The recreational Dungeness crab season will open beginning Nov. 1, 2025, except in northern California where it has been delayed due to a public health hazard.

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area.

(CN) — The recreational Dungeness crab season is returning next month to California, with restrictions.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials have announced a statewide delay to the commercial Dungeness crab season ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two humpback whales were tangled in fishing gear off central California in recent days and state wildlife officials are recommending commercial Dungeness crab fishing be suspended ...

Despite the delay of commercial Dungeness crab season, and the temporary prohibition against using ”long soak” rigid crab pots, plenty of Monterey Bay residents enjoyed their traditional Thanksgiving ...

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has delayed the opening of commercial crabbing season statewide to protect ...

The recreational Dungeness crab season opened Saturday along the Sonoma Coast, but state officials are warning fishers about potentially dangerous levels of domoic acid in the crabs’ internal ...

Update: A decision was made Nov. 1 to restrict the use of traps in two zones and to delay the commercial season in those zones as well. Click here for the update. Under new rules, California’s fish ...

Volunteer kayakers marked derelict crab traps in the bay across from the USS Alabama Battleship on Friday, Oct. 24.