HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Dungeness crab season is on hold again. There are a lot fewer fishing boats at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay these days. The boats that are there are not getting much ...

A small craft advisory was issued through Thursday evening but the weekend looks to be much more calm, with swells in the ...

Editor's note: USA TODAY, with support from the Pulitzer Center, traveled to Alaska, Southern California, Florida and Maine to document climate change's effects on oceans and the people who fish in ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. Dungeness crab season has officially kicked ...

After a two-year hiatus forced by low stocks, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is back on. The decision to reopen the harvest, announced on Oct. 4 by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is based ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced commercial Dungeness crab restrictions will be lifted on Jan. 5 in DFW Zones 1 and 2. Recreational anglers in those zones may use traditional ...

Fourteen vessels had landed about 680,000 pounds of Bristol Bay king crab as of Wednesday, Oct. 23. 2024. The average weight is 6.84 pounds, and the catch rate is 35 legal males per pot. Both of those ...

The number of commercial fishing jobs in Alaska plunged to a new low last year as the industry struggles with disrupted ...

Santa Cruz, CA − Three hundred anglers and 40 volunteers enjoyed a day with sunny weather and calm seas during the 19th Annual Sand Crab Classic Perch Tournament held out of the IDES Hall on March 9.

In mid-October, the Alaska Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that it would be canceling the winter snow crab season. This is the first time the snow crab season has been canceled in the Bering ...