After four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, conservation groups today formally petitioned the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt ...

A trap restriction is in place in the northernmost part of the state due to the risk of whale and sea turtle entanglements.

PORTLAND, Ore. — State officials have delayed the start of Oregon's commercial Dungeness crab season until at least Dec. 16, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) reported Friday. Crabs in ...

University of Oregon professor Dr. Alan Shanks has already been looking ahead to this year's catch for the past four years by studying creatures no bigger than a dime.For 25 years, Shanks has tracked ...

NEWPORT Ore. (KPTV) - The ocean commercial Dungeness crabbing season has been delayed until at least Dec. 16, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announced Friday. The season was ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — The commercial Dungeness crab season had been set to open Monday in most of Oregon and Washington state, but price negotiations and ocean conditions kept boats at home. Crabbers told ...

Initially, Oregon agriculture and fish and wildlife department officials wanted to maintain the closure from Heceta Head, north of Florence, to the California border, and give the go-ahead for other ...

Join us for day one of a three-part series exploring Crescent City, CA. After an 8-hour road trip from San Francisco to the Oregon border, we set out to catch Dungeness Crab using hoop nets and ...