Crab trap floats found on beaches can be identified by their markings. Float colors and numbering formats can sometimes indicate their origin. Beachcombers walking along the Texas coast often find ...

Captain Trae Sorensen of Top Knotch Fishing Charters spends nearly all his working days on the water. “If I’m not fishing, I’m not making money,” explained the captain, who’s known for extreme ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Bay Area crab fishermen are hoping new test results will help them recover their spring season. The crab season this year was cut short to protect migrating whales. The tests ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Test results are in on a technology that could help keep a popular Bay Area seafood on the table. They're specially designed traps to fish for Dungeness crab, without ...

Reaching out of the boat with a long metal hook, marine biologist Parker White snagged the slimy buoy bobbing off the southeastern coast of Lake Maurepas on a recent windy, gray morning. As fellow ...

Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in all waters of the St. Johns River system must be removed from the water before Jan. 16, the first day of a 10-day trap closure, the FWC said in a news ...

Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state's fish and ...

TURNED OVER TO A LAB FOR TESTING. ANOTHER DELAY FOR CRAB SEASON HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST. AGAIN OVER CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF HUMPBACK WHALES. THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SAYS THEY’VE ...