The trawl deck of the Alaska Warrior is seen on March 28, 2008, in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. (Photo by Petty Officer Sara Francis/Coast Guard) An advertiser-sponsored article in the Seattle Times gushed ...

State wildlife officials are flying the California coast this week, counting humpback and blue whales to determine whether ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish ...

FWC said Philip Heuman, 69, was taken arrested on Tuesday at the Laishley Park Boat Ramp, after officers found five stolen commercial blue crab traps on his boat.

(KRON) — A fisherman from Humboldt County has been stripped of his commercial fishing license and Dungeness crab permit by the California Fish and Game Commission for alleged poaching and leaving ...

(BCN) — In an effort to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear, state officials on Thursday announced that commercial Dungeness crab fishing would be closed later this month ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the successful prosecution and conviction of a Santa Barbara commercial lobster fisherman on a multitude of commercial lobster ...

California officials will further restrict commercial and recreational Dungeness crab fishing next month south of the Sonoma-Mendocino county line to reduce entanglement risks for humpback whales ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Although the number of fishermen who make a living on the waters of the Great Lakes is much diminished from a half century ago, the region's commercial whitefish fishery continues to be viable and ...

Serafin Fish Company receives first commercial whitefish license for southern Lake Huron in years. The license follows extensive research confirming the sustainability of a Harbor Beach fishery. The ...