasoning: The National Hard Crab Derby is back for its 77th year on the Eastern Shore. Here's everything you need to know about the big, crab-centered event ...

Fresh crabs should feel heavy for their size. You can buy a crab live and boil it yourself; alternatively, ask your fishmonger to kill it for you, or buy it ready-cooked. If buying cooked crabmeat ...

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are on sale for the 2024 Dungeness Crab Festival, which is set for Oct. 11-13. Tickets are $30 for a half-crab dinner and $45 for a full-crab meal at ...

The Bering Sea was once full of snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio), providing an abundant food source worth more than a quarter-billion dollars. But a few years ago, the crab populations crashed ...

They say that COVID killed the buffet restaurant. But don’t tell that to the dozens of eager seafood lovers we saw standing in line at Supreme Crab Buffet at 9 o’clock on a Friday night. We’d been ...