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

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

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Commercial Dungeness crab fishing season is set to close off the San Francisco Bay Area coast on May 1, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Monday.

The closure was ordered by the state due to the higher concentration of humpback whales feeding offshore. California officials will further restrict commercial and recreational Dungeness crab ...

“Unfortunately, it has been six years we've been delayed or closed early for whales,” said Brand Little, a San Francisco Dungeness crab fisherman who is among those participating in the pilot ...